In photo above: Day Glove ReKnit, the recycled, ultra pretty ballerina shoe by Everlane. It is made from renewed plastic bottles - 8 per pair, to be exact, under the company's policy for No New Plastic use. Check it out here:
https://www.everlane.com/products/womens-reknit-day-glove-red?collection=womens-flats
Here is our list for this summer of sustainable brands and independent houses, raising social awareness and ecological consciousness - apart from also producing extra-stunning designs of high quality and aesthetics.
1. Everlane
An ethical clothing company with corporate transparency and radical environmental policies, that are changing the game in fashion retail. Lovely designs and understated casual minimalism to dress up all ages and sizes.
2. TheOne8
Fashion and social vision can be a real-life combination, and not a corporate trick to some extent by some brands. The most beautiful bags of the year are launching late August 2019, but that's not all there is in this organisation. Please check their wonderful endeavours, their community work and their new projects to come! Fascinating stuff.
3. Green People and Drunk Elephant
A4D-D4A supports the ethical, fair-trade and organic cosmetic industry, (check our older post about sustainable brands including references on Urtekram here: http://all4design-design4all.blogspot.com/2014/08/fair-square-a4d-d4a-means-to-support.html). Both brands above - the one completing almost 20 year in the organic remedies trade, the other launched in 2012 - are just fantastic examples of great skin care that respects the planet and its individuals: animals and people.
4. Kartell and Stella McCartney
The two design giants' commitment to eco-materials such as bio-plastic and Parley Ocean Plastic in scale production but also to projects serving as a niche for eco-awareness and awakening - is a strive strategy nowadays. The allure of a great house does not mean a harmful environmental impact anymore.
5. Helsinki
The Finnish capital is to be the first EU city to deliver a Sustainability Report and it will also be the first European city delivering its Sustainable Development Report to the UN at the conference on July 18th, 2019.
It seems that politics in some countries do honour the meaning of the word. Let's hope other cities with engage with the same seriousness and determination.
Mika Tsutai
Fun, food and ideology: welcome to the brainy and unexpected universe of the Japanese designer Mika Tsutai. Attention to his bread furniture! It just rocks.
Last but not least, our faves for the season from Etsy: Erin Flett (Maine, USA) and Little Crow Design (Sydney, Australia). Just these glorious prints in home decor, textiles and soft furnishings you cannot take your eyes from...
That's all for now, but more to come next month: museums, collections, houses, islands, innovations and design revolutions. Just stay tuned and follow the trail!
Love, design and summer
A4D-D4A <3😎
The two design giants' commitment to eco-materials such as bio-plastic and Parley Ocean Plastic in scale production but also to projects serving as a niche for eco-awareness and awakening - is a strive strategy nowadays. The allure of a great house does not mean a harmful environmental impact anymore.
5. Helsinki
The Finnish capital is to be the first EU city to deliver a Sustainability Report and it will also be the first European city delivering its Sustainable Development Report to the UN at the conference on July 18th, 2019.
It seems that politics in some countries do honour the meaning of the word. Let's hope other cities with engage with the same seriousness and determination.
We could n't help it: we have to give you a list of people we discovered lately, having that feel, you know. That honest gaze that they care about you, the Earth and everything in between. Graceful designers and makers, if you are in that mood of changing something in your house before changing something in You - take a look:
Modular By Mensah
The excellent furniture of British born Ghanaian designer, based in London, Kusheda Mensah will take you back to the days that everything was cosy, personal and warm.
The Whole Elements
Anna Bera creates incredible handcrafted furniture in Poland, focussing on wood as her primary material. Her inspiration comes from observing the relationship between humans and nature in a biological, cultural and spiritual context.
Para
Orakarn Sayatanan created Para to value the resources available in Thailand in order to make products that are environmentally friendly, yet designful. "I do not design a product but a life cycle she says". Great moto and great items in a fully reusable packaging .
Modular By Mensah
The excellent furniture of British born Ghanaian designer, based in London, Kusheda Mensah will take you back to the days that everything was cosy, personal and warm.
The Whole Elements
Anna Bera creates incredible handcrafted furniture in Poland, focussing on wood as her primary material. Her inspiration comes from observing the relationship between humans and nature in a biological, cultural and spiritual context.
Para
Orakarn Sayatanan created Para to value the resources available in Thailand in order to make products that are environmentally friendly, yet designful. "I do not design a product but a life cycle she says". Great moto and great items in a fully reusable packaging .
Mika Tsutai
Fun, food and ideology: welcome to the brainy and unexpected universe of the Japanese designer Mika Tsutai. Attention to his bread furniture! It just rocks.
Last but not least, our faves for the season from Etsy: Erin Flett (Maine, USA) and Little Crow Design (Sydney, Australia). Just these glorious prints in home decor, textiles and soft furnishings you cannot take your eyes from...
That's all for now, but more to come next month: museums, collections, houses, islands, innovations and design revolutions. Just stay tuned and follow the trail!
Love, design and summer
A4D-D4A <3😎
