Is a bio based and bio circular colouring system feasible?
Rewilding Textiles
Prototyping Regenerative Textile Design. A Maison/0 research project produced for The Sustainable Angle 10th Future Fabrics Expo, London, June 2022
As Colour and Design consultants Colour/Matter worked within the Maison /0 research project ‘Rewilding Textiles; Design for a regenerative epoch.’ As a design team we were challenged to create and imagine a bright and luxurious colour palette and fabric print collection combining our bio circular food waste colour together with algae and bacteria-based dyes.
“Celebrating regenerative farmers: With this collection we have worked with regenerative textiles so as to celebrate farmers and suppliers who have made the just and bold transition to regenerative agriculture. These extraordinary materials are grown using ancestral, indigenous and contemporary techniques that actively restore our biodiversity as well as draw down atmospheric carbon.”
Carole Collet
Maison/0, Central Saint Martins
Colour Matter Interview by Nina Maria.
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“Our secondary objective is to explore the intersection of bio-based and bio-circular colouring processes to establish the potential of these techniques when combined together. We are using bacterial dyes, algae dyes and inks, as well as food waste dye and print paste. We challenged our design team to develop a colour palette by integrating these processes together to expand their potential”
Carole Collet
Maison/0, Central Saint Martins
Further project information
Design Team: Creative Direction: Carole Collet @maisonzero
Senior Designers: Ruth Lloyd @ruth_lloyd_design and Cassie Quinn @c.q.studio
Colour and Design Consultants: Rebecca Hoyes and Jo Pierce from Colour/Matter @poetic_colour
Junior Designers: Tilda Fuller @tildafuller and Silvia Acién Parrilla @aciensilvi@bafcsm
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