Lasting Leather LAB

Material experiment and innovation with waste from the leather industry

Hosted by Material Sense LAB

This project is now archived and was part of DDW19

Location

Strijp-S

Plug in City

Leidingstraat 17A

5617AJ

Leather waste waiting to be used

Simone Post

Thirty thousand hides a day. With as much as forty percent waste, originating from the leather trimming plants. An enormous mountain of waste material, and so an enormous challenge. Lasting Leather Lab looks for ways to transform this waste flow into circular products, with an ecological impact.

Lasting Leather Lab is a Material Sense LAB initiative. A team of designers seeks innovative circular solutions that are more original than a purse made of scraps of leather: the aim is to find scalable applications. And they do not do this alone: the des

samples and experiments

Mathijs Labadie

leather cuts

Simone de Waart

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Participants of this exhibition

Simone de Waart

Simone explores limits of leather and stretches it

Simone Post

Simone utilizes the unique qualities of leather

Michelle Baggerman

Michelle designs plastic of leather and milk

Natascha van der Velden

Natasha researches environmental impact of leather

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Material Sense LAB
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About Material Sense LAB

Material Sense LAB is the place where original thinkers can try out their ideas in conjunction with leading commercial companies and top researchers. It is where materials can come together to produce cutting edge new products for a sustainable future. The LAB researches viable products made from revalued resources and bio-based materials. We want this to lead to a new way of thinking and new forms of co-operation, contributing to a circular economy.