Designers Turn to Environment-friendly Materials

2023-01-22

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  • Designers are increasingly using different kinds of materials to produce products that do not harm the environment.
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  • Reused plastic bottles, wood, plant fiber, and even seaweed are being used in place of traditional materials for household goods and clothing.
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  • Nina Edwards Anker's sconces and chandeliers look like ancient pieces of paper placed around electronic lights known as LEDs.
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  • But a closer look shows that they are made of algae.
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  • Anker came up with the idea while working on a doctoral research project at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
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  • Anker chose not to hide the dried algae.
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  • "From the beginning, we wanted to keep the integrity of the material, and display its unique properties," Anker said.
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  • She is one of many designers thinking about traditional materials.
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  • She wants to find ways to mix design ideas with production and supply methods that do not use up resources.
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  • Heimtextil is an international trade show, or fair, for new textiles in Frankfurt, Germany.
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  • This year's fair placed attention on making new products that came from reused materials.
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  • Olaf Schmidt is Heimtextil's vice president of textiles and textile technology.
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  • "We'll see companies demonstrating how inorganic materials like nylon, plastic and metal can be reused - for example, carpet tiles that can be dismantled at the end of their life and used as a raw material for new tiles," he said.
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  • He added, "And there's seaweed, used to produce acoustic mats and panels that provide great insulation, are fire-resistant and regulate humidity well...At the end of their life, the panels can be shredded and reused."
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  • Fashion industry expert Veronika Lipar described the field's most important change - a move to sustainability.
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  • She said, "The industry is trying to minimize its" effect "on the environment and no longer be the biggest polluter."
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  • Patagonia, North Face and Timberland are among the companies now using natural materials to produce goods.
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  • Italian company Frumat has developed a plant-based leather made from the waste created by apple juice makers.
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  • Two Mexican developers, Adrian Lopez Velarde and Marte Cazarez, have created a leather they call "Desserto" using nopal cactus leaves.
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  • Cactus plants are of interest to new material developers because they can live in hot climates and poor soil.
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  • Pinatex helps support farms in the Philippines by using waste from the pineapple harvest to create material that is sold to makers of shoes, clothing and other products.
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  • And Bolt Threads, a company based in California, created Mylo, a mycelium-based leather that is used by companies like Adidas, Lululemon and designer Stella McCartney.
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  • I'm John Russell.
  • 1
  • Designers are increasingly using different kinds of materials to produce products that do not harm the environment.
  • 2
  • Reused plastic bottles, wood, plant fiber, and even seaweed are being used in place of traditional materials for household goods and clothing.
  • 3
  • Unusual materials
  • 4
  • Nina Edwards Anker's sconces and chandeliers look like ancient pieces of paper placed around electronic lights known as LEDs.
  • 5
  • But a closer look shows that they are made of algae.
  • 6
  • Anker came up with the idea while working on a doctoral research project at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
  • 7
  • Anker chose not to hide the dried algae. "From the beginning, we wanted to keep the integrity of the material, and display its unique properties," Anker said.
  • 8
  • She is one of many designers thinking about traditional materials. She wants to find ways to mix design ideas with production and supply methods that do not use up resources.
  • 9
  • A show for new materials in Germany
  • 10
  • Heimtextil is an international trade show, or fair, for new textiles in Frankfurt, Germany. This year's fair placed attention on making new products that came from reused materials.
  • 11
  • Olaf Schmidt is Heimtextil's vice president of textiles and textile technology.
  • 12
  • "We'll see companies demonstrating how inorganic materials like nylon, plastic and metal can be reused - for example, carpet tiles that can be dismantled at the end of their life and used as a raw material for new tiles," he said.
  • 13
  • He added, "And there's seaweed, used to produce acoustic mats and panels that provide great insulation, are fire-resistant and regulate humidity well...At the end of their life, the panels can be shredded and reused."
  • 14
  • Fashion industry expert Veronika Lipar described the field's most important change - a move to sustainability. She said, "The industry is trying to minimize its" effect "on the environment and no longer be the biggest polluter."
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  • Many companies using other materials
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  • Patagonia, North Face and Timberland are among the companies now using natural materials to produce goods.
  • 17
  • Italian company Frumat has developed a plant-based leather made from the waste created by apple juice makers.
  • 18
  • Two Mexican developers, Adrian Lopez Velarde and Marte Cazarez, have created a leather they call "Desserto" using nopal cactus leaves. Cactus plants are of interest to new material developers because they can live in hot climates and poor soil.
  • 19
  • Pinatex helps support farms in the Philippines by using waste from the pineapple harvest to create material that is sold to makers of shoes, clothing and other products.
  • 20
  • And Bolt Threads, a company based in California, created Mylo, a mycelium-based leather that is used by companies like Adidas, Lululemon and designer Stella McCartney.
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  • I'm John Russell.
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  • Kim Cook reported on this story for the Associated Press. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
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  • sconce - n. an object that is attached to a wall and that holds a candle or an electric light
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  • chandelier - n. a large, decorated light that hangs from a ceiling and has branches for holding many light bulbs or candles
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  • doctoral -adj. related to the highest degree given by a university
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  • integrity - n. the state of being complete or whole
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  • unique - adj. used to say that something or someone is unlike anything or anyone else
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  • textile - n. a material that is woven or knit
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  • dismantle -v. to take an object apart or to break something down
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  • acoustic - adj. of or relating to sound or to the sense of hearing
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  • mat - n. a small piece of material used to cover the floor or ground
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  • fashion -n. related to the industry of making things that people wear
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  • insulation - n. a material or substance that is used to stop heat, electricity, or sound from going into or out of something : a material that insulates something
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  • mycelium - n. a group of fungal threads