05 | 2010
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Fibers | Textiles<br />
Innovative<br />
Floor<br />
Covering<br />
Pietra, from Tandus (Dalton, Georgia, USA), is<br />
the first commercial modular carpet made<br />
with Ingeo biopolymer in an innovative<br />
core and sheath fiber system. Utilizing the first<br />
100% recycled content backing, Pietra contains 45-<br />
59% recycled content and 10% post consumer content<br />
by total product weight. Pietra is 100% closed<br />
loop recyclable and warranted for 15 years in a<br />
commercial application.<br />
Pietra was chosen as the first Tandus style utilizing<br />
Ingeo fibers because of Ingeo’s performance,<br />
carbon footprint, and design versatility. Travertine,<br />
one of the most frequently used stone floorings in<br />
modern architecture, influenced Pietra’s color and<br />
texture. Pietra embodies travertine’s characteristic,<br />
naturally occurring cavities and ‘troughs’, which<br />
express qualities of warmth and craftsmanship.<br />
Packed with grays, earth neutrals, saturated blues,<br />
greens, corals, and rusts, Pietra complements any<br />
space and helps to reduce the carbon footprint of<br />
the organization purchasing it. Ingeo biopolymer is<br />
manufactured by NatureWorks.<br />
www.tandus.com<br />
‘Obama’ dress by Gattinoni<br />
Loving Both<br />
Black dress made from Ingeo PLA fibers<br />
High Fashion<br />
and Nature<br />
Guillermo Mariotto, the artistic director of noted Italian fashion<br />
house Maison Gattinoni, has a passion for finding the balance<br />
between humans and nature. Mariotto said, “I chose<br />
the environment and nature over a fashion that is increasingly aware<br />
of business and not particularly oriented towards the future.” Mariotto<br />
has been exploring the potential of Ingeo PLA fiber for high<br />
fashion. Ingeo manufactured by NatureWorks, is a polymer made<br />
from renewable plant material, not oil.<br />
A stunning dress made from 100% Ingeo fabric highlighted<br />
the Maison Gattinoni’s January <strong>2010</strong> fashion show. A manufacturing<br />
process that includes calendaring is responsible for the bright finish<br />
and silky soft texture of the dress. Creativity Lifestyle And Sustainable<br />
Synergy (C.L.A.S.S), Lei-Tsu, and Boselli E. and C. Spa collaborated<br />
on the development of the fabric.<br />
Another product created by Mariotto is a caftan out of Ingeo fiber.<br />
The dress is the designer’s tribute to U.S. President Barak Obama.<br />
The president’s face is hand painted on the material.<br />
www.gattinoni.net<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>05</strong>/10] Vol. 5 17
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