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GLOBAL INVESTOR 1.16 — 06<br />
SUSTAINABILITY<br />
WEARABLE<br />
COMMODITIES<br />
In the quest for sustainable<br />
apparel, even<br />
food products have<br />
a role to play. Qmilk,<br />
a German company<br />
founded by microbiologist<br />
and designer<br />
Anke Domaske, spins<br />
silky fibers out of<br />
sour cow milk that<br />
can be added to conventional<br />
fibers for<br />
an improved result.<br />
Essi Johanna Glomb<br />
and Rasa Weber, of<br />
the Blond and Bieber<br />
studio in Berlin, are<br />
using microalgae<br />
to create a “biological<br />
color palette” for<br />
dyeing clothes. They<br />
also built their own<br />
printer to apply<br />
the colors to fabric<br />
(see the QR code<br />
below). Algal dyes<br />
change on exposure<br />
to light, but that’s<br />
part of their charm.<br />
Modern Meadow, a<br />
start-up, is going<br />
one step further –<br />
developing a biomaterial<br />
alternative to<br />
leather based on<br />
animal cells and tissues<br />
that involves no<br />
slaughtering.<br />
✖<br />
FOR MORE ON<br />
SUSTAINABILITY, GO<br />
TO PAGES 38 AND 41<br />
Watch a video on how<br />
designers use ecofriendly<br />
algal pigments<br />
to print fashion fabrics.
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