20-08-2018
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ONE WEEK ABOUT Like Leather

By 20-08-2018


Exhibition Yksi Expo: Like Leather 
– alternatives to leather
From fish leather to slippers made from palm leaves, and from leathery accessories of animal entrails and bladders to a notebook with a cover made from coffee grounds. Designers think of all kinds of sustainable alternatives for leather. Or develop ways and methods to give leather a longer life or lifecycle.

Leather is a beautiful material, but its production has a downside. How are the animals kept and treated? Tanning has become less polluting over time, but many chemicals are still being used. And it costs a lot of water.

The Like Leather exhibition shows fifteen products, concepts and production methods developed by designers looking for alternatives to leather. Mostly from the desire to contribute to a circular economy and a sustainable world.

The exhibition Like Leather was put together by Leonne Cuppen, Daria Biryukova and Sabine Silaraja.

Exhibition ‘Like Leather – alternatives to leather’
Yksi Expo, Eindhoven
till September 29, 2018
www.yksiexpo.nl

Photos: Jeroen van der Wielen