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Milan

The sushi counter at IYO Omakase is a showcase of technique, raw materials, and aesthetics

Koshihikari rice, Edomae-zushi, the art of Nigiri, and all the master’s tools: at the sushi counter of IYO Omakase, it’s like being in the theater and breaking the fourth wall

Matteo Mammoli

raw materials

Green colonialism: raw materials rush props up

Raw materials – an estimated 100 billion tons (Gt) of raw materials are mined each year. Of these, over 90% came from virgin resources. Less than 10% is coming from recycling

Roberta Fabbrocino

raw materials

Fili Pari on bridging the gap between marble and fabric – Italian raw materials

The Renaissance artist Michaelangelo could free an image from a marble block, as he used to say. Italian start-up Fili Pari has turned a material such as marble into a sustainable textile for the industry

Martina Tondo

Milan

Raw materials, broth, minimal design – Andrea Berton and the poetics of rigor

A glass wall separates the dining room from the kitchen – through a curtain of rough fabric, one watches the brigade at work. In conversation with Chef Andrea Berton, from his culinary presidium in Porta Nuova, Milan

Matteo Mammoli

Florence

Lorenzo Villoresi: raw materials and inspirations, it all starts with a Pot Pourri

The Blue Lotus discovered in Sri Lanka propels Lorenzo Villoresi into new experiments. A conversation about the Maison, the changing perfume industry, and the value of raw materials

Cesare Cunaccia

Milan

L’Alchimia restaurant, Milan. Raw materials experimentation applied to cuisine

Contemporary Alchemists – focusing on experimentation with raw materials and daring with combinations, the one-Michelin-starred restaurant L’Alchimia offers innovative cuisine while remaining concrete. In conversation with Executive Chef Giuseppe Postorino

Matteo Mammoli

Design, Exhibitions

NM3 – contemporary modernism: raw materials, geometric rigor and functionality

Milan Design Week 2023 – the Milan-based studio presents Sistema, a collection of lamps designed in collaboration with 6:AM Glassworks

Agnese Torres

call to action, Design & Architecture

Raw materials: What Goes Around Comes Around, Bosco Sodi, Palazzo Grimani in Venice

Art is not fixed: Sodi’s pieces change according to the environment – and people – they are exposed to. Bosco Sodi unveils the latest show at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani in Venice

Matilde Moro

Milan, Perfumery

Magna Pars L’Hotel À Parfum, Milan. Italian raw materials by Ambra Martone

Each room is dedicated to one of sixty-eight different scents, chosen by an olfactory check-in, solely based on smell: Magna Pars is the first hotel à parfum in the world

Debora Vitulano

Digital intelligence

Waste, raw materials and data: industries to re-think their production and logistics

In conversation with Pei Yun Teng, Global Director of Social Impact at A.T. Kearney on how consulting is helping businesses develop their sustainability mission

Zofia Zwieglinska

call to action

How can the UK government secure the raw materials needed for the green transition?

The UK’s demand for lithium could reach 550,000 tons by 2050, while the country may use 240,000 tons of lithium and 90,000 tons of cobalt between now and 2035

Roberta Fabbrocino

Daniel King, Lampoon Issue 24

Lampoon /The Honesty Issue – Daniel King and Laura Morgan: human manipulation of raw materials

Photographer Daniel King and model Laura Morgan explore the earth and possibilities of the body in a series of shots from New Jersey to upstate NY

Editorial Team

Digital intelligence

Södra. Climate-smart products based on renewable raw materials from the forest

Taking advantage of raw materials from the forest to produce dissolving pulp will later close the textile industry loop. The story of Södra and the OnceMore initiative

Alice Harrison

naturally sourced, textile fibers

Vegan substitutes to traditional raw materials in fashion: ethical rose petal fiber

Suitable for blending or nonwovens, rose petal fiber is an eco-friendly alternative to silk, one major environmental polluter

Martina Tondo

Dior, Grasse

Dior Nose, Grasse. A tale of raw materials, smells and savoir-faire

An overview on the documentary film that follows François Demachy, Parfumeur-Créateur Dior, in his journey through the area’s milieu, heritage and expertise

Veronica Gisondi

agriculture, call to action

Regenerative agriculture in fashion: the actions for creating viable raw materials

Regenerative Fund For Nature: conservation organization aims at bringing the luxury world closer to the practices in the establishment of raw material production

Chiara Narciso

Milan

Sine by Di Pinto: Neapolitan heritage, organic materials and cultural humor

After traveling the world, chef Roberto Di Pinto opened his gastrocratic restaurant, Sine. Organic and locally sourced products are used to celebrate his Neapolitan roots – and vocation for art

Editorial Team

Lampoon issue 28

The Working issue:how rough music relates to raw architecture

«I visualize my work as a sculpture that is being refined and polished» – a rough dialogue between violinist Charlie Siem and architect Anne Holtrop on music and architecture

Amelia Stevens

Exhibitions

Want to see the world through Ruth Asawa’s eyes? Start from her drawings

Practice makes perfect: Ruth Asawa’s extensive, lifelong drawing production on paper, the fruit of the artist’s daily drawing practice, Through Line’ Exhibition is now on display at the Whitney Museum

Roberta Fabbrocino

Lampoon issue 28

Drawing performances: Tosh Basco’s evolving artistic experimentation odyssey

Tosh Basco: «Nudity challenges divisions and allows us to see ourselves as vulnerable and authentic beings. Performance art can serve as a reminder of our common humanity»

Matthew Burgos

Collections

95 percent upcycled materials at Duran Lantink’s Spring 2024 Collection

Duran Lantink’s journey from Amsterdam to Paris also marked a shift in creative vision, while keeping sustainable practices at the core of the brand

Selin Hatunoglu

Exhibitions

Solitude and sexual innuendo: Georgia O’Keeffe’s paper drawings

77 years later, the NYC MoMA is hosting its second retrospective of Georgia O’Keeffe. Curator Samantha Friedman introduces the Mother of American modernism and her paper works

Roberta Fabbrocino

Collections, couture

The rawness of Maximilian Raynor’s practice through his residency in Woolwich

«It’s a make do and mend mentality, an ad hoc way of working, of finding materials – taping together rather than sewing. It’s that crafty, Nineteen Eighties approach to fashion», Maximilian Raynor

Editorial Team

call to action, naturally sourced

Restoring peatlands in Finland: the case of alternative filling materials

This Finland-based start-up is looking to replace fossil and animal-based filling materials with a plant-based one: the result includes carbon-negative promotion and peatland restoration

India Gustin

call to action, naturally sourced

Range of biosynthetic expands to microbially fermented protein materials – Spiber yarn

Spiber Inc. is a Japanese biotechnology company developing synthetic protein material via a microbial fermentation process, that uses sugars

Martina Tondo

Collections, Ganni, naturally sourced

Carbon-insetting through low-emission materials: a game plan by Ganni

Through ‘Fabrics of the Future,’ Ganni hopes to collaborate with five new low-emission fibre innovators per year. This year’s line-up includes: Stem, Mylo, Circulose among others

Aarushi Saxena

blockchain, call to action

End-of-life materials: the case of Rester recovery fiber plant

Rester’s recovered fiber plant might not have created 100% biodegradable fibers for every fiber type it produces, but it has prolonged the life of textile and lessen its emissions

Maja Slijepcevic

call to action

3D printed house TECLA – using clay as a raw material will bring us a step closer

«The first project of a house that can adapt to different climates». Architect Mario Cucinella, talking about TECLA, a collaboration with Wasp 3D printing

Matilde Moro

call to action, naturally sourced

Is the felt industry sustainable? The case of Voylok shoes made by mono-materials

Made avoiding the use of dyes, bleach, stitches or glues. By-products from production, such as wool scraps and muddy water, are turned into fertilizers for farmers

Martina Tondo

call to action, crafting

Tacchini — using local materials to chart a path forward for sustainable furniture products

Acknowledging relations between the furniture sector and environmental standpoints, Tacchini Italia has been merging design with sustainability since its founding in 1967

Matteo Mammoli

The Publishing Industry, Vienna

Glein, Vienna. Searching for truth within materials and ideas

Investing in craftsmanship and in the quality of materials allows the brand to endow its products with simplicity and functionality, prioritizing comfort and balance whilst evoking the appeal of the classics

Veronica Gisondi

call to action, naturally sourced

Challenges in developing materials for the automotive sector: Volkswagen is reusing coffee waste

Silverskin: Volkswagen is developing, among a series of bio-based materials, a leatherette with coffee waste as a principal component of the filling

Chiara Narciso

call to action

Orms, Material passports – fighting waste, by keeping track of how and where materials as used

To achieve circularity and transparence London-based architecture studio, Orms, is proposing a manifesto for material passports

Matilde Moro

call to action, naturally sourced

Zanellato Luxethic and almond shells – Tanning carried out through the use of alternative materials

The main elements used in the tanning of leather, such as chromium and aldehydes, are harmful to humans and nature. Zanellato proposes a solution

Chiara Narciso

call to action, Digital intelligence

Can lab-grown leather be a competitor to cow leather? A new raw material by Modern Meadow and VitroLabs Inc.

Scientists at Modern Meadow and VitroLabs Inc. have patented a technology that allows to manufacture only needing material using yeast and collagen cells

Martina Tondo

Flos, Formafantasma

Formafantasma: a lamp made of LED and rubber – «there are no good or bad materials»

After their first project WireRing, Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin present their new lamp for Flos, where the simplicity of the materials meets the complexity of the ideas

Jolanda Paci

call to action

Basil and strawberries growing underwater: future farming and the case of Nemo’s Garden

Filled with 2000 liters of air each, tied to the seabed via ropes and weight screws, six biospheres contain 90 seedbeds and float between 15 and 36 feet below the seas’s surface.

Roberta Fabbrocino

Humanities

Textile Clay and laundry waste: Jorge Penadés, Microfiber as a raw material rather than pollutant

The Spanish designer Jorge Penadés recreates traditional handicraft materials using microfiber pollutants instead of natural resources

Aarushi Saxena

naturally sourced, textile fibers

Medusae project – Jellyfish bio-based materials, research and developments

Creating a material from ancestor’s techniques, the rediscovery of collagen as a base for tissues and its collection from jellyfish

Chiara Narciso

Greece

Dexamenes Seaside Hotel, Western Peloponnese. From brutalist winery to raw luxury hotel

An opportunity to sleeping inside silos structures, between steel, timber, and engineered glass.In conversation with Nikos Karaflos, the founder of the rural hotel

Amanda Ballerini

Design & Architecture, Digital intelligence

Lighting industry: a conversation about design, materials and the LED bulbs

A New York-based artist works with biodegradable plastics to create the outer shell of lamps, merging fashion, science, and engineering while seeking to find sustainable options

Lilly Meuser

Humanities

Patricia Urquiola and the gamble of designing from secondhand materials

Fun Aristocracy: Inlays and buildings, damasks and plots, some exponents of a ‘Fun Aristocracy’ – talents undeclared from titles

Cesare Cunaccia

Digital intelligence

Infinited Fiber – no more virgin materials: a man-made cellulosic fiber

A fiber regenerated from discarded textiles and can be processed in converted viscose mills: Kirsi Terho of Infinited Fiber Company explains how this circular alternative to cotton is made.

Alice Harrison

call to action

Deep Sea Mining: the new gold rush is for minerals

Deep-sea mining: ravaging the oceans in the name of transition. Norway is the first country in the world to say yes to finding raw materials in the ocean depths. Environmentalists take action

Roberta Fabbrocino

Reportage

What do you bring to the table? Spuma’s Purpose Economy model

The current driving force of the global catering service. Companies reliance on tailor made catering and quality raw materials service to accommodate the needs of today’s market

Martina Tondo

prada

Prada on the Moon: spacesuit design and the NASA’s next lunar mission

Prada’s venture in space wear: AxEMU (Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit) a legacy of innovation in the use of raw materials, nylons, and manufacturing technology. NASA’s Artemis III mission

Martina Tondo

Paris

Les Exclusifs de Chanel: celebrating the disruption of conventional norms in perfumery

Henri Robert, Jacques Polge, and Olivier Polge, inherited Beaux’s duty to maintain N°5’s production, preserving raw materials while reinventing it. In 2007 Chanel Les Exclusifs was born

Giulio Polverigiani

Marseille

Tuba Club, Marseille: save water, shower together – hôtellerie facing waste reduction

Tuba Club’s co-founders Greg Gassa and Fabrice Denizot: «80% of the raw materials are from Marseille and southern France» – roughness and commitment on the rocks of the French Riviera

Estelle Lesault

Normandy

Trudon turns 380 – the flame of an icon continues to shine

In conversation with Trudon CEO and Creative Director Julien Pruvost, to delve into raw materials, manufacturing, commitment to the environment – and the importance of art, in all things

Matteo Mammoli

Design and Architecture, Italy

The 2023 season on Lake Como at Il Sereno and Villa Pliniana – design by Patricia Urquiola

Chef Raffaele Lenzi at the Michelin-starred restaurant ll Sereno al Lago is working on fresh raw materials that spring is offering, in the elaboration of the courses presented in the tasting menu

Sahadev Chhetri