Moral Fibres: when fashion consumes the body, presented by London Design Biennale
Our most renewable resource is the living body and yet the use of animal products is laced with ethical, technical and environmental questions. What, then, when we start to view the human body as a source of raw materials too? In this talk, we speak to leading thinkers working at the cutting edge of the circular economy – asking ourselves how we can continue to meet the demands of fashion and design through groundbreaking science, new social and economic models and imaginative craft techniques.
| Dates | Wed 25 Jun 2025 |
| Times | 5.30–7pm |
| Space | Screening Room |
| Price | £5 |
The speakers include designers working on two projects in the Andes: Zsofia Kolla from Human Material Loop, whose Peru pavilion showcases a community of weavers in Cusco transforming their own hair, and textile artist Cindy Lilen of the collective Madre Tierra Designers, which has created handcrafted wool sculptures for the Argentina pavilion. They are joined by Alice Robinson/Sara Grady of British Pasture Leather, the first and only producer of leather from the hides of cattle raised on regenerative farms in the UK. The talk will be chaired by Debika Ray, programme director of the Global Forum talks programme at London Design Biennale.
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Sessions start promptly in The Screening Room at the scheduled time. Please arrive five minutes before the session starts to avoid disappointment.