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Hemp fabrics, ropes, wools, recycled fabrics. Weaving, macrame, knitting, interlacing. Natural materials and ancient techniques meet in the works of some artists present at the Biennale Arte 2022, projecting aspects of traditions and material cultures rooted in history, into the 20th and 21st centuries. Very different works seem to be linked by a single fil rouge: a powerful materiality.

We’ve been talking about cellulosic fibers for a long time, writing about the latest developments and challenges that the textile industry is going through within its recent commitment towards more sustainable processes and solutions for a fast, high-demanding market. 

Metals have been used for a very long time for several purposes, due to their physical properties, their appearance, their endurance and ultimately the value that they’re always given and represent.

Regeneration of former industrial areas within the urban borders has represented for years a great challenge and unmissable opportunity for profound transformations allowing not only to reconnect different portions of the city, but also to restore neighborhoods livability.

Construction being one of the most polluting industries, in recent years architects have increased their efforts towards eco-efficient design and multiplied creative solutions for the built environment. Sustainability in buildings is now accomplished through multiple approaches, which define the end result of architects’ practice at progressively earlier stages. When resource efficiency is set as a primary design goal, buildings uncontroversially show it, no matter if this is achieved through integration of energy saving solutions, choice of materials, layout and construction solutions or the many more tools that traditional know-how as well as state of the art technology offer to the designer.

We visited Cersaie in Bologna, the international ceramics fair that hosted over 600 exhibitors to promote their novelties and innovations to an audience of over 90,000 visitors from all over the world.