ALL GOOD(S)

Introduction

In the wake of the climate emergency, we need to reduce the impact of everyday urban life on resources, from the scale of the individual to an international approach. Both in the Netherlands and Germany, there is an increasing political and societal attention for the transition to a circular economy. A revaluation of material use and the development of new sustainable materials are crucial in this respect. ANCB in collaboration with the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin conceptualised a programme on Dutch and German innovations in material design – considering raw materials, techniques and use – to enable a sustainable and circular economy in the future. The programme supports knowledge exchange and new connections between disciplines and between Dutch and German protagonists.

This Opening Lab Talk aimed to explore a wide range of innovations in material development presented by experts from different backgrounds, while examining how:

• innovation processes to reach sustainability goals can be triggered and supported to create unique and foresightful research in the creative sector
• new materials can play a key role in design and planning to reach sustainability goals
• exemplary applications can contribute to health and comfort, including limiting waste, helping our ecosystem and increasing affordability
• product prototypes can be relevant for the urban planning, building, design and fashion industries to explore potentials and new systems, considering the building façade as the ‘second skin’ to cross-feed ideas from architecture to functions of fashion and design
• dialogue and collaboration between the two countries can support innovation and research

Events

• #1 New Materials in Architecture, Design and Fashion for a Future Circular Economy, 9 September 2020
• #2 CIRCULAR FASHION, 1 October 2020

In collaboration with
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Berlin