Biophilica is at the intersection of nature, design and science. Meet founder Mira Nameth, the designer who tells us how we are just at the beginning of a plant revolution where we will see an explosion of green chemistry.
The leather industry represents $50bn and has extreme environmental and human impacts. Vegan leather known as PU and PVC do have a lower water and carbon footprint but they still have traces of plastic.
Enters TreeKind, the first material created by Biophilica, a plastic-free, carbon-neutral vegan leather made from green waste - leaf, twigs, grass...
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