Dealing with ethical issues by removing the use of animal leathers within the Fashion industry.
Marie Melcore is a material, textile and graphic designer. These three fields allow her to evolve in a transversal and multidisciplinary context.
By developing them through the biodesign prism, she addresses environmental issues and the relationship between living organisms and design.
Marie Melcore is a material, textile and graphic designer. These three fields allow her to evolve in a transversal and multidisciplinary context.
By developing them through the biodesign prism, she addresses environmental issues and the relationship between living organisms and design.
VEGETABLE LEATHERS
Category
Textile Design
Material innovation
Carried out at
DSAA Textile Design
E.S.AA.T.
Tutors
Marianne Bernecker | Course Founder-Leader
Laurent Schavey | Course Founder-Leader
Hervé Crespel | Course Founder-Leader
Solange Thiry | Senior Lecturer
Location
Roubaix — France
Date
2017 — 2018
Turning fruit and vegetable waste into
a leather substitute.
More than a billion animals are killed worldwide for the leather trade every year. An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted globally each year, one third of all food produced for human consumption, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
For billions of years, terrestrial and marine habitats have thrived by producing vast quantities of materials, all without landfill. By using this recycling approach, as old as the world, the aim of the project promote a circular economy while removing the use of animal leathers from the Fashion industry. In sum, the development of these biomaterials is as ecological as ethical.










Testing pineapple, melon, grapefruit, orange and watermelon leathers from food waste.