Research & Development
How Polymaris creates bio-plastics from marine bacteria
A Brittany-based company specialized in marine biotechnologies, Polymaris collects, tests, selects, and cultivates seawater micro-organisms to turn them into a PHA it calls Nautilium. What's behind the sea-based technology?In Plouzané, near...
Advertorial
The secret to Axilone’s sustainable decorations
A specialist in designing and manufacturing metal and plastic packaging solutions, Axilone is strengthening its sustainable decoration offer. Reynald Trochel, Innovation Director for the Axilone Group, highlights the company’s vision and...
Webinar
Webinar replay: Clase Azul México, Bamford and Positive Luxury talk sustainability strategy
How are luxury brands dealing with issues of transparency when it comes to their sustainability strategies? Positive Luxury, Clase Azul México and Bamford sat down on September 14th for the latest instalment of Formes de Luxe’s webinar...
How Atelier Lucile Viaud turns shells, algae, and more, into glass
Using discarded materials, Lucile Viaud invents new glass formulas, intimately linked to the places where the raw materials were collected. Oyster and snail shells, firewood ash or smoking ash, microalgae, used diving filters... in her kiln,...
Zignago Vetro targets glass make-up packaging trend with Giotto Duo
Italian glassmaker Zignago Vetro is tapping into the demand for glass make-up packaging with its new, patent-pending Giotto Duo jar.Giotto Duo is the latest addition to Zignago Vetro’s standard packaging offer dedicated to cosmetics and...
Innovathèque curates sustainable materials to watch
"Technology transfer, breaking down barriers, using materials in new ways: sometimes it doesn’t take much for a material to give rise to new applications," Justine Rouger, Director of the FCBA Innovathèque (Technological Institute -...
Champagne Mailly Grand Cru’s coffret revamp leverages molded pulp
In revamping the coffret for its L’Intemporelle Blanc and L’Intemporelle Rosé references, Champagne Mailly Grand Cru opted to replace the traditional PP insert with one in molded pulp. This move to create entirely recyclable packaging...
Could milk casein one day replace plastic?
Upcycling milk casein to create a novel material is not new; the technique had its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s with a material called Galalith. Today, designer Marion Seignan has revisited casein to create a modular, biodegradable material...
Bruno Bavouzet, LVMH: "Our goal is to rehabilitate five million hectares of land by 2030"
Three of LVMH Beauty's houses — Parfums Christian Dior, Givenchy Parfums and Kenzo Parfums — are partnering with French cooperative Cristal Union to support an agroecology program for the farming of beets, the base ingredient in the...
Remeant transforms single-use packs into textile
In Tel Aviv, Elinor and Alon Nathaniel give a second life to single-use packaging. Whether it's bubble-wrap faux-leather or aluminum-tray-based imitation leather, the upcycled materials open up a number of new solutions in the packaging...