Dutch designer Merle Bergers translates plant communication into three scents with Lingua Planta and transforms tears into precious jewelry with What’s in a Tear.
Dutch designer Merle Bergers translates plant communication into three scents with Lingua Planta and transforms tears into precious jewelry with What’s in a Tear.
Produced fairly in cooperation with Balinese craftspeople from ethically sourced materials, Julia Otilia’s jewelry line—Julia Otilia Organic Jewellery—reflects her Swedish roots, world travels, free spirit, and deep connection with the natural world.
Berlin-based designer Buki Akomolafe’s label features silhouettes inspired by the Senegalese Baye Fall. Backed by deep research and development, her eponymous clothing line beautifully combines sustainable, organic fabrics with African wax prints, set apart by her signature quilting.
From Common Threads, a community-building initiative started by two women interested in sharing the skills needed to maintain one’s wardrobe, to Fashion For Good, a global sustainable fashion innovation hub with headquarters in Amsterdam, the city offers many ways to take on slow, fair, ethical fashion ideas and practices.
Sjaak Hullekes debuted his new label Hul le Kes at Amsterdam Fashion Week. Hul le Kes is entirely made from carefully collected materials and is a strong, striking, and poetic statement in these days of fast fashion and careless consumption.
BEL KAZAN is designed in Los Angeles by Belinda Kazanci, and ethically made in the label’s very own factory in Bali. The signature prints are developed by Belinda with artists around the world and are printed by hand in Bali.
#boatstobags: mimycri is a sustainable accessories design brand coupled with an important and inspiring social initiative in Berlin. Here, cofounder Nora Azzaoui speaks about what’s behind the latest collection “I Am Many.”
Cause Effect highlights local ingredients at every level. Here, bartender Justin Shaw speaks about how the cocktail kitchen reflects, respects, and aims to protect what is unique to Cape Town and its environs.
Meet James “Trigger” Phillips of Cause Effect and learn how he came to partner with Kurt Schlechter to create this visionary cocktail experience in Cape Town, thousands of miles from home.
Cause Effect serves up the best of the Western Cape in the form of delicious experiential cocktails, with loads of passion, boundless creativity, and attention to detail.