WHEN

October 24-25

WHERE

51 Dockside Dr, Toronto, ON M5A 0B6

HOTEL PARTNER

Le Germain Toronto Mercer – BOOK WITH SPECIAL RATES

Circular Design for a Circular Economy

10:00-11:00
Thursday, October 24
How do we develop furniture and textiles for a cleaner planet? Three leaders from the world of circular design discuss their approach to developing exemplary products. Cicil co-founder and textile industry veteran Caroline Cockerham will outline how her company built a fully transparent supply chain, working with local farmers’ collectives to develop all-natural rug designs that save deadstock jute from landfills. Okaterra co-founder Justin Beitzel will break his studio’s chairs down into their requisite components — felled lumber, regenerative wool, and carbon-sequestering hemp — to reveal how the furniture “gives back more than it takes.” And MycoFutures CEO and co-founder Stephanie Lipp will highlight how her biotech start-is scaling up production on a new leather alternative made from mycelium.
Sponsored by Formica

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