Textile Waste Turns Into Artificial Stone in Chromaterico Furniture Collection
Ever heard of the word Textilite? That is exactly what is used for the Chromaterico Textile Objects furniture collection by Archeomaterico (Davide Balda) in collaboration with Chroma Composites. The project uses defective, discarded, and unsold garments that are reprocessed into a usable raw material. This way, the collection resolves the issue of fast fashion and textile waste.
The furnishing accessories are created with a mineral blend named Textilite that incorporates fabrics and fibers of vibrant color and various types. The textile waste is first mechanically ground by Archeomaterico into a mix of fabric and fiber. These fibers are then combined with the Mersus process, proprietary of Chroma Composites, that enhances its mechanical and structural aspects.
The Textilite material works as a stone-based textile that gives the pieces sustainability and design. The collection debuted at this year’s Milan Design Week and consists of three signature pieces.
The first one is the Sfrido bench that features raw, coarse-grained textile fibers. The bench is composed of three cylinders with a diameter of 12 cm and a height of 38 cm.
Next is the Cencio shelving system that explores layered and dense fiber treatments. It is composed of three pillars, with a diameter of 30 cm and a height of 140 cm, joined by three thick shelves made of alpaca fibers.
Last in the collection is the Brandello table that highlights smoother, polished mineral-textile blends. Apt for living rooms and workspaces, the table has a diameter of 100 cm and a height of 75 cm. It features a wool and cotton fiber top along with supporting structures.
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The Chromaterico furniture collection turns discarded polyester, elastane, and natural fibers into a durable, load-bearing material. This collection enables the textile industry to convert to a circular waste management method, reusing the excess or waste production.
Ultimately, that was the main goal: giving something back to the planet and to society to improve the world we live in every day. And that is exactly what the research behind Archeomaterico is all about.
– Davide Balda
Rather than shipping waste to landfills, Chromaterico establishes a localized material workflow. It provides a direct path for the fashion market to transition its surplus goods into the architecture, interior design, and building sectors.
