Thursday, August 21, 2008

Green Soy Beans ((and Bamboo) and Mitch Dowd)

Mitch Dowd is a designer who specilizes in underware and sleep wear. His "green range' (available from Myer) I though was made from soy bean fibre (im sure thats what it said on the label), but after i reserched it i think its made from organicly grown cotton and bamboo fibre. But anyway, i looked into soybean fibre and it sounds like really cool stuff, its comfortable, and breathable and feels like silk, holds its colour, is moisture absorbant. The only downside is it looks like the brazilians are knocking down their forests to grow the soy beans...
However, I think its very interesting and encouraging to see a range made form organic fabrics being sold in mainstream stores.

http://www.mitchdowd.com.au/green.htm
http://www.swicofil.com/soybeanproteinfiberproperties.html

1 comment:

steve said...

great research meg! how will this impact your design thinking?