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DMY International Design Festival 2012

April 24, 2012 – 2:01 pm

Excursions during DMY 2012: 7 June, 14:00  ALBA plastic sorting facility, Berlin 8 June, 10:30  BSR waste incineration plant, Berlin 9 June, 10:00  Beekeeper Kohfink, Berlin   Sign in: hinterland@walachei.com Following the experience in developing Walachei products Erik is hosting and moderating excursions to Berlin based facilities during this year’s DMY Festival. Topics include waste, read more >>

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BSR waste incineration plant excursion

April 24, 2012 – 1:50 pm

In December 2011, Erik taught at the Esmod Fashion Academy and visited the BSR waste incineration plant in Berlin with students of the Sustainable Fashion Master Course. The excursion was the first day of the module on designing fashion with sustainable, detox and recyclable materials. From the first moment students saw the amounts of waste read more >>

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DMY 2011 Cradle to Cradle workshop

April 24, 2012 – 8:32 am

On last year’s festival Erik held a Cradle to Cradle designer workshop. Besides a presentation on the basic principles, Erik opened a consultation desk where many designers brought their products to discus ways of optimising the product according to Cradle to Cradle.    

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BioFach

April 12, 2012 – 12:12 pm

On the BioFach 2012, the world`s largest organic trade Fair in Nuremberg Germany, we showed all certified shower gels and wallpaper and also tested the detergent prototypes. We thank all visitors for the fantastic, encouraging feedback on all products! The exhibition from top to toe was established with detox, reusable and/or recyclable materials. The black read more >>

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