As a seasoned and sought after male model, it's important that I open doors for up and coming talent like Ryan Fritsch (from Noveco Surfaces) and Mitchell Bell (REVERT GROUP) - SOUND ON 😂
With Green Design taking centre stage across the world, designers and architects now have more sustainable materials to choose from than ever before. You can now design beautiful spaces to last a lifetime without feeling any guilt.
And during the Melbourne Green Design Show last week, our brands were brought together by our partner REVERT GROUP (thanks Paul Rosenberg Vella) to collectively make it easier for designers to choose green building materials.
If you are a designer in NZ or Australia, here are some incredible green building materials options you can choose for our next fit out:
Noveco Surfaces - they manufacture beautiful terrazzo like tiles and solid surfaces using construction waste.
UPPAREL / ImpacTex NZ - Jeff Vollebregt with his whānau and crew take discarded textiles and transform it into a 100% recycled acoustic panel used for fit outs and signage.
Sasha Titchkosky from Koskela (https://koskela.com.au/) make beautiful, sustainable and durable furniture for schools and beyond.
And your's truly Critical. Cleanstone, an 100% recycled plastic panel designed for building fit outs.
We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors but borrow it from our children.
Yes, I get it. We need to accelerate towards carbon neutral and circular building materials if we are to be good ancestors and time is running out. But I am deeply optimistic about our future. Everyday I meet designers and co-founders who don't just care about our future... they roll up their sleeves and jump into the trenches in order to make shit happen.
Sustainable design is no longer a needle e te whānau, it's a f**king tide that's already here.