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For 2022, RawAssembly joined forces with Lenzing, Lenzing Luxe, Fibretrace, and Good Earth Cotton to amplify their impact through an industry-responsible textile sourcing event, and circular fashion design exhibition.
RawAssembly 2022 brought not only an industry B2B 3 day immersive sourcing event, with an international lineup of solution providers and esteemed speakers, but also a world-class curated exhibition.
RawAssembly creates the opportunity to craft new local & global relationships, learn from one another and establish new partnerships that help positively impact the world and transform the fashion industry around us.
RESPONSIBLE. REGENERATIVE. CIRCULAR TEXTILE SOURCING
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THE CONVERSATION | CENTRE STAGE
By bringing discussion, debate and action centre stage, with globally renowned industry speakers alongside pioneering raw material growers, manufacturers, retailers and textile innovators. The sourcing event aims to help reduce the industry’s impact, addressing the complex question of reducing waste and balancing consumption with sustainability.
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FEATURED EXHIBITORS & SHOWCASE
Australia
End-to-end Traceability
FibreTrace®
FIBRETRACE® delivers end-to-end traceability and real-time results and data, housed on a FibreTrace® platform that can be accessed securely via any device connected to the internet.
FIBRETRACE®’s mission is to ensure every member of the textile supply chain has the ability to take direct accountability to reduce the environmental impact of the global industry. In doing so, they aim to ultimately provide the consumer the opportunity to choose a transparent and sustainable supply chain to follow and purchase from.
Europe
Mycelium Interior Materials
Mogu
Mogu Floor is a collection of bio-based resilient tiles for circular interior design and architecture. MOGU Floor tiles consist of a mycelium composite core, coated with a proprietary formulation of 90% bio-based resins.
London
Plant-Based Leather
PINATEX
Pinatex, an innovative natural textile made from waste pineapple leaf fibre is now a Certified B Corporation.
The leaves are the byproduct of existing agriculture, and their use creates an additional income stream for farming communities. Piñatex® is a natural, sustainably-sourced, cruelty free material.
Finland
Raw Materials - Cellulose - Fibre-to-Fibre
Infinited Fiber
Infinited Fiber’s technology turns cotton-rich textile waste into brand-new, unique Infinna™ textile fibers that have the soft look and feel of cotton and are as versatile to use. By creating a valuable new material out of waste, they are stopping used clothes from ending up as pollution at landfills and in incinerators, and helping to reduce the need for new materials created from virgin resources.
Join us to walk through Infinited Fiber's Lab where you can see and feel the Infinna™ fibers and fabrics made with them for the first time in Australia.
Germany
SÜDWOLLE GROUP
The Südwolle Group consists of Biella Yarn, a producer of yarns for flat knitting;
Yarn In Motion, a specialist producer of circular knitting yarns in wool for the production of outdoor and functional clothing;
Richter a leading supplier of speciality yarns for hosiery; Stöhr, a specialist supplier of technical yarns for the automobile industry, for upholstery and other specifications;
Südwolle, a specialist in the production of weaving yarns; and Soey, a supplier of OE rayon yarns
SPAIN
ORGANIC COTTON COLOURS
Guatemala
Textile Mill - Recycled Cotton Fibres & Fabrics
The New Denim Project
The New Denim Project manufacture 100% sustainable eco-cotton yarns, fabrics, garments and accessories. The New Denim textile line within Iris Textile has been developed by collecting pre-consumer denim off-cuts from jean manufacturers cutting tables, grinding these scraps back into fibre to be spun once again into new yarns and woven up-cycled fabrics.
Canada & India - Available to purchase in Australia
BOTANICA TINCTORIA
Naturally dyed Botanica Tinctoria cotton trimmings and threads are made in India and are dyed using natural plant based dyes and artisan techniques
CHANGING THE INGREDIENTS:
FASHION'S FUTURE RECIPE
A new generation of designers are rethinking our relationship to everyday things, especially fashion and textiles. From fashion to food, agriculture to architecture and construction, from packaging to footwear - finding lost value in our waste and imagining a future of clean materials fit for a circular economy could be the pathway out of our linear system.
RawAssembly’s circular design exhibition showcases some of the visionary designers who are reinventing the way in which our products are designed today and takes visitors on a journey from our current linear system to a circular one. The exhibition highlights that, we all have a role to play in creating tomorrow together. The exhibition offers journeys, stories and resources to empower and equip the design and creative community to seize the opportunity of the circular economy as a framework for positive global impact.
This is not just a industry sourcing event and public exhibition, it is a campaign designed to share knowledge, inspire leadership, challenge today and drive action from industry through to our surrounding businesses and communities.
Access to the Exhibition is included in our 3 day Industry pass and is also accessible on its own during our public exhibition days.
FEATURED EVENTS | WORKSHOPS
Film Screening
Day 1 - 24th May
REGENERATING AUSTRALIA
Written & Directed By DAMON GAMEAU
Produced By ANNA KAPLAN
Regenerating Australia is a 17-minute short film based on a four-month interview process with a diverse group of Australians who shared their hopes and dreams for the country's future. It is a new story for our nation: a story of empowerment. A story of solutions. A story of regeneration.
Set on New Year's Eve of December 2029, a news anchor is ending the nightly bulletin with a look back
at the decade 'that could be’. A decade that saw Australia transition to a fairer, cleaner, more community focused economy. The film is a construction of news reports and press conferences
featuring real journalists, politicians, business leaders and citizens.
Watch the trailor here
Open Studio
Day 2 & Day 3 | 12-3pm
FUTURE FROM WASTE LAB TOUR
IN COLLABORATION WITH KITX
Transforming the way clothes are made, sold, and used, The Future From Waste Lab lays down a blueprint for the disruptive approach to retail that will be realised in the STH BNK project. The Future from Waste Lab are determined to sow the seeds for a seismic shift in thinking, diverging from the traditional linear narrative of ‘buy, wear, dispose of’ into a fashion future that is sustainable, circular, and transparent.
Join KITX's team inside the Future from Waste Lab between 12-3pm and discuss and view the end to end process
Workshop - 40 people max
Day 2 - 25th May
FROM IDEAS TO ACTION: Grants, Funding & Investment to scale.
Hosted by: Sustainability Victoria’s Circular Economy Business Innovation Centre and Planet Ark’s Australian Circular Economy Hub
Understand the help that's out there for your innovative product, business ventures and how to scale up. You’ll learn about funding and business support programs, hear tips from other businesses and get answers to your burning questions about bringing your ideas to life.
This workshop will enable participants to engage with representatives from various funding and support programs and understand their best options for pursuing their business venture.
Please help to fill out this workshop's questionnaire here when signing up for this session.
Limited spaces available
Workshop - 40 people max - 45 mins
Day 3 - 26th May
DECODING CIRCULARITY
Hosted by: Julie Boulton, Monash University & Courtney Holm, A.BCH
A hands-on practical workshop for designers, producers and retailers who have heard the term "circularity" and are interested in the concept but are not sure where or how to start. In this workshop you will learn from designers who have already embedded circularity into their practice. What are the different decisions they are taking as a consequence of embedding circularity? What challenges have they faced and how have they dealt with them? What are the benefits that placing people and planet at the center of what they do brings to their business?
Spaces are limited to 40 people. Please sign up when purchasing your tickets for this session and help to fill out our pre-event questionaire here
DATES
To be confirmed
Previous events:
May 2022
Changing the Ingredients:
Fashions Future Recipe
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