Winners of a contest will be awarded. You can admire all the prototypes made by the 24 participating students. And there is a seminar that deepens the sense of Korean style applied to leather. Lineapelle hosts Hongik University, South Korea’s leading academy for art and design. And it presents the work in progress of a […]
The history of Russian leather evokes much more than what could be called “the memory of leather”. It is the story of an adventurous secret that remained for almost 2 centuries on the bottom of the English Channel. A mystery studied for almost 10 years, and solved by Elise Blouet-Ménard
To design a cutting-edge application of Italian leather to fashion products or design items. Subsequently, to match it with a disruptive marketing strategy to target successfully younger buyers and their curiosity. Such are the challenges set by Lineapelle Award, a special educational project arranged by Milan’s leather and fashion materials fair in partnership with Hongik […]
Leather stands out at Paris design exhibitions. Two major fair events are underway in the French capital city: Paris Déco Off (on the agenda on January 16-20) and Maison & Objet (scheduled on January 17-21). Printed and green leather prevail in both exhibitions. We have selected the most interesting works, two of them actually, presented […]
L’Officina – Chimica in Movimento has scored one more goal. The company, based in Solofra, specialized in the manufacturing and marketing of chemicals for tanning, presented Air Leather, which is inflatable leather. Inflatable leather To begin with, sheep and goat leather (made in Solofra) undergoes a tanning process that makes it very elastic. L’Officina is […]
To create a leather goods brand and use exclusively seamless pieces of leather: is that doable? Yes, apparently: that is the story of Sébastien Cordoleani and the case of Archipel Paris, which evidence such feasibility. In 2016, Cordoleani, a young French architect, decided to combine his passion for “beauty and well-done objects” with the one […]
Maison Soler creates a new line of ostrich leathers. The tannery, which define itself as “artisanal”, adds the product to its catalog at the request of French ostrich farmers themselves, who, within borders of the Hexagon, no longer find possible customers for their raw hides. “In France, no one is tanning any more – says […]
The event promises to bring interest, as well as emotions. Veneto-based tannery Montebello, in collaboration with Lineapelle, is organizing the event. It will take place tonight. The inedita performance includes both theater and dancing, and was planned, built and interpreted to satisfy “the need to tell the uniqueness of leather’s essence via the use of […]
There is no future without creativity. There is no creativity without innovation. Therefore, the fourth edition of the World Leather Congress also featured for the first time a competition for emerging designers. Students from the Parsons School of Design participated. Voting for their prototypes took place during the event held yesterday at the Metropolitan Pavilion […]
We are always ready to face challenges and do research. We developed our patent in 2014: the first prototype of leather with injected feathers. The proper combination between research and design. Leather tanned with metal-free substances is transformed thanks to the injection of feathers from a soft duvet thermos-sealed to the piece of leather. A […]
It is a journey five-years long that saw the filing of the patent in 2014, the presentation at Salone del Mobile in 2017, the gradual penetration into high-end fashion market and, finally, the recognition of the Best APLF 2019 AWARDS for Advanced Process for Leather (where GER too received an award) at the last edition...
Obuv Mir Kozhi, which is about to kick off in Moscow tomorrow, is likely to turn out to be very complicated, owing to difficulties that are affecting Italy’s exports towards the Russian market. Over 200 footwear and leather goods companies, coming from 13 countries, are going to exhibit their winter collections during the fair, on […]
The key word is “sharing” and concerns the strong identity of Italian leather: its excellence. Sharing as an act of mutuality which, in the specific case we are talking about, calls into question Lineapelle and the very precise target that it wanted to involve: the Korean market. The two-days of the event named #sharinginnovation, two […]
After London, New York. Lineapelle’s network of international sneak previews flies across the Atlantic to open its exhibition stands in the Big Apple. In fact, Lineapelle New York 36th edition is about to take place at Metropolitan Pavilion, tomorrow and the day after, on July 17-18. Several exhibitors, 125 of them, will participate in the […]
“I am looking for fantasy, new items, unique leather: bovines for leather goods and lamb for apparel. I’ll stay two days at the fair. Lineapelle93 is a chance for research: it would be a pity to come by here just for classically styled materials”. Florent Paudeleux works at Polypheme, which is a fashion style counselling […]
Presentation of the activities carried out during the project. Overview of challenges ahead of the leather area. The need, especially felt, is to communicate the correct perception of the leather along with the commitment to the sustainability of the tanning industry powerfully. They are the topics of the final conference of Leather is My Job, […]
The Conseil National du Cuir (CNC) proposed to raise the quality of French calf’s leather. The situation seems critical. During the sixth International Vitello Symposium (organised at La Baule by Interbev on 25 and 26 April), the French organisation explained that “only 15% of the tanning raw material has the necessary quality for the high-end […]
Natural effects and bright colours were the highlights of the 2017 edition of Lineapelle92 (February 21 to 23 held in Rho, Milan). In her first visit to the fair, young fashion student Giovanna Mercanti was “fascinated by different materials” and, in particular, by “naturally tanned skins and by the variety of colours.” Another visitor, who […]
