Embedded nature: Design innovation for health & wellbeing PERFORMANCE DAYS MUNICH: Kick-off Summer 2019 Anne Prahl PhD concept+design 26 th April 2017
Embedded nature: Design innovation for health & wellbeing Background: The physical inactivity crisis Connecting with nature Design strategy: Bio-based textiles Design Concepts: Embedded nature Summary and Q & A
Background: The physical inactivity crisis
The physical inactivity crisis: The problem 1 2 Physical inactivity has been identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality causing an estimated 3.2 million deaths globally. (World Health Organization) 1 Sitting is the new smoking infographic 2 Sleeping child with games control
The physical inactivity crisis: Exploring solutions 4 3 5 3 Towards An Active Nation report, Sport England 4 #BeActive campaign Europe 5 Nike Designed To Move campaign
Connecting with nature
Connecting with nature: Authentic experience 6 Consumers are seeking experiences that are rooted in authenticity and nature, and that connect them to the wellbeing of other people and the planet. (Global Wellness Economy Monitor, 2017) 6 Keen Terradora shoes 7 The Great Outdoor Gym Company, London 7
Connecting with nature: Authentic challenge 10 11 10 Fitness bootcamp 11 Tough Mudder competition
Connecting with nature: Authentic playground 8 9 8 Obstacle running 9 Wilderness Yoga
Biophilia is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms. (Edward O. Wilson, The Biophilia Hypothesis, 1993) Humans are hard-wired to love - and need exposure to the natural world. (Richard Louv, Ten reasons why we need more contact with nature, The Guardian, 2014) 12 Child hugging tree
Connecting with nature: Biophilic architecture 13 14 Biophilic Cities are cities that contain abundant nature; they are cities that care about, seek to protect, restore and grow this nature, and that strive to foster deep connections and daily contact with the natural world. Nature is not something optional, but absolutely essential to living a happy, healthy and meaningful life. (www.biophiliccities.org, 2017) 13 Bosco Verticale (Stefano Boeri Architetti) 14 PopUP Forest Times Square
Connecting with nature: Biophilic sports concepts 15 16 17 15 Biofit biophilic pop-up gym, London 16 Bodyism gym London 17 Das Biophilia Training Fitness aus dem Wald book with photograph by KiTO photography
Design strategy: Bio-based textiles
Bio-based textiles: Wool 20 18 19 21 22 18 triple2 DUUN jacket 19 Lavalan sport wadding 20 Burlington 100% worsted wool 21 Suedwolle GmbH & Co. KG 100% wool with Naturetexx Plasma 22 TINTEX 100% wool coloured with colorau by tintex
Bio-based textiles: Cotton and cotton/ wool mix 23 24 25 23 TINTEX 65% recycled cotton/ 35% cotton 24 TINTEX 100% organic cotton jersey 25 TINTEX 50% recycled cotton/ 40% cotton/ 10% cashmere 26 Burlington 55% wool/ 45% cotton 26
Bio-based textiles: Cotton/ Lyocell/ Tencel/ wool 27 28 29 27 Burlington 69% wool/ 30% lyocell/ 1% Spandex 28 TINTEX 67% Tencel/ 33% cotton with cork coating 29 TINTEX 67% Tencel/ 33% cotton with cork coating
Bio-based textiles: Tencel/ cotton/ SeaCell 30 32 31 33 30 TINTEX 100% tencel pique 31 TINTEX modal 63%/ recycled cotton 34%/ elastane 3% 32 smartfiber AG 68% Pima Cotton/ 26% SeaCell/ 65% Spandex and 48% Merino wool/ 48% SeaCell/ 4% Lycra 33 smartfiber AG 82% tencel/ 10% smartcel sensitive/ 8% Spandex
Bio-based textiles: Certified bio-based 35 34 36 34 LENZING Fibers, selection of 100% Lenzing Modal, 100% Tencel knit rib, 100% Tencel interlock, 100% Tencel single jersey, 100% Lenzing Modal single jersey and 75% MicroModal/ 25% Lenzing Modal melange interlock 35 SINGTEX AIRNEST coffee foam 36 SINGTEX AIRMEM coffee membrane
Bio-based textiles: Hybrids 37 38 39 40 41 37 TINTEX double face 50% recycled polyester/ 25% Tencel/ 25% cotton 38 TINTEX double face 48% rec. polyester/ 26% cotton / 26% Tencel 39 TINTEX 39% Tencel/ 39% wool/ 22% rec. polyester 40 Thygesen & Birk Fabrics Sportwool 100% Merino wool (skin-side) and cationic dyed polyester (outer layer) 41 Flocus Kapok/ rec. polyester
Design Concepts: Embedded nature
Design Concept: GROWTH_DECAY NATURE-TEXTURAL DYNAMIC TEXTILE BIO-COLOURING 42 Root textile, Diana Scherer 43 Decay, Marie Ilse Bourlanges 42 Natural colouring process, colourau by TINTEX 45 Michi Illusion pant 46 Cork coating, TINTEX
Design Concept: Respond + Adapt EMBEDDED PATTERN THERMOREGULATION BIO-ADAPTIVE SKINS 47 Healthcare & wellbeing textile collage, Laura Deubler-Mercurio 48 BioLogic sweat-responsive bio-skin, MIT Media Lab s Tangible Media Group 49 Stimuli responsive and reactive ink, THE UNSEEN 50 LNDR sports bra 51 New Trend Textile Co. Ltd. 60% Flycool nylon/ 40% Sorona recycled polyester
Design Concept: NUTRIENTex BIO-ENGINEERED INHERENT WELLBEING PROPERTIES ORGANIC WASTE/ BY-PRODUCTS 52 Lululemon tank top with Vitasea (made with seaweed) 53 3D printed bio material from brown algae, Bioesters 54 Cow dung-based cellulose bio-material, Jalila Essaïdi 55 Orange juice by-product skins make Orange Fiber 56 smartfiber AG, 68% Pima cotton, 26% SeaCell/ 6% Spandex
Summary Material innovators and designers can play a vital role in developing products that can encourage the consumer to head outdoors, while enhancing their health & wellbeing during and following exercise There are many exciting and innovative textiles already out there but we need to accelerate the innovation agenda to produce more bio-based materials and finishes, which are suitable for a circular design strategy (i.e. durable, reusable and fully recyclable or biodegradable) In order to create innovative performance fabrics and clothing that can truly improve the wearer s health & wellbeing, we need to work together across industries and skill-sets to re-think and re-invent raw materials, textile & garment manufacture and colouring & finishing processes
Q & A Anne Prahl concept+design anne.prahl@btinternet.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-prahl-phd-2983627/
Image references 1 Sitting infographic http://www.scoopnest.com/user/newsflicks/823032575312756736 2 Sleeping child http://news.emory.edu/stories/2014/11/low_social_skills_and_obesity/campus.html Photo by IPGGutenbergUKltd www.thinkstockphotos.co.uk 3 TOWARDS AN ACTIVE NATION report, Sport England https://www.sportengland.org/about-us/what-we-do/ 4 #BeActive campaign Europe http://ec.europa.eu/sport/week/about-week-of-sport/index_en.htm 5 Nike Designed To Move campaign http://thedesigninspiration.com/articles/25-best-examples-of-flat-ui-design-websites/ 6 Keen Terradora shoes https://www.instagram.com/p/bq4bv3ylngy/ 7 The Great Outdoor Gym Company, London. The outdoor gym in Osterley Credit: The Great Outdoor Gym Company/Phil Bourne http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/15/rise-outdoor-gyms-signals-muscling-up-outdoor-fitness-industry/ 8 Obstacle running https://pixabay.com/en/photos/challenge/ 9 Wilderness Yoga http://roblenfestey.com/programs/wilderness-yoga/ 10 Fitness bootcamp http://personaltrainersinstoke.com/fitness-boot-camps-in-stoke 11 Tough Mudder competition http://www.mudrunguide.com/2015/11/tough-mudder-2016-new-partner-finisher-shirts-and-tough-mudder-half/ 12 Child hugging tree http://scottsampson.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2013-07-01t06:42:00-07:00&max-results=7 13 Bosco Verticale - Stefano Boeri Architetti http://www.ugl.sg/p/design.html 14 PopUP Forest Times Square http://www.popupforest.org/ 15 Biofit biophilic pop-up gym, London http://www.welltodolondon.com/ukactive-partners-new-biophilic-gym-concept/ 16 Bodyism gym London http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3729397/inside-world-s-poshest-gym-frequented-david-beckham-pippa-middleton-vitamin-d-lights-shine-oxygen-pumpedmembership-22-000-year-d-hope-so.html 17 Das Biophilia Training - Fitness aus dem Wald Clemens G. Arvay & Mariya Beer http://www.kito.at/2016/04/23/das-biophilia-training-fitness-aus-dem-wald/ 18 triple2 DUUN jacket with Lavalan wadding http://www.triple2.de/produkte/guys/vests-jackets/isolationsjacke-performance-duun/ 19 Lavalan sport wadding, Baur Vliesstoffe GmbH http://www.lavalan.de/en/ Contact: k.koehn@baur-vliesstoffe.com 20 Burlington, 100% worsted wool selection. Photo: A.Prahl www.burlington.com Contact: Cassia.Lewis@burlington.com 21 Suedwolle GmbH & Co. KG, Guden-AA, 100& Wool with Naturetexx Plasma easy-care treatment www.suedwollegroup.de http://www.naturetexxplasma.com/ Contact: Pfeiffer@suedwollegroup.de 22 TINTEX, 100% Wool with coloured with colorau by tintex. Photo: A.Prahl www.tintextextiles.com Contact: dolores.gouveia@tintextextiles.com 23 TINTEX, 65% recycled cotton/ 35% cotton. Photo: A.Prahl 24 TINTEX, 100% organic cotton jersey. Photo: A.Prahl 25 TINTEX, 50% recycled cotton/ 40% cotton/ 10% cashmere. Photo: A.Prahl 26 Burlington, 55% wool/ 45% cotton. Photo: A.Prahl 27 Burlington, 69% wool/ 30% lyocell/ 1% Spandex. Photo: A.Prahl 28 TINTEX, 67% Tencel/ 33% cotton with cork coating. Photo: A.Prahl 29 TINTEX, 67% Tencel/ 33% cotton with cork coating. Photo: A.Prahl 30 TINTEX, 100% Tencel pique. Photo: A.Prahl 31 TINTEX, modal 63%/ recycled cotton 34%/ elastane 3%. Photo: A.Prahl 32 smartfiber AG, 68% Pima Cotton/ 26% SeaCell/ 65% Spandex and 48% Merino wool/ 48% SeaCell/ 4% Lycra. Photo: A.Prahl www.smartfiber.de Contact: m.finken@smartfiber.de 33 smartfiber AG, 82% Tencel, 10% smartcel sensitive/ 8% Spandex. Photo: A.Prahl 34 LENZING Fibers, selection of 100% Lenzing Modal, 100% Tencel knit rib, 100% Tencel interlock, 100% Tencel single jersey, 100% Lenzing Modal single jersey and 75% MicroModal/ 25% Lenzing Modal, melange interlock. Photo: A.Prahl www.lenzing.com Contact: s.happel@lenzing.com 35 SINGTEX AIRNEST coffee foam. Contact: huachi@singtex.com http://www.singtex.com 36 SINTEX AIRMEM coffee membrane 37 TINTEX, double face 50% recycled polyester/ 25% Tencel/ 25% cotton. Photo: A Prahl
38 TINTEX, double face 48% recycled polyester/ 26% cotton / 26% Tencel. Photo: A Prahl 39 TINTEX, 39% Tencel/ 39% wool/ 22% recycled polyester. Photo: A Prahl 40 Thygesen & Birk Fabrics, Sportwool, 100% Merino wool (skin-side), cationic dyed polyester (outer layer) http://tbfabrics.com/threads/sportwool/ Contact: abb@tbfabrics.dk 41 Flocus, Kapok and recycled polyester http://flocus.pro/index.php/shop/ Contact: http://flocus.pro/index.php/contact/ 42 Root textile by Diana Scherer http://dianascherer.nl/root 43 Decay by Marie Ilse Bourlanges http://marieilsebourlanges.com/projects/decay/ 44 Natural colouring process (colorau by tintex). Photo: A Prahl 45 Michi Illusion pant https://michiny.com/products/illusion-pant-black 46 Cork coating (TINTEX). Photo: A Prahl 47 Healthcare & wellbeing textile collage, Laura Deubler-Mercurio https://iaccna.com/member/deubler-mercurio-color-design-associates/ 48 BioLogic sweat-responsive bio-skin, MIT Media Lab s Tangible Media Group https://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/28/this-incredbile-living-shirt-morphs-when-you-sweat/21255551/ 49 Stimuli responsive and reactive ink, THE UNSEEN http://www.designboom.com/technology/the-unseen-wind-reactive-ink-changes-color-with-air-07-25-2014/ 50LNDR sports bra https://moveyourframe.com/shop/items/balance-sports-bra 51 New Trend Textile Co. Ltd. 60% Flycool nylon/ 40% Sorona recycled polyester. Photo: A Prahl www.newtrend.com.tw 52 Lululemon tank top with Vitasea http://www.lulufanatics.com/item/7009/lululemon-all-tied-up-tank-black 53 3D printed bio material from brown algae, Bioesters http://bioesters.com/ 54 Cow dung-based cellulose bio-material, Jalila Essaïdi https://www.dezeen.com/2016/07/24/mestic-haute-couture-from-manure-jalila-essaidi-poo-fashion-garments-bio-fabric-movie/ 55 Orange juice by-product to make Orange Fiber http://www.orangefiber.it/ 56 smartfiber AG, 68% Pima cotton, 26% SeaCell/ 6% Spandex. Photo: A. Prahl Please note: All images sourced from the Internet are used for research purposes only, in order to illustrate this presentation, held on the 26 th of April 2017 at Performance Days Munich. The copyright for commercial reproduction of all images remains with their original owner. Further reading Physical activity, World Health Organization http://www.who.int/topics/physical_activity/en/ How healthy is Germany? Deutsche Krankenversicherung Report, 2016 http://www.ergo.com/en/presse/overview/presseinformationen/alle-meldungen/pm-2016/2016/20160808-am-dkv-deutschland-bleibt-sitzen-im-job Statistics on obesity, physical activity and diet in England-2017, NHS Digital https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-obesity-physical-activity-and-diet-england-2017 Global Wellness Economy Monitor report (2017) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54306a8ee4b07ea66ea32cc0/t/58862a472994ca37b8416c61/1485187660666/ GWI_WellnessEconomyMonitor2017_FINALweb.pdf. Benefits of outdoor exercise confirmed (2011), The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110204130607.htm Eurobarometer on Sport and Physical Activity European Commission, 2014 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_memo-14-207_en.htm Nature for Health and Equity (2017), Friends of the Earth Europe http://www.foeeurope.org/nature-health-equity Edward O. Wilson, The Biophilia Hypothesis (1993) Richard Louv, Ten reasons why we need more contact with nature, The Guardian (2014) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/13/10-reasons-why-we-need-more-contact-with-nature