Honorable Mention 2024 / SUSTAINABILITY / NATURAL MATERIAL/VEGAN FOOTWEAR

Biofilia- Mule

 

 

  • University
    Savannah College Of Art And Design
  • Lead Designer
    Rafaella Lopez Kempin
  • Professor
    Michael Mack
  • Photo credit
    Will Forester, Kalena Wrobel
  • Expertise
    Student

Biofilia is the deeply engrained desire to commune with nature and all living things in a beautiful and harmonious way. It was this desire that led to the creation of this sustainable footwear collection. This is a collection that centers around solving the lack of compostable materials in the footwear industry and resolves it by using leaf leather.
The Beleaf material successfully creates a product that successfully engages in "circular sustainability." Not only does it come from nature and composts back into it, but it also provides revenue to a native Amazon community.