We bring nature home
Home textiles made of rescued Finnish Lambswool
Bonden home textiles offers a sustainable foundation for decorating • Ecological impact: chemical-free Finnish Lambswool in natural and natural dyed colours • Social impact: we support local production our products are made by artisans and small manufacturers in Finland • Ethical impact: our yarn is mulesing free, ensuring the welfare of animals • Innovative development of the local sustainable material with production chain that can be traced • Home textiles that can cover the needs for years, enduring the change in trends and allowing everyone to decorate timeless and sustainable
Company/Institution
Bonden / Perhosvaikutus Oy
Finnish lambswool is a byproduct of meat production, of which 70% goes to waste. We took this waste and developed it into a yarn suitable for industrial weaving. Moreover, we have also collected all the cutting waste as well as selvages since the beginning and made our ZERO-WASTE products out of them.
Each new Bonden product can be combined with the existing collection. This is as, the colour palette of natural and plant-based dyes is curated as if by nature itself making the collection timeless. At the end of their life cycle, 100% wool products can be transformed into nearly virgin new yarn.
Country
Finland
Website
Designer(s)
Kati Hienonen
After working six years in Hong Kong as a fashion designer I wanted to do things in other way. I deepened my M.A. studies related to ecological design at Aalto University in Finland. When I served as a trend expert in a project of biomaterial innovation group, I noticed that rather than focusing mainly on creating new fibres and technologies, it would be good to know how to utilize existing fibres more efficiently and sustainably. In 2017 I established Bonden brand and started to design textiles made of discarded Finnish Lambswool. Using material that was never used in industrial context.