Tag: Plastic

  • Shellworks raises $15M to scale sustainable plastic alternative Vivomer

    London-based biomaterials company Shellworks has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Paris-based impact investment fund alter equity. The round also included participation from Nat Friedman (NFDG) and JamJar, founded by the creators of Innocent Drinks, alongside existing investors Founder Collective, LocalGlobe and Third Sphere. Founded in 2019, Shellworks develops and read more

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  • Where Would Contemporary Art Be Without Plastic?

    Book Review A new anthology on plastics in art reveals the philosophical conundrums and contradictions at the heart of a material the world relies on. Arthur Jafa, “Ex-Slave Gordon” (2017), vacuum-formed plastic (© Arthur Jafa; image courtesy the artist) The motivating query behind Plastics, an art conservation anthology by Anne Gunnison and David Joselit, is read more

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