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A conversation with Textile Refuge: transforming fashion’s waste into building material - designwanted
Emerging from a university thesis project, Textile Refuge is an open-source initiative that transforms textile waste into cement-based building materials for housing structures in Chorkor, Ghana. By addressing both environmental waste and housing insecurity simultaneously, the project creates local jobs while offering durable homes for vulnerable communities. The team has recently been awarded the “Best of the Year” iF Design Student Award, as well as a €14,000 funding grant from Fondazione Francesco Morelli.
Let’s chat with its founders, Mattia Cappiello, Carola Castiglione, Giacomo Frova, and Mattia Macciachini, about the journey and future of this impressive initiative.👷🏼♀️🏠
The Sweaty Nights and Ringing Ears of the ‘90s Rock Scene in Photographs - Hypebae
Bootsy Holler’s new book “MAKiNG iT” shows it all.
It’s the ’90s, the punk rock scene is thriving and everybody wants to “make it.” While many of us may not have been alive to experience the heyday, it’s something we’ve witnessed on the silver screen and probably felt the itch to be a part of. Now, Los Angeles photographer Bootsy Holler is bringing it into print with her latest book, “MAKiNG iT.”
Documenting the Seattle indie, punk and rock scenes from 1992 to 2008, the photographic time capsule shows us every angle. Focusing on the lesser-known bands who later defined a decade in music history, we witness the world transition from celluloid to digital and grunge to indie.📸🎸
Uniqlo founder Yanai says US may suffer most from tariffs - Reuters
NEW YORK/TOKYO, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The Japanese founder of fashion brand Uniqlo said on Monday the U.S. may bear the highest price from the impact of tariffs on global trade.
Tadashi Yanai, Japan’s richest man and the chief executive of Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing (9983.T), opens new tab, has been outspoken on the potential economic damage from wide-ranging tariffs imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Yanai reiterated that sentiment on the sidelines of a Uniqlo event in New York City, where the company was promoting its LifeWear clothing and art collaboration with Japan’s Toray Industries (3402.T), opens new tab and The Museum of Modern Art.🏬🛒
Tame Impala: Tiny Desk Concert - YouTube
Bobby Carter | October 17, 2025
Kevin Parker’s team came back with two words: “all acoustic.” I was dumbfounded, not only by the notion of an acoustic Tame Impala set but also by the idea of the band playing the real Tiny Desk. In 2020, Tame Impala was able to toe and, by some standards, cross the line for its Tiny Desk (home) concert. Here at NPR headquarters, Parker and the crew had to relinquish a certain level of control. “Let’s just try it and see what happens,” Parker told me.
From a production standpoint, it feels like Tame Impala has done everything but this. Granted, there are plenty of moments throughout the catalog and a few on the new album, Deadbeat, that translate seamlessly into our space. “Loser” is pretty much all guitar. The live debut of “Dracula” is brilliantly reimagined, highlighting the band’s harmonies and Parker’s signature falsetto, which we never hear without at least a touch of reverb. This one took me back to the simpler Tiny Desk days of old, when less was more.
SET LIST
“Borderline”
“Loser”
“Dracula”
“New Person, Same Old Mistakes”
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