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Material

Italian Tropics / Fiore di Loto

Location

Isola dei Fiori di Loto, Mantua, Province of Mantua, Italy

Project Status

First series of prototypes

Year

2018

Eugenia Morpurgo and Olivia de Gouveia

Ph. The Future Continuous

An exploration of the potential use of the Lotus flower biomass for the production of materials (silk, yarn, paper, fibreboard), in the Valli del Mincio area where the plant has become invasive due to the changing climate.

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