Join us at Material Matters fair during London Design Festival between 18 - 21 September 2024. Locally Grown is an interactive installation that invites visitors to explore their hair as a new material with great potential. The project is led by @studiosannevisser , a material design research studio and leading voice in the development of human hair as a super scaleable regenerative material. This exhibition evolves from the original Locally Grown project launched at the Design Museum in 2022 and is now further developed at the HairCycle recycling hub in Stratford. Since February 2024, the HairCycle team has collected hair from local salons and barbershops in Newham, transforming it into local, bio-based materials, diverting waste from landfills. The installation offers a chance to experience the full journey from fibre to product through live hair cuts, spinning, ropemaking demonstrations and an exhibition of design objects. Studio Sanne Visser have invited nine other studios with a like-minded approach to regenerative and circular design, to collaborate on a series of unique objects that incorporates the studio’s hair yarn, cord and rope. Helen Kirkum Studio, Lauren MacDonald, Mia Rodney, Rein Reitsma, Tŷ Syml, Wilkinson & Rivera, R-Urban, Urban Radicals and Biocrafted x Coral Gardeners have applied the hair rope into a broad range of products, from fertilisers for local parks to high-quality interior design, fashion and architecture objects. The exhibition is supported by The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and is co-curated by Company, Place, an organisation who specialise in a bio-regional approach to arts commissioning. @studiosannevisser @haircycle_ @company_place @helenkirkumstudio @working_cloth @allbitsknit @_basketclub_ @reinreitsma @tysyml @wilkinson_rivera @rurban_poplar_london @urbanradicals @c.w.bellamy @bio.crafted @coralgardeners @nlinuk @materialmatters.design 📍 Bargehouse, Oxo Tower 🗓️ 18 - 21 September 2024 ⏰ 10.00 - 18.00 (Weds until 21.00) Register via www.materialmatters.design/visit 📸 by Angela Tozzi @angelatozziphotos