For a worthwile Future

Our sustainable Cooperations and ongoing Projects

• For our shipping packagings / overpacks we use second hand cardboard boxes and cushioning material of the Apotheke (Pharmacy) am Hechtplatz with the environment in mind and to support the cradle-to-cradle principle: the most systematic method of eco-effective product recycling.
• [ongoing] Swiss Silk: cultivation of mulberry trees, silkworm breeding and silk processing have a long tradition in Switzerland. Decades after ceasing, this economic sector is currently revived. We support these activities and like to help re-establishing silk manufacturing as income source for Swiss farmers and the domestic textil industry by designing and selling indigenous silk products.

Our social Cooperations

We appreciate the creative and human drive of operators, staff and residents of social institutions. Homes for the handicapped need reliable partners. We are such a partner by integrating sheltered workshops in our business processes that carry out their activities without pressure according to individual strengths and capacities of disadvantaged people.

We appreciate fair produced Equipment and Materials

• FairLötet stands up for fair lead-free soldering tin. An initiative that favours reprocessing of recycling tin and promotes environmentally sound production and socially viable mining conditions.
• Fairphone: the smartphone with social benefits, ethical, open and built to last. A favourable company that improves the electronics value chain > BuyAware.
• Nager It: the fair computer mouse with a wooden scroll wheel. A business that involves handicapped people and encourages humane working conditions in the factories of the electronic industries.
• Oekogold (in German): receycled gold and other noble/alloying metals for jewellery pieces. One hundred percent ecological (no mining = no destruction of livelihoods), fair (sustainable/uncritical sources) and certified by the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC).

Lasting, unusual and remarkable Exhibition Concepts and Events we like

• Blickfang: the international design fair for design lovers, maker devotees and culture enthusiasts. Meet makers of excellent design and their products on events; buy unique pieces right on the spot or in the online shop (shop in German).
• Designgut (in German): the Swiss fair for sustainable design products (fashion, accessories, jewellery, ceramics, furniture) supports the Swiss design scene.
• Dutch Design Week (DDW): the biggest design event in Northern Europe presents work and ideas of more than 2500 designers with exhibitions, lectures, networking events, debates, festivities and more.
• Maker Faires are award winning, family friendly events that celebrate technology, education, science, arts, crafts, engineering, food, sustainability, and more > Zurich Mini Maker Faire.
• Make Zurich brings together the local hacker/maker community and the city administration to explore new ways of solving the problems of Zurich with the help of open networks and civic tech > The Things Network.
• Premium: the international trade show for advanced contemporary fashion and lifestyle at high magnitude and quality presenting the latest trends.

 

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