WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.750 --> 00:00:13.530 Marshall Hamachi: So good morning everyone good morning to the color material finishes and design class good morning to Stewart and others that are joining us. 2 00:00:13.920 --> 00:00:24.360 Marshall Hamachi: And, in particular, good morning to our honored guests from peanut tex Dr raquel Prato, who is the head of research and sustainability at p90x. 3 00:00:24.630 --> 00:00:38.820 Marshall Hamachi: And Alexandra Richardson, who is the product development manager at peanut text so welcome everyone, and thank you rock Hill and Alexandra for taking the time to be able to present to us about planet X and this wonderful story. 4 00:00:40.020 --> 00:00:55.650 Marshall Hamachi: So basically how this is going to go for those of you, that are not part of the class i'm going to ask you to please mute your microphones and hold on to your questions, until a question and answer period following the presentation okay. 5 00:00:56.790 --> 00:01:05.580 Marshall Hamachi: we're going to have raquel and Alexander present for about half hour or so and, following that then we will engage into questions and answer okay. 6 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:12.750 Marshall Hamachi: Okay, so that being said, please raquel start us off. 7 00:01:15.330 --> 00:01:16.230 Raquel Prado: My screen. 8 00:01:25.860 --> 00:01:27.300 Raquel Prado: Let me know you can see. 9 00:01:32.010 --> 00:01:44.610 Raquel Prado: So Alexandra myself, we are going to present you what is an s&m about and also what is being a decks a bit of our understanding of sustainability and. 10 00:01:45.270 --> 00:01:58.440 Raquel Prado: And then, our way of scaling out and how we position ourselves on another big men's and networks so i'm going to start presenting the company. 11 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:12.390 Raquel Prado: And then, Alexander is going to talk to you about what is being a text is how you can use a text and then i'll talk to you about scaling up and the pigments Nice. 12 00:02:13.590 --> 00:02:39.450 Raquel Prado: So our mission is to develop products that are related to develop in socio cultural and an ecological and is always all together, and as a as important quote from our founder Dr company fossa is our purpose is to reconnect and feel their relationship between humans and Mother Earth. 13 00:02:41.010 --> 00:02:52.260 Raquel Prado: So I don't i'm you know, but we work with have pineapple the fibers and it's not their lives from the Crown so we don't touch the fruit are the leaves from the plant. 14 00:02:53.100 --> 00:03:09.720 Raquel Prado: And when they heard best the pineapple they need to crop the whole plant, so all these leads are ways and there are 27 million tons of lift weights, each year, and most of them, they are getting barn or left wrote. 15 00:03:11.130 --> 00:03:22.830 Raquel Prado: And then sustainability what is sustainability, and these are really difficult concept, and this typical because everyone has their own understanding of what sustainability is. 16 00:03:23.670 --> 00:03:38.190 Raquel Prado: And even if you take the series is not a common answer so it's always different it depends, where you look for so i'm gonna tell you what is sustainability for us before continue with the presentation. 17 00:03:39.180 --> 00:03:57.540 Raquel Prado: So, for us to be sustainable needs to compile environmental, social and economic and the reason is because you can have the greenness product in the market, but if it is not affordable or is not profitable a there, no one can buy it or no one wants to to produce it. 18 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:02.910 Raquel Prado: And that is related with associate because every worker needs to have. 19 00:04:04.140 --> 00:04:14.250 Raquel Prado: weights and they need to have like the rights to to have a normal life and to burn their money, so you need to pay them and everyone wants to get a salary. 20 00:04:14.820 --> 00:04:33.060 Raquel Prado: And that is associated impact, and then we want something that can reach to the market and the people combine it and, at the same time we want something that has the least impact possible so that's why, for us, sustainable sustainable needs to be in between all of that. 21 00:04:36.030 --> 00:04:51.210 Raquel Prado: And because of that, we are very proud to contribute to 11 of the 17 United Nations sustainable development goals, so we we work with the farm communities in the Philippines, we. 22 00:04:51.570 --> 00:04:58.920 Raquel Prado: We help them to grow like they are getting our second income by produced by harvesting the leaves not only the fruit. 23 00:04:59.670 --> 00:05:10.800 Raquel Prado: And we have teach them how to start the fibers, and so they have this take on business and we also have done the beginning to develop the business because it's not easy for for a farming community. 24 00:05:11.310 --> 00:05:22.140 Raquel Prado: depends on the farm Ian is not so big to be able to invest in a new business so so we help them on that and in terms of the quality and. 25 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:26.790 Raquel Prado: I will say that we are half half, but actually in London, we are. 26 00:05:26.820 --> 00:05:37.050 Raquel Prado: By far more women than men, we only have two men, and we are 11 women in the company, but in the rest kind of balance so in general. 27 00:05:37.890 --> 00:05:54.480 Raquel Prado: Is a bit in their shareholders and investors, we are quite equal and then we we try to reduce our environmental impact in the whole process as much as we can to to have their their improved. 28 00:05:55.950 --> 00:06:10.830 Raquel Prado: And, as I said, we are socially and environmentally sustainable and we have a positive impact in both of them and that's why we were a B corp certified, we are very proud of it. 29 00:06:11.280 --> 00:06:20.340 Raquel Prado: And we because we prepare our impact report so last year just by producing being attacks and using those leaves we avoid. 30 00:06:20.670 --> 00:06:33.990 Raquel Prado: 264 tons of CO2 to be emitted, and that is because we avoid this leads to get barn so we use this list, and so you just to avoid this CO2 to be in it that. 31 00:06:34.470 --> 00:06:44.700 Raquel Prado: way not only work on on kind of capturing or avoided that we also work on our supply chain, because you know every production is going to have an impact. 32 00:06:45.120 --> 00:07:15.300 Raquel Prado: And anything is going to produce yet so what we work on is to try to reduce that impact as much as we can, and since 2018 to 2020 we were able to reduce our carbon emissions so 40% in our supply chain, we reduce the use of fossil fuels by 30% and we are produced a watershed by 72 74%. 33 00:07:16.380 --> 00:07:26.280 Raquel Prado: And in terms of social impact, just in the middle of the pandemic, we managed to create hundred jobs in rural communities there in Philippines and with that they got. 34 00:07:26.610 --> 00:07:40.920 Raquel Prado: 2200 K K of addison it come apart of the fruit harvesting and, as I say, also the educational in our workers in the communities, we work quite a lot on. 35 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:51.540 Raquel Prado: on giving this type of tools work with students try to to to promote the social and cultural developments. 36 00:07:52.980 --> 00:08:04.050 Raquel Prado: And this is a picture of one of our fiber worker, that is, I can see, is quite happy working with us in We hope that that continues. 37 00:08:05.220 --> 00:08:07.860 Raquel Prado: And i'm gonna pass it now to. 38 00:08:09.150 --> 00:08:10.170 Raquel Prado: Alexandra. 39 00:08:12.270 --> 00:08:12.660 Alexandra Richardson: Thank you. 40 00:08:13.860 --> 00:08:22.350 Alexandra Richardson: and good morning everyone so pinion tex is the product that we make from the pineapple the fibers that we get from the Philippines as bill mentioned. 41 00:08:22.740 --> 00:08:29.220 Alexandra Richardson: So it's an innovative patented and ethically produced textile and it's created around the values of the subtler economy. 42 00:08:29.790 --> 00:08:44.850 Alexandra Richardson: So we offer a sustainable alternative to leather and other synthetic materials, like the p bass leather alternatives, and so on material is beacon is completely cruelty free and it's got comparable properties to those commonly use materials. 43 00:08:50.940 --> 00:08:56.670 Alexandra Richardson: So the production of being a text begins in the Philippines is where allison mentioned with the pineapple plants. 44 00:08:57.030 --> 00:09:00.750 Alexandra Richardson: They take about 18 months to really grow and then the pineapples will be harvested. 45 00:09:01.170 --> 00:09:12.660 Alexandra Richardson: there's pineapple plantations located in tropical regions all around the world, but the Philippines our third biggest producer globally, which is one of the reasons that we work with them because there's so much supply that. 46 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:19.230 Alexandra Richardson: So it begins with harvesting the fruit so once the fruits been harvested. 47 00:09:19.530 --> 00:09:26.970 Alexandra Richardson: The rest of the pineapple plant and circle mentioned is agricultural waste and the leaves would usually be left to rot or in most cases would be banned. 48 00:09:27.300 --> 00:09:40.980 Alexandra Richardson: So instead of the farmers discarding these leaves they are collected by the local farming groups and we provide the farmers with the second stream of income and exchange please leave so they're actually getting another wage, as well as not having to Bamboo leaves as well. 49 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:49.590 Alexandra Richardson: The fibers and then extracted from the leads to create pain attacks and any other parts of the leaves that remain I would be used as a fertilizer. 50 00:09:50.670 --> 00:10:07.350 Alexandra Richardson: So the fiber extraction process is called to go to education so it's a manual extraction process which uses semyon fully automated machines and the extraction of fibers also enables the decomposition of the rest of the biomass to get the compost and the by the bio gas from that. 51 00:10:09.690 --> 00:10:16.740 Alexandra Richardson: So, once the fibers have been extracted they get washed just in just in water and then the left and naturally dry in the sun. 52 00:10:17.100 --> 00:10:26.310 Alexandra Richardson: We then put them through a chemical free purification process, which removes any remaining impurities that haven't been washed out and also softens the fibers which makes them more. 53 00:10:26.820 --> 00:10:39.600 Alexandra Richardson: usable for us and we've optimized this process as much as possible to minimize any use of water and chemicals and energy, and once the fibers have been through this process there then cut down to be usable length. 54 00:10:41.730 --> 00:10:49.560 Alexandra Richardson: So these cut pineapple the fibers are blended with cla which is probably lactic acid, and that comes from corn so it's all completely natural. 55 00:10:50.160 --> 00:11:08.190 Alexandra Richardson: And the blend of finally fibers and plda is put through a mechanical process which creates Kenya felt safe enough felt is the base material for all of our products that are being attacked under the pinion tex name and it's a non wavering substrate and then itself is fully biodegradable. 56 00:11:12.300 --> 00:11:19.530 Alexandra Richardson: So, then, that whole process is completed within the Philippines, so that is also providing additional jobs to the communities that. 57 00:11:20.040 --> 00:11:28.530 Alexandra Richardson: The rows of peanut felt once created and then shipped across to Spain, which is where they are coated and finished and we apply the color to the pinion felt. 58 00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:37.560 Alexandra Richardson: So the color is given through pigments which are from got certified sources or from natural sources. 59 00:11:38.130 --> 00:11:54.720 Alexandra Richardson: And the reason why we use pigments is because they use a lot less water than the dyes raquel go into that further detail later on, about the difference between dies and pigments that we use a pigment on surface and then residents are also used in the process. 60 00:11:56.160 --> 00:12:05.070 Alexandra Richardson: And these are come these come from bio based partially by a based sources and that all would face to avoid the use of any volatile set solvents. 61 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:18.330 Alexandra Richardson: So these are the examples of peanut tech, so we have four different collections, which have been created to suit different applications, so our original collection on the far left. 62 00:12:18.750 --> 00:12:25.680 Alexandra Richardson: is quite our characteristic collection, which has the wrinkle texture that Kenya Texas well known for. 63 00:12:26.490 --> 00:12:31.830 Alexandra Richardson: This was our first type of material and it's also the one that we have the widest color range available in at the moment. 64 00:12:32.280 --> 00:12:41.340 Alexandra Richardson: we've then got our mineral collection, which is very similar to the original collection except the color is added through natural mineral pigments instead of. 65 00:12:41.790 --> 00:12:46.740 Alexandra Richardson: The got certified pigments so it's got a bit more of a shimmer to the surface, as well. 66 00:12:47.310 --> 00:12:57.840 Alexandra Richardson: The performance collection is one that we've developed more recently, and that is to suit more heavy use kind of application so, for example, upholstery. 67 00:12:58.290 --> 00:13:05.910 Alexandra Richardson: And things that are going to be getting a lot more hard wiring and then we've also got our metallic collection, which has the lovely shiny finish. 68 00:13:08.430 --> 00:13:15.540 Alexandra Richardson: So just to show you some examples of weapon attacks has been used in products in real life, so that you can see it's actual use. 69 00:13:16.470 --> 00:13:26.010 Alexandra Richardson: A we had a cooperation earlier this year with Mike and they created a range called the happy pineapple collection which Jews pinion text and the footwear. 70 00:13:26.370 --> 00:13:35.820 Alexandra Richardson: So here, you can see the peanut text has been used just for needs but pineapple faces and it's used quite often for accidents and detailing and footwear. 71 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:44.520 Alexandra Richardson: But then it can also be used for entire shoe occurs, so we collaborated with Hugo Boss a few years ago to create this collection of shoes. 72 00:13:45.540 --> 00:13:46.050 Alexandra Richardson: and 73 00:13:47.070 --> 00:13:55.920 Alexandra Richardson: Then it's also suitable for us for accessories there's quite a lot of companies that use it to make beacon handbags and various other kinds of vehicle accessories. 74 00:13:57.300 --> 00:14:02.760 Alexandra Richardson: including some quite high end designer bags like these, ones that are made up attacks. 75 00:14:04.470 --> 00:14:11.130 Alexandra Richardson: it's also been used to make some other accessories so fortune pin attempt to make a range of their watch straps as well. 76 00:14:13.470 --> 00:14:31.560 Alexandra Richardson: And h&m have used it in a collection previously, you can see it's in the apparel in the silver on the shoulders and the arms of the jacket, and in the cell from the bits as well, so this is another example of how it can be used as detail and accidents and the power site. 77 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:45.600 Alexandra Richardson: And in the text is also used in quite high end designer fashion as well, and so, Google pay has used in your text to create these almost entire outfits pain attacks being the base material here. 78 00:14:48.510 --> 00:14:58.170 Alexandra Richardson: And then, one of the more recent uses of pain attacks has been interiors So you can see in the vegan suite at the Hilton Hotel bank side. 79 00:14:58.590 --> 00:15:09.870 Alexandra Richardson: they've actually created wall panels made from Kenya tax just behind the bed, which has then been embroidered so in attacks can be quite versatile and has applications that can be painted it can be embroidered. 80 00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:15.780 Alexandra Richardson: It can be laser cutter engraved, so this is another example of it being used and and terrorists. 81 00:15:17.790 --> 00:15:29.700 Alexandra Richardson: And then, this radiology facility has used in your text to clock that who's So you can see the slightly silver shimmery material across the whole of the walls is actually pinging attacks. 82 00:15:32.070 --> 00:15:38.700 Alexandra Richardson: And it can also be used in a post young small scale so here we've got school questions that are made using Kenya text as well. 83 00:15:39.270 --> 00:15:54.000 Alexandra Richardson: And also like suttles have been made from Kenya tax so as you can see it's quite a vast Tom material and we're continuously working on the properties to translate to other applications as well and i'll pass back to raquel for the rest of the presentation. 84 00:16:03.900 --> 00:16:14.820 Raquel Prado: So i'm going to talk to you about our process on scaling up and how we see your difficult or what do you need to happen to come when you are growing. 85 00:16:15.630 --> 00:16:32.280 Raquel Prado: So the company is started as a pH D project or our founder did the pst developing the multimedia and then they created the company in 2013 and we started to commercialize in 2015. 86 00:16:32.850 --> 00:16:42.000 Raquel Prado: And then, this is the catalog from the 2072, you see, we only had four colors like. 87 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:53.880 Raquel Prado: The already metallic collection, but was really small our production was every two three months and and we start that to build up the the supply chain. 88 00:16:54.750 --> 00:17:06.900 Raquel Prado: Now we are almost a medium sized company, and we are getting there and we've been working on securing their supply chain, making sure that we can produce now. 89 00:17:07.230 --> 00:17:14.610 Raquel Prado: Every month, so we have a production every month, we have been working on the process of limitation of course you can grow. 90 00:17:14.970 --> 00:17:24.030 Raquel Prado: And still be sustainable and by growing you make every process more efficient, so you reduce the impact per square meter. 91 00:17:24.690 --> 00:17:35.610 Raquel Prado: mean you still up in the total impact, of course, but you reduce the impact by unit, so you are still environmentally sustainable. 92 00:17:36.330 --> 00:17:52.410 Raquel Prado: Then you need to make sure that the quality is maintain that the building up of the supply chain is a good that you choose the right partners that they have the same vision and purpose, as you have. 93 00:17:52.740 --> 00:18:03.870 Raquel Prado: That space, important for us, are we done we choose our partners on our sustainability goals, everyone needs to be in tune on what we want to achieve and what. 94 00:18:04.320 --> 00:18:13.530 Raquel Prado: We want to produce and building up the team, and also the protocols, because when you grow, you need to have like a standardized process. 95 00:18:13.830 --> 00:18:20.310 Raquel Prado: And it's not like we were in the past, where people talking to each other, everyone was almost in tears for everything. 96 00:18:20.970 --> 00:18:34.230 Raquel Prado: And now we are more department area, so you have a each department, we are still kind of small enough to to have good conversations and we engage and be. 97 00:18:34.950 --> 00:18:52.140 Raquel Prado: able to help other departments, but we are like seeing how the departments are more like a unique now So you see on the rolling how that works, and as you see, we have now 11 colors in our in our email collection, we have another to. 98 00:18:53.430 --> 00:19:08.250 Raquel Prado: type of collection, so that is growing and research and development is very important in any company that wants to world first, because it has to the efficiency curves to innovate, it goes to develop or products. 99 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:16.890 Raquel Prado: Because to know what is there in the market that you can apply in the future and the communications with their supply chain is very important too, because. 100 00:19:17.310 --> 00:19:28.530 Raquel Prado: Then from the research point you can go back to supply into that okay in two years time, we need to be aware that this is it, this is going to happen industry, so we need to. 101 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:41.940 Raquel Prado: Look, for the way of how we can incorporate in our supply chain, like new pigments more environmentally friendly racine's so to all these things happened from research and development and. 102 00:19:42.720 --> 00:20:03.150 Raquel Prado: At that if the future so in the future we work for the future of the company, so we love new products and all the development will launch new colors and the new trends that we need to be kind of a step to step ahead of the company to be able to to continue growing. 103 00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:16.140 Raquel Prado: and also to enter like mass market all these aspects of growing organically, are very important, because the requirements of the big brands are like you need to. 104 00:20:16.470 --> 00:20:25.830 Raquel Prado: Keep the mechanical performing you, you need to go with the standard each brand has their own system knows that also each country has their own standards. 105 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:38.010 Raquel Prado: And you need to be aware of that and some of them, they come with legislation so it's not like the brand wants that noise counts, for example in the UK for a clustering you need to be fire retardant. 106 00:20:38.550 --> 00:20:57.360 Raquel Prado: In other countries, maybe it's not necessary, but but that those things you need to be aware of, and you need to incorporate in in your supply chain and in the people that work with you, and it needs to to get known about that and then other companies, they also buy like. 107 00:20:58.560 --> 00:21:05.100 Raquel Prado: Like, for example, waterproof so if we go for hiking boots you need to be able to have it people to. 108 00:21:06.270 --> 00:21:20.700 Raquel Prado: To love it if that operation or the light fastness needs to be increased and also it's very important to have like ignis in properties, but also in us in aesthetics, because if someone produce. 109 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:29.040 Raquel Prado: 1000 pair of Tuesday one all of them to be the same, so they don't want like each pair of shoes to be different. 110 00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:50.370 Raquel Prado: If you will, is that and that is not that important for small designers but yes for big brands so and we work with everyone, so we need to be aware of every detail of what our clients required, and of course everything's to be at the lowest price possible. 111 00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:55.020 Raquel Prado: So you always you have to have all. 112 00:21:56.280 --> 00:22:05.640 Raquel Prado: These different aspects in Chicago when you design the supply chain when you do your research of when you will you are going to enter the market, you need to be ready for that. 113 00:22:07.830 --> 00:22:10.770 Raquel Prado: And now i'm gonna do more like Canada science. 114 00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:16.200 Raquel Prado: Based on on naturopathic MINS and dice. 115 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:33.810 Raquel Prado: So the difference of fitness and diet one the pyramids are dispersed in the medium, so you can use different mediums and just a tremendous person how it happens to whipping up next we disperse the event in our resin so we don't need this extra step of coloring. 116 00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:45.840 Raquel Prado: At with dice you always need to dissolve it in water mainly so you will need that these extra step before the coating. 117 00:22:45.870 --> 00:22:46.800 Raquel Prado: You will need to. 118 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:57.210 Raquel Prado: watch this this process, most of the pigments not rare bigness from from Manila, and most of the natural diet, they come from plants. 119 00:22:57.810 --> 00:23:16.830 Raquel Prado: And the manga you already have the dice they need kind of an additive or or called more than in most of the cases are a metal that you need to use to do this chemical linked with the fabric of what you want to today. 120 00:23:18.090 --> 00:23:26.610 Raquel Prado: So we have not that big mess in our collection the middle one is an example we use America is combined with different. 121 00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:40.350 Raquel Prado: upsides to get the different colors and we have tried, also to work with their natural dyes, I cannot give you some examples of white within continues, that this route. 122 00:23:41.010 --> 00:23:53.910 Raquel Prado: One of them is that you need to use these metals, to be able to link it and to have the right color because BC means black currant so that I was a from brad that runs. 123 00:23:54.480 --> 00:24:11.460 Raquel Prado: And you can see that the one that looks better to looks like more to the blackcurrant color is the one that use other medium and without a more than if you do nothing happened so we did manage to get a color and then with the lactate. 124 00:24:11.520 --> 00:24:12.660 Raquel Prado: comes from from. 125 00:24:12.690 --> 00:24:23.820 Raquel Prado: kind of milk derivatives are lactose derivatives technicolor was a bit faith, so it was no better be brighter or good enough. 126 00:24:25.830 --> 00:24:33.750 Raquel Prado: Then they correlate with natural dyes, most of the time, because they are chromophores the chance, with the pH. 127 00:24:34.290 --> 00:24:44.970 Raquel Prado: So it depends on which many of you are working in the coating, for example for us in the golden state is going to change, so you need to be aware also this tangents. 128 00:24:45.540 --> 00:25:00.180 Raquel Prado: And to give you an example water pH is 5.5 but as so pH is nine so you was the material is gonna change, and that is not ideal so so you need to protect that somehow. 129 00:25:01.350 --> 00:25:13.080 Raquel Prado: And it doesn't matter, what type of have a core us because not only with black quran but also with Iranian that these day image of like. 130 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:27.780 Raquel Prado: I don't know for you, maybe is there write down that is another another big men die is not black run is called Ionian and also, it has a different state it depends on the pH. 131 00:25:28.770 --> 00:25:38.640 Raquel Prado: And another important thing is when we will see thing they have like path color fastness the course content but it's not only changed. 132 00:25:39.030 --> 00:25:51.660 Raquel Prado: Also transfer the call to other materials so so you need also to protect that and, as I said before, for the brands is very important that you keep this topics to keep the color, and that is not happening. 133 00:25:51.990 --> 00:25:57.870 Raquel Prado: So, for now, we are not using dice it does not mean that we are not we use them in the future. 134 00:25:58.320 --> 00:26:18.360 Raquel Prado: Because, as I said, research and development is always a few steps ahead, and we are always looking for ways of innovate, to be reduce the impact and try to work with natural resources and by various resources so so maybe in the future words that, for now, our trailers didn't work. 135 00:26:19.830 --> 00:26:31.380 Raquel Prado: And now, this is a seat for thought is our last letter a slide and it's just to show you the steps that you need to get to get a T shirt. 136 00:26:32.310 --> 00:26:41.580 Raquel Prado: As we just start for the fiber selection and before days it is a natural fiber it can be planting the seed to. 137 00:26:42.150 --> 00:26:50.910 Raquel Prado: Plant in the katana banking the linen for assist us in a very soul is the plant is there, we just use the ways that you need to start from that. 138 00:26:51.390 --> 00:27:09.570 Raquel Prado: So we just assume here 510 steps the next steps that involves lots of people and just think about will how much do you like to get for making a T shirt and now think about how much, would you pay for a T shirt. 139 00:27:10.560 --> 00:27:18.840 Raquel Prado: And, and this is for you when next time you go, so people to be more aware on where our Dubai in there. 140 00:27:20.430 --> 00:27:29.400 Raquel Prado: And that is for us and hope you like it, and thank you for attending and if you have any questions you have we are extending myself. 141 00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:36.120 Marshall Hamachi: terrific Thank you so much Rocco and Alexandra wonderful. 142 00:27:37.260 --> 00:27:54.210 Marshall Hamachi: So i'd like to open it up now for anyone who would like to ask any questions, please go ahead and for those of you that are muted remember to unmute so any questions for either rock Hello or Alexandra at any part of the presentation. 143 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.970 Kimberly Marte: Marshall other question. 144 00:27:57.150 --> 00:27:57.840 Marshall Hamachi: Yes, please. 145 00:27:58.650 --> 00:27:59.760 Kimberly Marte: If you can hear me okay. 146 00:28:01.260 --> 00:28:16.470 Kimberly Marte: My question is in regards to the texture of the surface, it feels like it's very open and big is there a way in the future, that the texture of that a surface could be tighter or smoother. 147 00:28:18.270 --> 00:28:35.430 Raquel Prado: So again, we are working on on getting a softer texture but it comes with a natural process so that this winkling FF of this texture of the regional serious is is our kind of image. 148 00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:49.110 Raquel Prado: So it's the image of being ethics, we are working on making a bit softer so we can play with the last state to play a bit with the winkle says that he I mean it's gonna be there. 149 00:28:49.620 --> 00:29:08.520 Raquel Prado: And and that's why also we launched the performance collections because there you can play with the texture, so in that range is where the texture is gonna be softer flatter and it can mean different of depends on what you want. 150 00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:10.980 Kimberly Marte: Right, thank you. 151 00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.620 Marshall Hamachi: As a follow. 152 00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:24.780 Marshall Hamachi: i'm sorry, as a follow up to that rock when you reference the performance collection, that is, the collection in which you've got the peanut felt covered with a polyurethane skin. 153 00:29:24.930 --> 00:29:25.620 Marshall Hamachi: On the top. 154 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:37.260 Marshall Hamachi: that's correct and because it has that polyurethane skin, it can go undergo a number of steps for engraving or whatever kind of text during to get the kind of level that you want Is that correct. 155 00:29:38.250 --> 00:29:50.340 Raquel Prado: Yes, different the volume on on getting it called in, but, for example being epics arena also it can be a most so you can give up a bit of of texture by embossing. 156 00:29:51.810 --> 00:30:06.900 Raquel Prado: But then the performance, it allows you is called transfer coding, so it allows you to to use this different kind of transfer and and those transparent, are the ones that the eq day. 157 00:30:07.710 --> 00:30:17.910 Raquel Prado: Then the texture and you can also do embossing and boss rolling and you could use that also to give the texture. 158 00:30:19.050 --> 00:30:21.360 Marshall Hamachi: Wonderful Thank you i'm sorry, there was a question. 159 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:31.650 Kimberly Marte: yeah I had two questions and kimberly's boss one was would there be future alternatives to the PL a backing. 160 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:44.880 Kimberly Marte: For the textile and then I was also wondering on the durability of leather goods people expect them to be heirlooms and last like 30 to 50 years, what is the lifespan of the spec style. 161 00:30:46.890 --> 00:30:59.100 Raquel Prado: So, and the first question we are looking for attendees but we came from me that was dead compose and the same conditions are cellulose now so. 162 00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:14.070 Raquel Prado: And to be you are where you lay and cellos are Compostable at the same conditions, so it doesn't affect to the end of life of the material, and that is important for us so for now we haven't found any. 163 00:31:15.270 --> 00:31:25.890 Raquel Prado: Alternative that comply with that and the past the properties that Pilate he gave us, because we use the billy has been their of their fiber because it's a term of plastic. 164 00:31:27.810 --> 00:31:40.800 Raquel Prado: And, and then, but, of course, as I said, we are always looking for, and we know that there is something coming, but this is still not commercially available that was in the future. 165 00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:53.700 Raquel Prado: and to the other question our material and we've done our topic contest I don't know if you are familiar with that and it's a test that they measure how much. 166 00:31:55.110 --> 00:32:06.120 Raquel Prado: Time the material will last as it is and for now we can warranty that last four years in perfect conditions. 167 00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:22.230 Raquel Prado: As, therefore, like after the four week of the days that means for years they face was a big glossy so it doesn't mean that is going to break is yes, that this will face was a bit closer so it's when you start seeing the the tent. 168 00:32:22.830 --> 00:32:36.510 Raquel Prado: But you also, as with leather boots you need to treat them to make them to rebel so it's not, that is to double by itself, you can unique to box them and treat them and we've been at it, you can do the same. 169 00:32:38.070 --> 00:32:49.410 Raquel Prado: And by doing the same your products are gonna last longer so I I have susie made of p90x they are almost figures and they are still. 170 00:32:50.010 --> 00:33:06.060 Raquel Prado: perfect conditions, is what I can tell, so our company is so new that they cannot tell you that is going to last 30 years because our material is not been there for so long, so they can tell us what what is what we work with. 171 00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:15.780 Kimberly Marte: So I have a question about thickness are you able sorry my students landed or. 172 00:33:17.190 --> 00:33:22.050 Kimberly Marte: Are you guys able to control the thickness depending on what product, you want to put the material on. 173 00:33:24.150 --> 00:33:26.010 Raquel Prado: And can you repeat, please. 174 00:33:27.930 --> 00:33:30.240 Kimberly Marte: Socially can you talk to them like you're closer. 175 00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:40.050 Kimberly Marte: Is there a way that you guys can control the thickness of the material, depending on what the product is. 176 00:33:40.710 --> 00:33:53.100 Raquel Prado: Yes, so we have we have in the past, a collection that was Puma so was half of the thickness that the one that we have now and he's gonna come again. 177 00:33:53.760 --> 00:34:13.830 Raquel Prado: And the people is asking for that is gonna be more applicable for apparel is lighter material hospital drape and, yes, we can play with with with that, too, we can to certain extent, so there is a limitation, but we can play with the weight and effectiveness of the materia. 178 00:34:18.210 --> 00:34:18.660 questions. 179 00:34:19.770 --> 00:34:20.850 Ahyoung Roh: Actually I have question. 180 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:28.980 Ahyoung Roh: My name is I enroll i'm working on some my stereo making into more more waterproof portion of it. 181 00:34:30.030 --> 00:34:35.970 Ahyoung Roh: Do you guys have ever experiments about like make you guys. 182 00:34:36.990 --> 00:34:43.170 Ahyoung Roh: Better or just material making into another special function of it like waterproof or that kind of stuff. 183 00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:52.050 Raquel Prado: So we treatments that work to make our material water proof. 184 00:34:53.520 --> 00:35:06.960 Raquel Prado: is like by adding not rob works, it makes the material more resistant and also plasma Friedman, can make our material waterproof. 185 00:35:08.520 --> 00:35:20.040 Raquel Prado: But we don't apply any of those treatments at the moment and we just said, the material, as it is, but we know that that is possible. 186 00:35:23.250 --> 00:35:23.850 Ahyoung Roh: Thank you. 187 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.630 Kimberly Marte: question. 188 00:35:30.630 --> 00:35:31.590 Kimberly Marte: I have a question. 189 00:35:34.020 --> 00:35:40.050 Kimberly Marte: Dr kimberly's class can be put on a speaker that can sound go through it. 190 00:35:43.110 --> 00:35:45.000 Kimberly Marte: we're talking about consumer products. 191 00:35:47.640 --> 00:35:52.560 Kimberly Marte: Can we wrap this material let's say i'm a speaker and get sound to go through the fabric. 192 00:35:54.480 --> 00:36:01.710 Raquel Prado: And that is a tricky question because we recommend some these installation. 193 00:36:03.030 --> 00:36:05.310 Raquel Prado: So it could be kind of the opposite. 194 00:36:06.990 --> 00:36:16.440 Raquel Prado: But if we make it a sinner or we you can perforate by Luxor to so you've got a equals through. 195 00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:24.030 Raquel Prado: But yeah we recommend, as I explained or more than as a test me until. 196 00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:34.680 Kimberly Marte: yeah I don't know Marshall told you, we do a lot of different products here at art Center so each student is going to look up the material for. 197 00:36:37.050 --> 00:36:38.880 Raquel Prado: That is good at the space would. 198 00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:44.250 Raquel Prado: It help us being on the next that developments. 199 00:36:45.630 --> 00:36:47.850 Kimberly Marte: Exactly innovation next. 200 00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:48.660 yeah. 201 00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:54.120 Kimberly Marte: So I think in our classroom we're ready we're done with our questions Rachel. 202 00:36:57.210 --> 00:37:04.320 Marshall Hamachi: Okay well and it looks like you're ready to move on and get to to your class business, then. 203 00:37:05.370 --> 00:37:11.070 Marshall Hamachi: I want to make make it available for everyone else to ask any questions. 204 00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:15.690 Marshall Hamachi: now's the time if you have anything you want to ask. 205 00:37:16.560 --> 00:37:18.270 Stewart Reed: One quick question Marshal. 206 00:37:18.600 --> 00:37:18.900 Marshall Hamachi: Yet. 207 00:37:19.290 --> 00:37:24.210 Stewart Reed: Do you think moving ahead that this fiber has potential as a structural fiber. 208 00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:33.390 Marshall Hamachi: A good question um I don't I haven't had the ability to experiment with it at all. 209 00:37:34.650 --> 00:37:38.730 Marshall Hamachi: And I think that structurally and raquel please jump in after i'm done here commenting. 210 00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:49.830 Marshall Hamachi: structurally without adding another substrate to be able to conform I don't know that it would necessarily you know stand on its own. 211 00:37:50.820 --> 00:38:00.450 Marshall Hamachi: Especially when we talk about kind of compounds servicing and and more unusual geometries but raquel do you have any input on that as as a structural material. 212 00:38:01.230 --> 00:38:05.190 Raquel Prado: I think that you will need to modify the fiber that somehow like. 213 00:38:06.330 --> 00:38:17.730 Raquel Prado: Yes, make a comment, a chemical modification to be able to maybe to mold it or two to melt it and then it's going to be stronger in that sense, because now it's quite light and fight. 214 00:38:18.870 --> 00:38:19.710 Multiple so. 215 00:38:20.850 --> 00:38:32.880 Raquel Prado: As it is, I don't think that coming years but minis in the entity loss, you can know any information that you that you do to us tell us fiber to to make it work yeah yeah. 216 00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:42.930 Marshall Hamachi: And, as a follow up to that raquel can pin attacks be unit directional in its in its production is that possible. 217 00:38:44.070 --> 00:38:46.560 Raquel Prado: And what do you mean, as you need direction. 218 00:38:46.950 --> 00:38:51.600 Marshall Hamachi: So if the fibers could they all be aligned in parallel and then coded. 219 00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:54.870 Raquel Prado: Is that yes, it's something that we try to avoid. 220 00:38:56.070 --> 00:39:06.270 Raquel Prado: Again, because to have like more homogeneous properties in automatic CEO so then that people can use the material in everyday experience you reduce the waste. 221 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:20.850 Raquel Prado: yeah so so in the past it used to be tight xtina actually but we sent it to make it more to reduce the waste so, then you can move the material and use it in all directions. 222 00:39:21.180 --> 00:39:23.760 Marshall Hamachi: I see okay Jay did you have a question. 223 00:39:25.350 --> 00:39:33.720 Jay Sanders (he/him): yeah hi i'm Jay I work with Stewart in the transportation design department I just a question to have you explored other planets besides pineapple. 224 00:39:34.110 --> 00:39:47.550 Jay Sanders (he/him): I have to assume there are other plants that maybe have similar fibrous kind of properties and i'm wondering is you're looking to possibly expand or pursue other directions, have you explored other other plants, besides pineapple. 225 00:39:48.330 --> 00:39:58.890 Raquel Prado: Yes, so we've been looking for, with all the other plans so, for example, is a fiber that is quite a strong to, and we are looking. 226 00:39:59.430 --> 00:40:09.360 Raquel Prado: In the future, to blend our fibers with all other natural fibers but the only thing that they need to have into account is that it needs to be apart from waste. 227 00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:27.120 Raquel Prado: So, as I said, sustainability and our impact is a corey in our in the company, so we look for fiber that not only have similar properties, but also have similar source so so it needs to be in that sense. 228 00:40:28.470 --> 00:40:36.300 Jay Sanders (he/him): manager that comment, I just want to show you how much I appreciate your definition of sustainability, not just being less pollution. 229 00:40:36.600 --> 00:40:52.890 Jay Sanders (he/him): or less waste, but even the full sustainability, meaning that people who work the you know all of the whole way through, because I think not every company looked at standing thoroughly, and so I just think that's great that you're looking beyond just simply wasted pollution. 230 00:40:53.700 --> 00:40:54.420 Raquel Prado: Thank you. 231 00:40:58.560 --> 00:41:01.890 Marshall Hamachi: Any other questions for raquel or Alexandra. 232 00:41:08.730 --> 00:41:09.210 Marshall Hamachi: Okay. 233 00:41:10.290 --> 00:41:10.650 Marshall Hamachi: well. 234 00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:14.430 Marshall Hamachi: Why don't We then go ahead and wrap up. 235 00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:29.610 Marshall Hamachi: Once again raquel Alexandra Thank you so much, on behalf of art Center students faculty and our Community Thank you so much for making the time to share, about peanut tex about the brand its processes. 236 00:41:30.540 --> 00:41:37.860 Marshall Hamachi: For the art Center community, thank you for joining and kimberly's class, thank you for opening it up and making it available beyond your your class. 237 00:41:38.250 --> 00:41:47.910 Marshall Hamachi: and also to let all of you know at art Center samples of peanut texts will be available for students and faculty to look at starting this Wednesday. 238 00:41:49.410 --> 00:41:59.370 Marshall Hamachi: So if you want to come and see it and touch it and experience it we were given full samples of the collections, so we will have them available okay so. 239 00:41:59.610 --> 00:42:00.120 Kimberly Marte: If you right. 240 00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.610 Stewart Reed: Thank you. 241 00:42:03.150 --> 00:42:04.560 Raquel Prado: Yes, thank you. 242 00:42:06.030 --> 00:42:06.780 Marshall Hamachi: So much. 243 00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:10.470 Marshall Hamachi: holiday to you as well, thank you. 244 00:42:13.080 --> 00:42:13.920 Kimberly Marte: Thank you Marshall. 245 00:42:14.040 --> 00:42:15.960 Marshall Hamachi: you're welcome Thank you bye bye. 246 00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.460 bye. 247 00:42:26.550 --> 00:42:28.320 Marshall Hamachi: raquel Thank you so much again. 248 00:42:28.410 --> 00:42:30.420 Marshall Hamachi: Wrong so appreciate it and. 249 00:42:31.560 --> 00:42:40.380 Marshall Hamachi: And I wish that geographically that we were closer that we could actually invite you, and Alexandra to come and actually come to art Center but perhaps sometime in the future. 250 00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:44.940 Raquel Prado: yeah maybe in the future, when we get back to to talk again. 251 00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:51.750 Marshall Hamachi: Yes, well if you're ever in California, please you know don't hesitate to contact me, and we would love to visit. 252 00:42:52.350 --> 00:42:54.810 Raquel Prado: Oh great Thank you, thank you for the interest. 253 00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:57.390 Marshall Hamachi: Yes, of course, thank you so much right. 254 00:42:57.510 --> 00:42:58.890 Marshall Hamachi: bye take care bye bye.