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Strawbery fields forever

In this case, pineapple fileds, but also apples, seaweed, or a series of other residues that become prime-matter for fabrics - some waste that we usually associate more with the food and non-textile industry. Like Nullarbor, for example. Still at an experimental stage, this fiber from waste linked to coconut consumption industry resembles viscose-rayon, normally created from wood pulp. According to Nanollose, the company that develops this fiber transformed into yarn and then fabric, uses a technology that allows it to convert residues into microbial cellulose, in a process that takes less than a month and requires very little soil, water or energy. Still in its first stages, the company has already managed to produce a sweater, boasting an alternative that does not use wood and avoiding some concerns related to its production, such as massification and the use of chemicals, as well as the exacerbated consumption of resources. And it's not the only one: there's more sustainable fabrics and fibers from unusual sources in Thoughts in a thread, p. 48.

Disclaimer

No river has been polluted for the sake of this cover: the image that serves as the first impression for this issue on sustainability has gained the contours of floating waste and oil in post-production - see Augmented Reality. A simulated image to represent, unfortunately, what actually happens in many bodies of water around the world. One of the scourges that contribute to climate change and that even manifested themselves, in a way, during this production. At a time when many natural disasters such as hurricanes are being witnessed, the day of this shooting - August 5th of this year - was also hit by a storm on the verge of being categorized as devastating. In the end, the day went by without a hitch and the result is in the (Not So) Pacific Ocean, on p. 196.

Augmented Reality

Speaking of post-production - see Disclaimer -, if you want to see the before and after of this cover, just download the Lighthouse Publishing AR app (available for free from the App Store and Google Play) and point the camera in the app at the image of the cover to see the trash “appear”. It is not the only image to come to life: in the editorial illustrated by Nuno da Costa, Brave New World (p. 232), the image of the model with the computer has a three-dimensional dimension, created by the animator Nick Dehadray, aka The Hard Drive. Just point the app at the illustration to see the magic happen.

No comments, but with words

Even if hidden. In this issue, the comments are yours, but the context is ours: in captions and titles, you'll always know how to position yourself in space and time, at the beginning of an article or section. And you can still draw whatever conclusions and analysis you want from the impactful photographs that we chose to share in this issue where images are worth a thousand words. But we still have things to say: Vogue's voice is still available in QR Codes, with larger or smaller texts, and which you can check before, during or after browsing each article.

Originally translated from the article part of the No Comments issue for Vogue Portugal, published november 2021. Full credits and story in the print version.