Recycled fibers converted into composite systems
Chromaterico Textile Objects is a collection developed by Archeomaterico (Davide Balda) in collaboration with Chroma Composites, based on material Textilite, an artificial stone produced by recycled textile waste. The project is rooted in a circular material strategy in which discarded, defective and unsold garments and fabric scraps are reprocessed into usable raw material. Textile waste is mechanically ground by Archeomaterico into a mixture of recycled synthetic and organic fibers.
These fibers are then combined with Chroma Composites’ proprietary Mersus process, an engineered composite system designed to improve structural and mechanical performance. The resulting material, Textilite, functions as a fabric-based stone with applications in design, architecture and sustainable furniture production.
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A material workflow for reusing surplus textiles at source
The Chromaterico Textile Objects collection explores this composite material within product applications, showing how textile waste streams can be reintegrated into production cycles rather than discarded. The system, developed by Archaeological material (David Balda) in collaboration with Chroma Compositesproposes a material workflow in which waste is treated as a resource, allowing reuse at or near the point of production. Through this collaboration, the textile surplus is re-placed in a production framework that links recycling processes with the development of materials and the production of objects.
Chromaterico Textile Objects is developed by Archeomaterico and Chroma Composites
the collection is based on Textilite, an artificial stone derived from textile waste
Discarded, defective and unsold garments are used as raw material
recycled fibers form the basis of the Textilite system
