Vegan Material House
About the Founder & Director of Vegan Material House
Sadie MillerMaggs is based in the West Midlands and is a Master’s graduate in Interior Design. After completing her BDes Hons in Interior Design and receiving national recognition for her work, Sadie sought to expand her material knowledge in ethical design decision-making.
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As a devoted vegan, Sadie seeks to continue her career path dedicating time to focus her specialism in creating healthy and humane interior spaces. Sadie's goal is to pursue a career in the industry, encouraging, inspiring, and developing a knowledge base for designers and clients to understand, explore, and consider the use of vegan alternatives within the commercial and residential sectors.
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This passion and drive has led Sadie to create Vegan Material House, which for now is a virtual space where she can start to share her knowledge and research and collaborate with conscious designers and material innovators to create a database of sustainable vegan materials. This platform is also used to share noteworthy articles and introduce new innovators and trailblazers.
The Core Beliefs of Vegan Material House:
Cruelty-free design
This broad concept means that within every element of the design process extra precautions need to be made when carefully and consciously considering and specifying materials and products, ensuring that they are free of animal products, and animal testing and that they do not directly damage habitats.
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Materials that are avoided are
•Leather
•Silk
•Wool
•Fur
•Feathers – Downs
•Skins
•Glues, paints, and finishes are also checked for animal products and testing.
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Biophilic Design
Biophilic Design is the practice of connecting people and nature within our built environments and communities.
The key to maximising the impact of biophilic design is adopting a cohesive, multi-sensory approach. This concept helps create spaces that inspire us and boost our productivity and mood.
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Elements considered are –
•Plant life
•Air quality
•Natural light
•Indirect biophilic design
•Natural materials
•Connection to nature through sound and aroma.
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Sustainability
Sustainable design is a conscious intention to reduce or completely eliminate negative environmental impacts through conscious design decision-making.
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Sustainable decisions include
•Selecting materials and products with lower energy and water consumption through the entire lifecycle
•Minimise impact on climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions
•Limit resource consumption
•Select renewable resources
•Use recycled materials
•Reduce or eliminate waste by minimising consumption,
•Minimise impact on the local ecosystem
•Select local materials
•Give preference to non-toxic materials
•Buy good quality materials and products
•Use of biomaterials
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Eco-friendly Material
With these three principles in mind, it ensures all of vegan material houses' specifications are eco-friendly, containing the least amount of harmful toxins possible. With the enthesis of cradle-to-cradle products and biodegradable materials.
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We are on a mission to help the design industry & future designers to address vegan design as an exploration.
Our intention is to support a cruelty-free world.