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Save the planet and enjoy the rich patina of life

Published: February 3, 2021

I received an email two weeks ago when I asked for some advice from the Product Life Institute in Geneva. My message had mentioned the comparison of leather with plastic substitutes.

Tanners should drop “disruption” talk

Published: August 5, 2016

Article first published in ILM May-June 2016 print edition. The new buzzword these days seems to be disruption. It is a word that came into business use when “disruptive innovation” was first mentioned by the Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in his book ‘The Innovator’s Dilemma’ in the 1990s.

The amazing handbag

Published: May 5, 2015

I read recently that handbags were one of the earliest items of fashion. Men carried them first and the satchel even gets mentioned in the Bible. You had to carry your seeds, medicines, coins and lunch somehow.