4. Profiles
An ongoing update on the greatest minds ETICA finds along the sustainable journey. In this page you can get to know the suppliers, their services, background and see relevant images of their work. You can find them organized alphabetically. Any questions relating to these amazing creatives, please enquire below.
JULES HAINES, UNITED KINGDOM
Etica: Eco-Friendly, Reused materials, Reduce Waste, Upcycling
Location: Kent, UK
Services: Resale of Surplus High-End Fabrics and Wallpapers.
Workshops: Lampshades
Jules Haines mission is to prevent surplus and unwanted fabrics and wallpapers to end up in landfill. She resales high-end brand off-cuts at a fraction of the retail price.
Having worked in the textile industry before Jules knows first hand the waste that is produced and has set up Haines Collection to fight againts waste and promote sustaiability and conscious attitudes.
At Haines Collections you can find names like Christopher Farr, Penny Morrison, Sofa.com, Nicky Haslam and others. She describes the fabric and gives her suggestions for best use. Also, if the fabric has any “perfect imperfection” she makes sure to address it.
Please pay attention to the stock type. Products may vary and once stock is sold out you might not find more of the same.
She also runs a lampshade making workshops near her location.
Every saturday she has the “Sustainable Saturdays” where she shares on Instagram her sustainable journey, actions and helps advise others.
“We are enabling interior businesses to make small but positive changes to help reduce the negative impact that they have on the planet.”
TINO FILHO, PORTUGAL
Etica: Handmade, Upcycled, Recycled Materials
Location: Lisbon, PT
Services: Artistic plastic and Sculpture
Original from Salvador, Brazil, Tinno Filho moved to Lisboa fourteen years ago with the purpose to enrich his cultural knowledge.
With a background linked to afro-brazilian culture, Tinno is a self-taught artist that works with recyclable materials on his acrylic paintings and sculptures.
As an artist, Tinno is a friend of the environment, and his main concerned is to reduce waste and contributing to a greener world.
His mission is to transform plastic into art, and waste into useful resources.
His creations bring upcyling to another level of quality and exquisite designs.
Etica: Handmade, Upcycled, Recycled Materials
