Welcome to dyeluxe
Dyeluxe is a colour research project sampling pigments from food by-products.
The main research field focus is on pigment extraction to create natural textile dyes in a sustainable manner. Through its circularity model, Grave-to-Cradle the aim is to reduce the circularity gaps within the food and fashion industry simultaneously through collaboration.
nikolett madai
Photo credit: STUDIOLINE Photography
NIkolett Madai has a Sustainability in Fashion Masters degree from Berlin. The the idea of Dyeluxe was formed during her master's thesis Grave-to-Cradle as a start-up business idea.
meet the design researcher
dyeluxe's philosophy
Grave-to-Cradle
circular strategy
SUstainability core values
SUstainable
by-product dyeing principle
Research blog
By-products of the food industry can come from the entire food supply chain. The research blog explores creating mainly textile dyes from sourcing different types of food by-products from various stages of the food chain. Have a glimpse into turmeric, avocado, pomegranate by-product dyes and many more to come!
press
Photo credit: Green Product Award/Reinaldo Coddou H.
Dyeluxe was selected from a field of 766 social innovations as one the 30 Semi-finalist of the European Social Innovation Competition 2020 Reimagine Fashion, a challenge prize run by the European Commission.
Dyeluxe's Grave-to-Cradle won the Green Concept Award's 'Fashion Changer' title in 2019.