Some stories start with a spark of innovation. Others start with waste.
This one starts in the vineyards of Provence—just after the harvest, when the grapes have been pressed, bottled, and celebrated. What’s left behind is grape marc: skins, seeds, stalks. For most, it’s compost. For a few, it’s gold.
At this year’s Future Fabrics Expo 2025, the flagship event for sustainable fashion during London Climate Action Week, that waste was reborn.
Planet of the Grapes—a biomaterial innovator based in France—is working with Martina Spetlova, the renowned materials weaver known for her handwoven leather and love of colour, to present something new: Remnant Rebel N°3, a stool made with a grape-based leather alternative.
And at SmartDPP, we got to give this story a digital spine.
We created the Digital Product Passport (DPP) for this first-of-its-kind lifestyle object—no 3D scan needed, just a commitment to materials transparency, and a belief that the future of fashion (and furniture) is traceable, beautiful, and circular.
Here’s why this matters
So many brands talk about sustainability. Fewer can show it. Fewer still can trace it, layer by layer, back to where it began.
The grape leather used in the stool is handmade from organic vineyard waste—harvested by hand, processed locally in Provence, and scaled responsibly in France and Italy. The colours are mixed by hand. The textures are customisable. And the base fabrics—like recycled polyester or organic cotton—are chosen based on how they’ll feel and perform.
This material isn’t just innovative—it’s patient. It takes time. It takes climate data, design sensibility, and deep respect for the origin of things. It takes collaboration.
Which is why The Sustainable Angle—founders of the Future Fabrics Expo—continues to play such a vital role. Their commitment to showcasing responsibly made, commercially available fabrics is what makes events like this feel not just hopeful, but practical. Tangible. Possible.
And maybe that’s what we need more of: not just good ideas, but good tools.
What a DPP adds to this moment
When you scan the Remnant Rebel N°3’s DPP, you don’t just get the story. You get the proof. The biomaterial’s journey. The colour choices. The sustainability index. The circular supply chain. The designer’s voice.
You get the kind of detail that moves us from inspiration to action.
Martina Spetlova, with her handwoven codes of ethics, brought colour and character. Planet of the Grapes brought science and soul. Together, they showed us that sustainability isn’t static. It’s alive. It evolves. And it begins in the vineyard.
And if you want to see what traceability really looks like, just scan the code.
