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About
NANOxARCH® (Materials x Design) is a research - based advisory agency that has pioneered "Sustainable Material Design (SMD)" in China since 2018. It aims to help brands across industries, as well as design companies and material manufacturers, to "reduce carbon emissions from a material perspective" and thus to mitigate climate change through joint efforts.
In order to establish a sustainable material ecosystem in China, NANOxARCH® started developing the "China Sustainable Materials System (CSMS)" in 2016 and has been updating it since. It widely connects the "R&D-Manufacturing-Application-Recycling" chains of 7 categories of sustainable materials such as Plastics&Rubber, Wood&Wood-like, Fabrics, etc. By closely integrating research, production, design, certification, education and AI, NANOxARCH® is vigorously promoting the iteration of the local material industry towards sustainability.
CSMS
China's Sustainable Materials System
YUXI LEI
Founder & CEO, NANOxARCH® (Materials × Design)
Guest Lecturer / Industrial Supervisor of Southern University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Jiangnan University, Central Academy of Fine Arts and Hunan University.
Since 2011, Yuxi has been exploring how to mitigate climate change from a materials perspective and foster healthier, closer relationships between humans and their environment.
In 2018 she founded NANOxARCH®, a sustainability-driven research and advisory firm, and coined the concept of Sustainable Material Design(SMD) together with the establishment of China’s first “Sustainable Materials System”since 2016. The company helps clients in automotive, aviation, architecture, fashion, food and other sectors to reduce carbon emissions through material innovation, producing numerous first-of-their-kind cases in China and worldwide.
Her work has earned global and domestic recognitions, including being selected for the Homeward Bound global women-in-science Antarctic leadership program for climate change, Tatler Gen.T “Asia’s Most Influential—Sustainability,” and Forbes China “30 Under 30.”
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