Cooloo

Cooloo develops circular furniture, interior finishes and construction materials with its Endless Life technology, which combines residual streams such as leather, cork, jeans, olive pits, limestone, bricks or metals with bio-based binders. The resulting material can be sprayed or applied onto any surface, shape or substrate.

Based in Wanssum in the Netherlands and led by Leo Schraven, who began developing the idea of coating leather instead of upholstering it in 2001, Cooloo uses the technology to create, repair and refurbish upholstery, walls, floors, ceilings and objects. The company reports up to 96% CO2 and waste reduction in re-upholstery, has upcycled more than 10,000 kg of leather, cork and jeans waste, and has worked on projects for Red Bull, DPG Media, TU Delft and the Botanic Tower in Brussels.