Clearly New – Monmade

Clearly New celebrated quality and innovation from Monmade in 2020. From February 7, 2020 to February 25, 2020 at the Pittsburgh Glass Center’s Hodge Gallery, the exhibition showcased regionally handmade and manufactured products. It debuted Monmade’s refreshed catalog featuring standardized designs balancing form, function, and sustainability.

Featured Producers

Bones and All · Broken Plates · Building Bytes · Camp Copeland Studio · Deep Greene Woodworks · Emmanuelle Ceramics · FD Pottery · Jowdy Studio · KerfCase · KMJ Metalworks · Limelight Tile and Ceramics · Other Wonders Manufacturing · Penn + Fairmount · Roost Design Build · Salvador Alane · Savannah Hayes · STAK Ceramics · Temper and Grit · Urban Tree

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Clearly New Lighting Gallery

Exhibition Sponsors

Creators

Catalyst Connection
Devlin Architecture
Green Building Alliance
Glasshouse & High Street Residential
Grand View Development
International Living Future Institute
Q Development

Connectors

mossArchitects · Millcraft Investments · Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership · Rothschild Doyno Collaborative · Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh

Supporters

Black Cherry Design · evolveEA · McAllister Equities · Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel · Rugby Realty · SOTA Construction Services Inc. · Studio Lokken · Trek Development Group

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Monmade’s holistic approach to sustainability is described by our Dimensions of Sustainability. Rooted in our team’s knowledge of responsible manufacturing processes for small businesses, our six defined dimensions inform our assessments of artisan producers and their products. Our producers and their products achieve a dimension when they meet one or more of that dimension’s defined criteria.

Environment

Using sustainable materials including recycled, reclaimed, or bio-based materials, prioritizing sustainable vendors and local sourcing, minimizing environmental impact of facility and/or manufacturing waste, publicizing sustainability practices, planning for responsible growth

Climate

Manufacturing at and/or within 100 miles of primary business location, using renewable energy sources, reducing energy consumption, reducing water consumption, measuring carbon footprint, seeking reduction of use of non-renewable resources

Human Health

Products contributing to safe indoor and/or outdoor air quality, using low-to-zero VOC adhesives/sealants/finishes/paints, products comply with specific industry standards including UL and ADA, providing adequate safety and personal protection equipment for employees, safely using/storing/disposing of materials and/or finishes, using and/or encouraging green cleaning methods for products, recommending responsible installation and/or maintenance of products

Social Equity

Business is women and/or minority owned, workforce is more than 50% women and/or minorities, located in an LMI area, hiring local workforce, contributing portion of profits to charitable organizations, practicing public stewardship, offering employee benefits, providing wage transparency

Circular Economy

Designing products for zero-impact, reuse, and the elimination of waste throughout the entire life-cycle of the product. A circular system often includes (but not limited to) using sustainable materials (e.g. bio-based, reclaimed), safe and efficient manufacturing, durability, using sustainable packaging materials, and a plan for end-of-life

Eco-Labels

Indicates when producers/products/ product components are independently certified/verified for their environmental attribute claims by a third-party organization; certifications/ verifications can be for single attribute claims such as FSC or multiple attribute claims such as EPD, HPD, and life-cycle analysis

See Our Eco-label Reference List