Grey & orange Tate banner apple leather card holder

Take a little piece of Tate exhibition history with you about town with this grey apple leather cardholder, part of our collection made with sustainability in fashion trailblazers BEEN London. Made partly from AppleSkin alternative to leather, the orange detail of the card wallet is made from old Tate exhibition banners.

Although our banners are usually recycled into Stormboard, a plywood-like plastic board, BEEN have reimagined some of our recent banners as materials for this stylish accessories collection. As the material for each wallet is cut from different parts of the banner, each cardholder will be unique, telling its own tale of Tate.

The rest of the card holder is made from AppleSkin™, a vegan-friendly alternative to leather. Developed in Italy as a way to repurpose the peel and cores of apples usually discarded during apple juice production, these parts of the apple waste are dried and ground into a powder, and made into a in a supple, leather-like material that’s hardwearing and versatile.

Not only that, but the apple leather used for our BEEN + Tate accessories has a carbon footprint that’s 79.24% lower than virgin leather. BEEN also offer a free repair service, to keep your accessories in use as long as possible.

To make the recycled accessories collection, we partnered with BEEN London, a multi-award winning design studio and accessories brand who make their timeless bags and accessories from discarded materials. By using zero virgin materials, the team behind BEEN London highlight the possibilities of circular design and challenge the way things are made – in this collection alone, a total of 50.67 kg of waste has been rescued from going into landfills. An all-female team based in East London, British Vogue has described them as one of the most innovative companies in the world.

• Dimensions w 10 cm x h 7 cm
• Material Apple leather & PVC Tate banner