Medium: Recycled ocean plastic - Bionic Yarn

Date: Spring/Summer 2016

Country: Netherlands

Credit: Museum purchase

Musician Pharrell Williams is a passionate environmental activist. He co-founded and acts as creative director of Bionic Yarn, a company that recycles plastic waste from the oceans into fabrics, such as the one used to create this T-shirt. After two years of collaborating with Dutch clothing brand G-Star RAW, Pharrell became its co-owner in 2016.

Object Number: 2016.71.1