Being recognised alongside innovators working at the intersection of luxury, design and new approaches to materials is a meaningful moment for us.
Kristian Eddé started with a simple question:
What if something that is normally discarded could become something people truly want to keep?
Our work began with salmon leather made from skins that are a by-product of the fishing industry. Rather than treating the skin as waste, we saw the potential for it to become a distinctive luxury material one with a direct connection to the Nordic waters and the industry it comes from.
But we wanted to take the idea further.
Together with partners in Iceland, Sweden and Norway, we have been exploring how salmon leather can be developed from land-farmed salmon, creating new possibilities for a material that has previously received very little attention.
This is not only about creating another alternative leather.
It is about asking what luxury can do when it engages with the industries behind its materials.
The journey has involved experimentation, failed tanning trials, new collaborations and a lot of hands-on work in our Stockholm atelier. Some things have worked. Others have not. And that process has been important.
We believe in proof before promises.
The Luxury Innovation Awards recognition is therefore especially meaningful. It acknowledges not only the products, but the experimentation and the larger idea behind Kristian Eddé: using luxury, design and culture as a way to open new conversations around the future of the fish industry.
We are now heading to Geneva as one of three finalists in the Sustainable and Circular Luxury category.
Whatever happens next, reaching the final is an important milestone for Kristian Eddé and another step in a journey that started with salmon skin and a question about what it could become.
The story continues.
