Bentley has created a carefully curated selection of exquisite materials for the EXP 100 GT concept car. The collaborations, many of which also help protect the tradition of British craftsmanship, put sustainable innovation to the forefront.<\/p>\n
Among them is a unique partnership with Gainsborough, a company that has been producing some of the world\u2019s finest interior furnishing fabrics since1903, designed, dyed, warped and woven with care and integrity. Based in Sudbury, Suffolk \u2013 a center of silk weaving since the 19th century \u2013 the company has a royal warrant of appointment to Her Majesty The Queen.<\/p>\n
Gainsborough cotton damask textile is sustainable, renewable and biodegradable, making it an excellent choice as an environmentally friendly fibre in the EXP 100 GT. This unique and beautiful damask has been jointly created by Bentley and Gainsborough, using a sustainable dying process that strives to achieve zero discharge of chemicals into the environment.<\/p>\n
Bentley teamed up with London\u2019s premier embroidery house to create a crafted art installation on the textile. Hand & Lock has more than 250 years of experience, providing their services to the Royal Family, top European design houses, the Royal Armed Forces and Savile Row tailors. The company is committed to sharing embroidery know-how and inspiring the next generation of embroiderers.<\/p>\n
Vegea is the future of luxury eco-materials and uses a bi-product of the wine-making process to create a fully vegetal raw material consisting of grape skins, seeds, and stalks that remain after crushing grapes. An exclusive collaboration with Vegea Company of Italy sees Bentley making a clear and bold statement about its commitment to delivering beautiful materials that are sustainable and environmentally friendly too.<\/p>\n
Using a traditional Wilton loom, Grosvenor Wilton\u2019s luxury floorcoverings in the EXP 100 GT are woven with precision and skill in the finest sustainable wool from rare breed sheep. Grosvenor Wilton is one of England\u2019s oldest carpet manufacturers, founded in Kidderminster in 1790, it has a legacy of quality and innovation. The yarn selected for Bentley is all-British FarmedWool, spun in Britain, dyed in Yorkshire and woven in Worcestershire. Cumbria Crystal is the last producer of completely hand-blown and hand-cut, lead, luxury English crystal. Using only traditional methods, a team of just 22highly skilled artisans use techniques that have barely changed since Roman times. The company is committed to operating as sustainably and ethically as possible, working only with British and European partners for all supplies and packaging. It is the crystal of choice for British Embassies, many royal families and now the Bentley EXP 100 GT.<\/p>\n
Even the exterior paint of the EXP 100 GT is produced from a process that uses rice hush ask \u2013 a bi-product from the rice industry. The Coldstreampigment featured on the Grand Tourer is synthetically manufactured and reduces rice husk landfill waste, due to the bi-product\u2019s lack of biodegradability. The resulting paintwork shows a beautiful spectrum of autumn colors.<\/p>\n
Bentley\u2019s love of authentic materials \u2013 a long-established tradition in the company’s luxurious cars \u2013 continues via a unique partnership with the charity, the Fenland Black Oak Project.<\/p>\n
Around 5,000 years ago, an ancient high forest once stood inside the Fenland Basin in England\u2019s East Anglia region. Over time and due to a rise in sea level, these spectacular oak trees fell into the silt of the flooded forest where they have been preserved ever since in the peat.<\/p>\n
This black \u2018treasure\u2019 lay undiscovered until 2012 when experts found a 13-metre long giant log from that forest. Milled and dried, the wood has anaesthetic naturally occurring open grain, knots and cracks that make it perfect material to infuse with metals such as recycled copper \u2013 adding stability to an otherwise \u2018flawed\u2019 piece of wood.<\/p>\n
Inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi, metal-infused bog oak embraces and celebrates the beauty of the natural features and imperfections, repurposing an otherwise discarded material for use in the Bentley EXP 100GT interior.<\/p>\n
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