Moving Minds Award 2022

Sustainability comes first when we talk about the trophy for our Moving Minds Award on 21 September 2022. Every year, the centres of expertise at UCLL Research & Expertise provide an innovative piece of craftsmanship. 

In the past, we were allowed to award specimens that were 3D printed in our labs, laser-engraved, made in authentic bronze-green oak, manufactured in a bespoke workshop and composed of organic building materials.

On Wednesday 21 September, we awarded a very special one. The trophy for the winning top project Sunshine in a box is made in apple leather and enclosed in a frame made of recovered apple crates.

The bright minds at our Sustainable Resources expertise centre are not at their wits' end: their labs frequently smell of apples and their final product is very close to the real thing. The apple leather is a promising alternative to both animal leather and artificial leather.

Colleagues Evert Vanecht and Joachim Hayen took care of the apple material, Michiel Kragten of the communication department conjured up a clever design from his laptop and Roel Conings finished the end product in the Technology Centre in Diepenbeek.

Top teamwork to put a top project in the spotlight. And that's where all Moving Minds wins.