Visit commaa to explore a new generation of materials first-hand – from circular textiles to food-waste-based surfaces and bio-crafted finishes. Get up close and touch the innovators' work, and imagine a world where everyday objects sit in better balance with nature.
What if? Making Matter: Materials Reimagined
What If? is a month-long sustainability campaign co-curated by Fabrica X and commaa. We aim to spark conversations about how we design, consume, and live in a world that demands balance with nature. Through a curated blend of exhibition, novel ingredient bites, hands-on workshops, and insightful sharing sessions, we invite you to step into a future that is already taking shape.
Date
Feb 27 – Mar 30 2026
Time
08:30 – 17:00 Weekdays
09:30 – 19:00 Weekends | Public Holidays
Venue
commaa, G/f, 11 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
What if? Making Matter: Materials Reimagined
01/ Exhibition
The gallery space serves as a window into a circular world. The gallery wall highlights global innovators creating a sustainable future—some transform biowaste into high-performance alternative leathers and textiles; others use wood chips and natural fibres to create the products we carry and wear every day.
What if? Making Matter: Materials Reimagined
02/ Happenings
Pour Over Dialogues | 07 & 21.03
From Fruit Peel to Keepsake: Year of the Horse Bio-Charm Workshops | 14.03
Curious Bites & Sips: Xperience Food Innovations | 20.03
What if? Making Matter: Materials Reimagined
03/ Sustainable Brands
The glass shelves present the Asian Perspectives—a curated collection of brands from across Asia that craft products using organic, biodegradable materials.
What if? Making Matter: Materials Reimagined
01/ Exhibition
The gallery space serves as a window into a circular world. The gallery wall highlights global innovators creating a sustainable future—some transform biowaste into high-performance alternative leathers and textiles; others use wood chips and natural fibres to create the products we carry and wear every day.
02/ Happenings
Pour Over Dialogues | 07 & 21.03
From Fruit Peel to Keepsake: Year of the Horse Bio-Charm Workshops | 14.03
Curious Bites & Sips: Xperience Food Innovations | 20.03
03/ Sustainable Brands
The glass shelves present the Asian Perspectives—a curated collection of brands from across Asia that craft products using organic, biodegradable materials.
01/ Exhibition
What if the chair you sit on came from morning espresso grounds?
What if your favourite handbag was grown in a garden, or your leather jacket was born from the peels of sun-ripened bananas?
In an era when our choices shape the planet’s future, we are often told what we should stop doing. But here, we invite you to ask a different question: What if our everyday actions could help restore nature instead of depleting it?
02/ Featuring Material Innovators
Alternative Leather
Alternative leather is a new generation of leather-like materials made from plants, from, or other biomaterials, offering a similar look and feel with a lighter environmental footprint.
Regenerative
Regenerative approaches use next‑generation materials and practices that go beyond doing less harm, actively renewing resources and helping restore natural ecosystems.
03/ Sustainable Brands
We present the Asian Perspectives — a curated collection of brands from across Asia
that craft products using organic, biodegradable materials.
Co-curated with commaa, head over to pause, connect, and rethink how we live and consume.
About commaa - A café and a cultural space where coffee meets art and architecture. Like a comma in speech, the vision of commaa is to offer people a moment of pause, while providing a space for connection through cultural events. The spatial design embodies two elements from this vision: a pause and a connection.
“'What If?’ brings us together to explore the art of conscious living, allowing us to turn everyday moments over coffee into sparks of curiosity and change, perfectly aligning with our mission to blend culture with conscious dialogue.”
