If you’re even tangentially connected to the cycling world, you’ve probably heard of Pearl iZUMi. For more than 60 years, they’ve been raising the bar for technical apparel innovation, driven to make the riding experience more comfortable, faster, and safer. In 2018, the company redefined its mission, vision, and values to align with its goals to be a responsible corporate citizen — and they’ve been making significant strides (or shall we say pedals) toward increasing the positive social and environmental impact of its brand. Last year, we teamed up with Pearl iZUMi to transform excess jersey ..read more

Friday December 16, 11am-5pm 2410 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97214 Looking for unique, handmade gifts that give back to our planet? Shop our limited-edition upcycled goods! Visit our workshop in SE Portland and cozy up with Nossa Familia coffee & fresh-baked cookies while browsing our entire collection of handmade, climate-friendly gifts designed from excess. Come learn why choosing upcycled gifts is the best way to give back to our planet. Free coffee grinders for the first 30 visitors! Enter to win $10 gift cards to fellow B Corp Nossa Familia Coffee Roasters Enjoy Nossa Familia Coffee ..read more

We teamed up with Portland, OR-based company Cycle Dog to create an adorably practical line of dog gear upcycled from excess materials and recycled bicycle tire tubes. Since 2009, Cycle Dog has reclaimed hundreds of thousands of discarded inner tube rubber that would otherwise be thrown away to create their innovative gear for dogs. Cycle Dog’s founder Lanette Fidrych began her dog gear journey by collecting used bike tubes from Portland area bike shops and learning to sew them at home. After many R&D sessions, she created Cycle Dog’s iconic inner tube-backed dog collar. More than just ec ..read more

We sat down with Executive Director of the Loopt Foundation Scott Welch to hear how he's partnering with the community to take on textile waste one closet at a time. The philosophy is simple: by choosing to wear what we already have instead of buying new clothes, we can each participate in tackling textile waste in our own homes. The Loopt Foundation has recently partnered with EcoAthletes to raise awareness around conscious clothing decisions — and he invites everyone to join their pledge to Swear to Wear All Garments ..read more

The Middle Deschutes River is a 35-mile section of the iconic Deschutes River that flows between the city of Bend and Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon. In this section of the river, deep canyons and public lands comprise one of the most scenic desert canyons in the state of Oregon. Red-band trout, otters, ospreys, and myriad wildlife species inhabit this section of river and depend on clean, healthy flows of water. However, historically most of the flow to the middle Deschutes River was diverted near the City of Bend to serve agricultural needs throughout central Oregon. Thanks to partnerships with ..read more

We’ll be the first to admit: even we end up with excess EXCESS materials. Our design process begins with ensuring we leave as little excess as possible after a project. Even so, we occasionally find ourselves with scraps hanging out in our workshop awaiting their destiny. Recently, our excess was Carhartt canvas. We determined that we had enough scraps to create a limited-edition run of Looptworks canvas slings. Designed durably to outlast average slings out there, our upcycled canvas collection is the latest creation from our Portland-based workshop. See the Upcycled Canvas Sling collection ..read more

When it comes to the responsible production of a product, it’s important to take a step back and look at the entire process. This includes how materials for a product are sourced, how the product is made, what it’s made with, and most importantly (this step is most often overlooked)  — what happens when a product is no longer wanted or able to be used for its original purpose.  At the most basic level, circularity means taking every single step of a product’s life into consideration and ensuring that it will stay out of the landfill forever. The Linear System: Take, Make, Waste Cir ..read more

When Lo & Sons, an Asian American family-owned maker of travel bags, was faced with a pile of returned (and otherwise unsellable) Catalina bags, they called up Looptworks to keep these materials out of the landfill. Founded in 2010 by Helen, Jan, and Derek Lo, the New York based company is on a mission to create stylish and thoughtfully designed travel bags in a socially and environmentally responsible way. The launch of their first upcycled collection with Looptworks is Lo & Sons’ first step towards incorporating circularity into their production process long term. “In the 12 years ..read more

We sat down with interns Valeria Artemiev and Mark Kelley to hear how they're integrating their experience at Looptworks with their Sports Product Management education. Interested in getting a hands on experience with circular design? Learn more about current openings on our Careers page.  ..read more

It takes a village to transform excess materials into a new upcycled product that's both purposeful and stylish. For Looptworks, the village happens to be our Portland, OR workshop, where operations specialists, partnership & supply chain gurus, and product designers come together under one roof to make magic out of the diverse bevy of materials we receive from partners looking to reduce their waste. Our latest collection features upcycled denim twill from the New Denim Project in Guatemala. Today we're going Behind the Seams with designers Alyssa Augustine and Mat ..read more