At vegan luxury resort Plant Life, in the works for Koh Phangan island in Thailand, faux leather for furniture will be derived from the fibers of pineapple leaves. Pillows will be filled with soft bamboo fiber and chairs will be upholstered with fabric made from soybeans. PlantLife, whose owners are raising money through a crowdfunding campaign, is part of a new wave of vegetarian hospitality that goes beyond black bean burgers and quinoa bowls and embraces design from furnishings and flooring to cleaning products. "A standard hotel room is littered with cruelty," co-founder Joanna Hellier says. "We want to show that vegan alternatives equal the quality of their outdated, inhumane counterparts."
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