News – Hamilton Perkins Collection

Jul 07, 2025

HPC Wins First Place at Microsoft + LAEDC AI Sustainability Pitch

🎉 Big news from the HPC team!Last week, our founder Hamilton Perkins took home 1st place at the AI Sustainability Pitch Competition, hosted by Microsoft and the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC).The event highlighted breakthrough innovations at the...

Jun 17, 2025

The Future of Fashion Is Made From Trash — And It Looks Better Than You Think

Left: Waste. Right: Raw Potential. At Hamilton Perkins Collection, we don’t just work with materials — we work with overlooked opportunities. Each year, millions of pounds of textile and leather waste end up in landfills. Scraps, shavings, and trimmings from...

Jun 13, 2025

Inside SF Climate Week: Blending Capital to Power Climate Innovation

Earlier this year, Hamilton Perkins, our founder, had the privilege of speaking at San Francisco Climate Week on the Blending Capital Sources for Climate Innovation panel. The event brought together leaders across climate tech, finance, and equity—focused on building scalable solutions...

Jun 10, 2025

From Trash to Treasure: The Table Book That Tells Our Climate Tech Story

We didn’t start Hamilton Perkins Collection [Techstars '24] with a finished roadmap—we started with trash. What problems could we solve? Discarded vinyl. Bottles no one wanted. Scraps we saw potential in. What we did not have in precedent, we made...

May 21, 2025

Inside the Louis Vuitton Learning Lab with Black Ambition

Inside the Louis Vuitton Learning Lab with Black Ambition, we weren’t just looking at luxury. We were investigating and studying systems. We were filling gaps and developing solutions.From our experience, we were able to:-Validate that science, design, and purpose can...