Category: Sustainability

100% Compostable Chair

Related Post: Regenerated Nylon ECONYL® / Recycled Plastic by Ecobirdy / Sulapac® Biodegradable Material San Francisco’s Prowl design studio and Chicago’s M4 Factory collaborated on The PEEL Chair, exclusively composed of hemp-based materials. Hemp bast

Cellulose Autumn Leaves Panels 

Related Post: Regenerated Nylon ECONYL® / Recycled Plastic by Ecobirdy / Sulapac® Biodegradable Material Autumn leaves taken from leftover urban materials are transformed into open-pored, sound-absorbing acoustic panels with the addition of cellulose. The material

Seaweed Biomaterial

Related Post:  Sea Me – Sea Algae Yarn / Sustainable Ocean Materials / Zebra Glass Professor of Practice for Contemporary Design Julia Lohmann examines and challenges the moral and material value frameworks that

Gamfratesi for Bang & Olufsen: Beosound A5

Related Post: NewspaperWood / Paper Folding Art / Woven Details Gamfratesi created 2 designs for Bang & Olufsen inspired by the colors and textures found in Scandinavian nature.  Firstly, “Nordic weave” features natural aluminum with

Post Consumer Textile Waste

Related Post: NewspaperWood / Paper Folding Art / Woven Details The Studio Sarmite has developed with Riga Technical University a non-woven material made of post-consumer textile waste otherwise bound for incineration. Thanks to a unique

3D Printed Circular Orange Peel Lamp

Related Post: 3D Printed Metal Space Fabric / High Definition 3D Printing / 3D Printed Aluminum The Ohmie is a 100% organic and compostable lamp made from Sicilian orange peel by Milan-based Krill Design. The

Upcycled Carpet Waste

Related Post: Recycled Plastic by Ecobirdy / Adidas and Parley for the Oceans / Recycled Material by Pentatonic Nine out of 10 households in the UK have carpet installed on their floors, making carpet the

Cork Biomaterial as a Plastic Replacement

Related Post: Spider Silk / Cork Redesigned / Bogwood Weronika Wojnarowicz senior thesis involved looking for substances that might serve as plastic substitutes. Numerous variables were considered by the designer, such as environment, consumer awareness,

Augmented Wood

Related Post: Wood Veneer Craftsmanship / Carved 3D Wood Quilting / Kumiko Woodwork Technique The notion of “shy tech” is embodied by the sleek, translucent, and touch-sensitive wood panel known as SLIM. It improves and

BioSequins

Related Post: Regenerated Nylon ECONYL® / Recycled Plastic by Ecobirdy / Sulapac® Biodegradable Material Stella McCartney debuts BioSequins, the first plastic-free, plant-based sequin garment. BioSequins were created by Radiant Matter and are made from renewable

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