Peat meadows are the most effective terrestrial carbon sink on Earth. In this interview, designer Henriëtte Waal offers solutions for preserving these swampy landscapes, from bio-based products to repurposed farmhouses. More about Henriëtte Waal's peat atelier tackles climate change with "new ways of living" in wetlands
American start-up InventWood claims to have "reinvented wood from the inside out" with a patented process that restructures the material's molecules to make it ten times stronger than regular wood. More about Superwood is a chemically modified wood that is stronger than steel
Design studio Material Cultures and architecture practice Studio Gil have used a mix of local, bio-based and recycled materials to create a home for a community food-growing hub in London. More about Material Cultures and Studio Gil use biomaterials for London community hub
Continuing our Building with Cob series, we take a look at a cob classroom designed for educational charity Global Generation, which is being built from waste earth sourced near its site in King's Cross. More about Waste earth forms walls of cob classroom in King's Cross
For the next instalment in our Building with Cob series, we take a look at the first home to be built with CobBauge, a cob construction system developed to meet modern building regulations. More about Hudson Architects brings cob construction into the 21st century with CobBauge House
Design collective Fahrenheit 180 has created tiles using discarded shells from oyster farms to show the "potential of overlooked materials". More about Fahrenheit 180 shows tiles made from oyster shells at Lisbon's Gulbenkian art museum
It's time for the construction industry to bring back cob, but innovation is needed to solidify the age-old material's place back within our toolkits, design collective Cella tell Dezeen in this Building with Cob interview. More about Cob can be "a mainstream building material once again" say Cella
Dezeen's latest series investigates one of the world's oldest building materials – cob. Building with Cob will explore how this ancient, earth-based material is being reinvented for the modern age. More about Are we on the verge of a cob comeback?
American architecture studio Cordero Pardee has used biomaterials to adapt a wood-framed barn into a studio and library on a mountainside in rural Vermont. More about Cordero Pardee juxtaposes "old and new material cultures" for Vermont barn conversion
Fashion designer Iris van Herpen has worked with biodesigner Chris Bellamy to create a "first-of-its-kind living look", a dress made from 125 million bioluminescent algae that emit light as it moves. More about Iris van Herpen dress covered in glowing algae is "cultivated rather than constructed"
Beverage company Yerba Madre has worked with New York-based design studio Basura to create shoes made out of soil that crumble and spread wildflower seeds as the wearer walks. More about Basura and Yerba Madre create shoes "literally made out of dirt"
At Copenhagen's 3 Days of Design festival, Dutch manufacturer Aifunghi is debuting a series of furry mycelium chairs that prove sustainable furniture doesn't have to look drab and can actually be produced at a "semi-industrial" scale. More about Moooi alumni launch design brand to make mycelium furniture "a little bit more sexy"
University of East London staff and students have created a school building in India from Sugarcrete, a biomaterial construction block made from sugarcane waste. More about Low-carbon blocks made from sugarcane waste used to form classroom in India
Launches of foam-free sofas are coming in hot and fast, as furniture makers wake up to the toxic impacts of polyurethane padding. Below are seven recent examples, packed instead with beans, latex and nothing but air. More about Seven foamless sofas filled with unexpected materials
Lighting manufacturer Gantri partnered with vintage furniture dealer Rarify on a modular 3D-printed light system using elements from Swiss furniture studio USM, showcased with local designer Studio Guapo for NYCxDesign. More about Rarify collaborates with Gantri on "infinitely expandable" 3D-printed light
Dezeen Showroom: a tabletop shelf made from biomaterials that's designed to act as "a personal altar for life's essentials" has been released by Swedish design studio Interesting Times Gang. More about Shelf Life shelf by Interesting Times Gang
Japanese design studio We+ has developed a collection of furniture clad in colourful tiles made by combining powdered microalgae with natural resin. More about Multicoloured furniture by We+ shows "expressive potential" of microalgae pigments
Flooring brand Forbo is showcasing its colour palette for its Furniture Linoleum surface material at an exhibition at Salone del Mobile during Milan design week, as seen in this video produced by Dezeen for the brand. More about Forbo debuts Furniture Linoleum colour palette at Milan design week
A team of Virginia Tech researchers have developed the Sustainable Art Painting toolkit for kids, which converts food scraps generated by US schools into watercolour paint. More about Virginia Tech designers create kid's toolkit for converting compost into paint
Flooring brand Forbo explains how its linoleum surfacing material uses natural, raw materials to create a versatile finish in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen for the brand. More about Forbo's Furniture Linoleum surfacing material "crafted by nature"