After years of exploring the merging of biotechnology with design, Natsai Audrey Chieza and Christina Agapakis have started what they describe as the "first biodesign lifestyle brand", which launched at London Design Festival. More about Normal Phenomena of Life brand launches to sell biodesigned products
Local design firm Prowl Studio and investment company Baukunst have shown a variety of sustainable materials including aquatic plants meant for animal feed and an electric RV at a pop-up exhibition in San Francisco. More about Bendable battery among sustainable materials at San Francisco exhibition
Materials can become a much bigger part of our everyday lives and the way we see the world if people are willing to give up mass production, Natural Material Studio founder Bonnie Hvillum tells Dezeen in this interview. More about Materials "have so much more to give" says Natural Material Studio founder Bonnie Hvillum
North Carolina firm DR Horton has begun construction on a residential home using building materials from local technology studio Plantd, including panels made from compressed perennial grasses. More about DR Horton builds North Carolina house with grass-based ceiling and wall panels
Dutch design studio Loop Loop has pioneered a process of adding colour to aluminium using pigments made from plants rather than petroleum. More about Loop Loop develops "world's first plant-based aluminium dying process"
A research team at the University of Michigan has created biodegradable formwork out of sawdust in an attempt to mitigate wood waste in the process of laying concrete. More about DART Lab creates biodegradable concrete casts using sawdust
Brooklyn-based Kaja Kühl has created a pair of guest houses on a farm in upstate New York that utilize prefabricated hempcrete bricks and timber to reduce carbon impact. More about Kaja Kühl adds pair of hempcrete and timber guesthouses to New York farm
An exhibition has opened at Copenhagen Contemporary that suggests what a city made out of experimental biomaterials might look like. More about Reset Materials exhibition shows building fragments made from eco-friendly materials
Designer Alice Potts has created a collection of baseball caps covered in crystals grown from the sweat of the people who have worn them. More about Alice Potts creates baseball caps with crystals made from human sweat
Fashion brand Ganni and materials company Polybion have debuted a jacket grown by bacteria during the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, marking a milestone for bacterial cellulose as a leather alternative. More about Ganni unveils faux leather jacket made using bacteria instead of cowhide
Sunflowers, salt and algae are among the biomaterials used to complete Le Magasin Électrique, the workspace of circular-design lab Atelier Luma that it self-designed with studios Assemble and BC Architects & Studies. More about Salt and sunflowers used to create Atelier Luma's experimental workspace
Over the past year, searches for sustainable fashion have grown in popularity on Pinterest. We round up 10 projects from our sustainable fashion board which feature items made from more environmentally friendly materials. More about Ten sustainable fashion designs that use biomaterials from Dezeen's Pinterest
Design studio Nina+Co has used materials informed by the ingredients used in natural skincare products for Big Beauty's first store in Hackney, London. More about Nina+Co uses salvaged materials and biotextiles for Big Beauty's first store
Danish design practice Natural Material Studio has unveiled its Human Nature exhibition, which featured compostable biofoam seating and biomaterial textiles, at 3 Days of Design. More about Natural Material Studio drapes floor-to-ceiling biotextiles across Copenhagen art gallery
Design duo Formafantasma has unveiled an exhibition at Oslo's National Museum of Norway about the history and future of wool production, featuring a 1,700-year-old tunic and a carpet made from waste fibres. More about Oltre Terra exhibition calls for "constructive relationship" between humans and sheep
A material that alerts people to "an invisible threat" by changing colour in response to UV radiation has been displayed in an installation by Crafting Plastics Studio and DumoLab Research. More about Sensbiom 2 biomaterial installation changes colour with UV exposure
Design practice EcoLogicStudio has turned algae into a biodegradable biopolymer, from which it has "grown" a 3D-printed, 10-metre-tall tree that carries out photosynthesis. More about EcoLogicStudio turns algae into air-purifying biopolymer "tree"
Australian firm Studio Snoop has unveiled Tilly Talbot, a designer powered by artificial intelligence, at Milan design week. More about Studio Snoop presents "world's first AI designer" at Milan design week
Dezeen has teamed up with innovation platform The Mills Fabrica to livestream a number of talks that explore design solutions to planet-related issues on 11 May 2023 as part of London Craft Week. More about The Mills Fabrica to host design talks at London Craft Week
Architecture studio Grimshaw and the University of East London have collaborated to create Sugarcrete, a biomaterial construction block with an interlocking shape made from the sugarcane by-product bagasse. More about Grimshaw and UEL develop Sugarcrete blocks that "could replace the traditional brick industry"