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  • Wevolve Labs designs sculptural lights crafted from biomaterials

    Multidisciplinary collective Wevolve Labs has created bioplastic skins using local plants for a group of lantern-like sculptures, presented in Austin, Texas. More

    Jane Englefield | 5 May 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Doppelgänger creates polystyrene substitute from plastic-eating mealworms

    Charlotte Böhning and Mary Lempres of Doppelgänger have developed a bioplastic version of polystyrene foam that is made from the exoskeleton of mealworms and breaks down in soil in a couple of weeks. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 8 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Pearson Lloyd designs 3D-printed desk accessories made from recycled bioplastic waste

    London studio Pearson Lloyd has worked with design and 3D-manufacturing studio Batch.Works to create pen pots, trays and a mobile-phone stand made from discarded food packaging for office brand Bene. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 1 December 2021 | Leave a comment
  • The Dezeen guide to plastic in architecture, design and interiors

    Thinking of using plastic in your project? Our latest Dezeen guide includes more than 11 types of plastic commonly used in architecture, design and interiors, with links to hundreds of projects for inspiration. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 22 September 2021 | Leave a comment
  • BreaZea room divider created from scented bioplastic

    Design studios Crafting Plastics and Office MMK have teamed up to develop a scent-infused 3D-printed room divider made from bioplastic that is currently on show at Salone del Mobile. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 8 September 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Atmospheric CO2 is "our biggest resource" says carbon-negative plastic brand Made of Air

    Berlin startup Made of Air has developed a bioplastic made of forest and farm waste that sequesters carbon and can be used for everything from furniture to building facades. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 24 June 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Burying bioplastic clothes in landfill sites could be an "amazing thing" says designer Charlotte McCurdy

    Unwanted bioplastic fashion items could be dumped in landfills forever, creating artificial carbon sinks to tackle climate change, according to designer Charlotte McCurdy. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 17 June 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Phillip Lim and Charlotte McCurdy adorn couture dress with algae sequins to avoid "reaching for polyester"

    Fashion designer Phillip Lim has teamed up with industrial designer Charlotte McCurdy to create a petroleum-free dress covered in bioplastic sequins. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 22 February 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Lego releases flower and bonsai kits to help people "switch off and relax" at home

    Toy brand Lego has released construction kits that allow grown-ups to build flower bouquets and bonsai trees from bioplastic components. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 31 January 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Valdís Steinarsdóttir turns animal skin and bones into food packaging and vases

    Icelandic designer Valdís Steinarsdóttir is turning byproducts from the meat industry into vessels made of bone and a bioplastic material for packaging. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 27 January 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Swedish designers create products from waste materials for Metabolic Processes for Leftovers exhibition

    Six Swedish design studios have produced items and materials from industrial waste, including pedestals made from ash and flowerpots from apples, for an exhibition in Malmö, Sweden. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 2 December 2020 | Leave a comment
  • WNDR Alpine replaces plastic with algae in off-piste skis

    Utah startup WNDR Alpine has replaced the petroleum-based plastics usually used in skis with algae-based bioplastics that make them "more predictable, stable and durable". More

    Jennifer Hahn | 29 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Alice Potts makes bioplastic face shields from food waste

    Designer Alice Potts combined food waste with flowers from London parks to create a series of bioplastic face shields for the NGV Triennial. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 27 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Aura lights by Sabine Marcelis for Established & Sons

    Dezeen Showroom: Rotterdam-based designer Sabine Marcelis has designed two lights for Established & Sons made from cylindrical bars of pastel-hued bioplastic resin. More

    Natashah Hitti | 1 October 2020
  • PriestmanGoode creates reusable fast food packaging from cocoa bean shells

    Zero is a concept for an incentive-based food-delivery system by PriestmanGoode that could encourage consumers to use and return bioplastic containers to takeaway restaurants. More

    Natashah Hitti | 15 July 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Robert Johnson discusses how to use waste fat as a sustainable material in talk for VDF and Design Museum

    Designer Robert Johnson presents a panel discussion around his Fatconomy system, which explores using London's wastes a sustainable material, as part of VDF's collaboration with the Design Museum. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 23 June 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Ammunition and Gantri 3D print lamps from plant-based materials

    Design studio Ammunition and light manufacturer Gantri have partnered to design 3D-printed wall sconces and lamps made from a corn-based material. More

    Kristine Klein | 4 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • UK student's fish-waste bioplastic MarinaTex wins 2019 James Dyson Award top prize

    An easily biodegradable material that could be "part of a global answer" to single-use plastic pollution has won its inventor, British designer Lucy Hughes, the international James Dyson Award. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 15 November 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Charlotte McCurdy creates "carbon-negative" raincoat from algae bioplastic

    New York designer Charlotte McCurdy has fashioned a water-resistant jacket from a plastic made of algae. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 5 November 2019 | Leave a comment
  • UK government moves to end "vague and misleading" bioplastic terminology

    The UK government has called for experts to help it develop standards for bioplastics and biodegradable plastics, amid rising concern over greenwashing. More

    Marcus Fairs | 25 September 2019 | Leave a comment
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