Previously unrecycleable clothing made into Fibers Unsorted textile
Design studio Envisions has worked with engineering company Imat-Uve to make a recycled textile from used clothing usually considered unfit for recycling. More
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Antoine Peters creates optical illusions with Lenticular Weave textiles
Dutch designer Antoine Peters has developed a technique for making textiles that appear to change or move when viewed from different angles. More
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"We've created a Photoshop for textiles" says Byborre co-founder
A digital tool that allows anyone to design complex 3D-knitted fabrics has been named product of the year at Dutch Design Awards 2021. More
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Food
Food
Supermarket of the Future predicts the next generation of food products
Foods of the future could include snail sausages, 3D-printed fruit and flat-pack pasta, according to an exhibition at this year's Dutch Design Week. More
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Nienke Hoogvliet launches Zeefier brand to produce natural seaweed dyes for the fashion industry
Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet has teamed up with entrepreneur Anne Boermans to launch Zeefier, a brand that will offer natural textile dyes made entirely from seaweed. More
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Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week
Hsin Min Chan's giant dress empowers its wearer by making them unapproachable
An experience of 24-hour surveillance led Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Hsin Min Chan to create a dress that exaggerates the "to-be-looked-at-ness" of its wearer. More
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Emma van der Leest develops fungal coating to make bio-leather more durable
Dutch designer Emma van der Leest believes that bio-leather might one day replace animal leather in the fashion industry and is developing a fungal coating to make the material more versatile. More
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Recycled plastic REX chair by Ineke Hans can be sold back to manufacturer after use
Dutch furniture brand Circuform has launched REX, a recycled plastic "deposit chair" designed by Ineke Hans, with the promise that customers can return the product after extended use and receive a partial refund. More
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Consumption-based carbon emissions "have not been taken into consideration" by architects
Creating developments that encourage inhabitants to reduce their consumption is the next frontier for low-carbon design, according to Hélène Chartier of sustainable urbanism network C40 Cities. More
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Buildings could "definitely" be made exclusively from plant-based products says biomaterials CEO
Architects could soon be designing homes and other buildings using nothing but biomaterials, according to Biobased Creations CEO Lucas De Man. More
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Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week
Filips Staņislavskis' Human-Cloud Project turns human breath into clouds
One of the award-winning projects from this year's Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show explores how humans might use geoengineering to develop a more intimate relationship with the climate. More
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Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week
House built from 100 different plant-based materials unveiled at Dutch Design Week
Eco-design studio Biobased Creations has built a showhome almost entirely from biomaterials including wood, mycelium, seaweed, straw and vegetable fibres as well as earth and sewage. More
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Watch our Good Design for a Bad World talk about carbon at Dutch Design Week 2021
Dezeen teamed up with Dutch Design Week to host a live talk about how designers and architects can help remove carbon from the atmosphere. More
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Sachi Tungare forms swirly vessels from discarded cigarette butts
Indian designer Sachi Tungare collected five kilograms of cigarette butts by hand to create her Jugaad collection of multi-coloured bowls and vases. More
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Decor in cam girls' studios used to inform stucco wall decorations in Digital Muses project
Designers Giorgio Gasco and Gianmaria Della Ratta have created a range of decorative stucco mouldings based on the interior decor of rented chat rooms used by cam girls. More
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Li Edelkoort and designers discuss space and intimacy during the pandemic at DDW 2020
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort and designers Sabine Marcelis, Giorgio Gascia and Gianmaria Della Ratta took part in the final live discussion for the Dezeen x Dutch Design Week 2020 collaboration. More
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Designers explore our changing relationship with nature in Dezeen x DDW2020 talk
In this live discussion for Dezeen x Dutch Design Week 2020, three emerging designers explored sustainable design and how to redefine our relationship with nature. More
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DDW designers join Dezeen for live discussion about privacy and the value of data
The value of personal data in today's society was the subject of this Dezeen x Dutch Design Week 2020 talk, featuring designers Julia Janssen, Isaac Monté and Lei Nelissen. More
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Dezeen and Dutch Design Week present live discussion about our relationship with products
Seetal Solanki, Christien Meindertsma and Aniela Fidler Wieruszewska joined Dezeen for the second talk in our collaboration with Dutch Design Week 2020. More
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Dezeen and Dutch Design Week host live panel discussion about The New Intimacy
Dezeen's collaboration with Dutch Design Week 2020 launched today with a live panel discussion featuring designer Victoria Ayo and architects Mark van der Net and Ali Tal'at Ali As'ad on the event's main theme, The New Intimacy. More
