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  • "Whitest paint on record" developed by researchers from Purdue University led by Xiulin Ruan

    "Whitest paint on record" reflects 98 per cent of sunlight to cool buildings

    Researchers at Purdue University have developed an "ultra-white" paint that reflects 98 per cent of sunlight and deflects infrared heat, allowing buildings to cool below the surrounding air temperature. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 16 April 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Collection en Route tiles by Irene Roca Moracia and Brigitte Kock made from invasive species

    Researchers create bio-concrete from weeds and crayfish shells

    Central Saint Martins graduates Brigitte Kock and Irene Roca Moracia have collaborated to create concrete-like tiles that give new "economic and ecological" value to invasive species. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 16 April 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Microtopping surface by Ideal Work

    Microtopping finish by Ideal Work

    Dezeen Showroom: surfaces can be renewed in any colour using Italian brand Ideal Work's Microtopping finish, which is just three millimetres thick. More

    Dezeen staff | 6 April 2021
  • A single-storey garden pavilion

    Recyclable croquet pavilion to be made from champagne corks and oyster shells

    BakerBrown Studio has designed a garden pavilion for the Glyndebourne opera house in England that will use the venue's discarded champagne corks and seafood shells as building materials. More

    Lizzie Crook | 30 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Hermes Victoria bag in Sylvania mycelium leather by MycoWorks

    Hermès creates mycelium version of its classic leather Victoria bag

    French luxury house Hermès has partnered with biomaterials company MycoWorks to reimagine its Victoria shopper bag in a leather alternative grown from mycelium. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 18 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Algae sequin dress by Phillip Lim and Charlotte McCurdy as part of One X One project

    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
  • Building blocks with crystals

    Erez Nevi Pana constructs "small-scale architecture" from Dead Sea salt

    Israeli designer Erez Nevi Pana used five tons of salt from the Dead Sea to create his Crystalline collection, which showcases how the material can be used as building blocks. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 22 February 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Designers make desktop computers and mice out of honey and ice

    Industrial designers Hank Beyer and Alex Sizemore have made prototype computers from unconventional materials such as ice and honey to explore how people value emotional connection versus usability. More

    Jane Englefield | 2 February 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Volar Bio leather by Ultrafabrics

    Ultrafabrics releases six new Volar Bio colours

    Dezeen Showroom: performance fabric manufacturer Ultrafabrics has launched six new colours for its bio-based animal hide alternative Volar Bio. More

    Dezeen staff | 29 January 2021
  • Metabolic Processes for Leftovers exhibition

    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
  • Shorts that imitate Kim Kardashian's bum are "a perfect ubuesque finale for 2020" says commenter

    In this week's comments update, readers are both horrified and delighted by silicone shorts that imitate Kim Kardashian's bum and sharing their views on other top stories. More

    Karen Anderson | 1 December 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Harikrishnan's inflatable latex trousers

    Latex "is a noble and natural material that does not kill animals"

    Latex can help replace polluting materials such as leather and plastics, according to designers working with the plant-based material. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 1 December 2020 | Leave a comment
  • The Bum by Beate Karlsson

    Beate Karlsson uses silicone to make claw shoes and wearable replicas of Kim Kardashian's bum

    Self-professed "mother of silicone" Beate Karlsson uses the rubbery material to make shoes in the form of human claws and padded shorts that imitate Kim Kardashian's bum in a bid to design never-before-seen items. More

    Natashah Hitti | 30 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • AuReus UV-powered solar panels win James Dyson's Sustainability Award

    Solar panels made from food waste win inaugural James Dyson Sustainability Award

    Engineering student Carvey Ehren Maigue has been named the James Dyson Awards first-ever global sustainability winner for his AuReus system, in which waste crops are turned into cladding that can generate clean energy from ultraviolet light. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 27 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Honext develops recyclable construction material made of cellulose fibres from waste paper

    Barcelona-based startup Honext has developed a sustainable construction board material made from a combination of enzymes and cellulose taken from the waste streams of paper production. More

    Natashah Hitti | 26 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Phytophilia by Sara Martinsen

    Sara Martinsen creates library of plant fibres to support sustainable manufacturing

    Danish designer Sara Martinsen has explored the vast potential of plant fibres in the world of architecture and design at her Phytophilia exhibition at A Petersen in Copenhagen.  More

    Amy Frearson | 18 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Metalysis to extract oxygen from moon rock to support future lunar habitation

    UK company Metalysis has been awarded a European Space Agency (ESA) contract to develop technology that turns lunar rock into oxygen and building materials, which could enable astronauts to set up a base on the moon. More

    Natashah Hitti | 9 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • WNDR Alpine develops skis made from algae to clean up slopes

    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
  • Six animal leather alternatives made from plants and food waste

    Six alternatives to animal leather made from plants and food waste

    To highlight sustainable and ethical substitutes for animal leather we've rounded up six materials that can rival its textural and performance qualities, from vegan pineapple leather to a leather alternative made of seafood shells. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 16 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Adidas, Stella McCartney Lululemon and Kering to sell Mylo mushroom leather by next year

    Major fashion houses will sell products made from mushroom leather by next year

    Adidas, Stella McCartney, Lululemon and Gucci's parent company Kering have teamed up to invest in a novel material called Mylo, which is grown from mycelium but rivals the look and feel of animal leather. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 8 October 2020 | Leave a comment
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