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
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Notpla salvages seaweed by-product to make paper
Sustainable packaging brand Notpla has used seaweed leftover from its own production processes to create paper that can be turned into envelopes and boxes. 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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Notpla is a biodegradable material designed "to make packaging disappear"
Sustainable startup Notpla has created an edible, biodegradable packaging made from seaweed and plants that was designed to replace plastic. More
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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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Sanitising bubbles and seaweed capsules among winners of Bompas & Parr hygiene contest
A machine that blows sanitising bubbles, single-dose seaweed capsules and a disinfecting doorbell are among winners of Bompas & Parr's Fountain Of Hygiene competition, which called for ways of rethinking hand-washing for the coronavirus era. More
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Julia Lohmann brings seaweed pavilion to Davos as climate-change warning
Designer Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed is showing a pavilion made of kelp and rattan at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, where world leaders have met this week. More
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Sumo seaweed-fibre nappies offer healthy and sustainable alternative
ÉCAL graduate Luisa Kahlfeldt has designed a new diaper that is more sustainable than even other reusable cloth nappies — an innovation for which she won the Swiss James Dyson Award. More
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Jasmine Linington uses seaweed to make couture clothing
Textile design graduate Jasmine Linington establishes seaweed as a high-end fashion material with her collection of nature-derived couture garments. More
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Viking-style seaweed thatch updated into prefab panelling
Traditional Danish seaweed thatching could be updated into a sustainable contemporary building material, according to research by Kathryn Larsen. More
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London Marathon offers edible seaweed drinks capsules as alternative to plastic bottles
Over 30,000 edible drinks capsules made from seaweed were handed out to runners at the London Marathon yesterday, in a bid to reduce plastic waste. More
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Five most sustainable Nordic chairs named
Chairs made from seaweed and recycled tea lights are among those crowned winners of the first ever competition dedicated to sustainable Nordic chair design. More
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Nienke Hoogvliet's Sea Me furniture is made from woven seaweed
Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet used seaweed to create a furniture collection that highlights its possibilities as a material. More
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Seaweed and paper combine to create furniture
Designers Jonas Edvard and Nikolaj Steenfatt have used a new material made from seaweed and paper to create a chair and a collection of pendant lamps. More
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The Modern Seaweed House by Vandkunsten and Realdania Byg
Seaweed pillows were used as cladding for this holiday house on the Danish island of Læsø by architecture studio Vandkunsten and non-profit organisation Realdania Byg (+ slideshow). More
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Marine Light by Nir Meiri
Tel Aviv designer Nir Meiri used seaweed to create the shades of these lamps. More
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Silverware by Glithero
Design Miami: strips of seaweed have left their mark on the photosensitive surfaces of these vases by Anglo-Dutch design duo Glithero, who will present the collection at Design Miami this week. More
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Kelp lampshades by Julia Lohmann
Vienna Design Week: London-based designer Julia Lohmann thinks dried strips of seaweed could replace leather, paper and plastic to make everyday objects like these laser-cut kelp lampshades (+ audio + slideshow). More
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Hydrogenase by Vincent Callebaut
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has designed a conceptual transport system that would involve airships powered by seaweed. More
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Kelp Objects by Julia Lohmann
Live from Milan: Julia Lohmann has been creating objects from seaweed this week at gallery Nilufar, as part of the Panta Rei exhibition. More
