Dezeen Magazine

Eight innovative materials and products made from salvaged seashells

From concrete-like building materials to restaurant crockery made from the eateries' own food scraps, this roundup explores eight projects created using discarded shells. More

Carly Breame turns seaside town's leftover fish and chips into plates

Plates made from fish bones, potato peelings and oyster shells feature in the work of recent design graduate Carly Breame, who collaborated with a British seafood restaurant to make a "menu" of hyperlocal ceramics. More

Carolina Härdh crafts furniture for restaurant Vrå from its own food waste

Rice starch, fish bones and oyster shells from the kitchen of Gothenburg restaurant Vrå were combined to form this dual-purpose stool and side table, created by local designer Carolina Härdh. More

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

TômTex is a leather alternative made from waste seafood shells and coffee grounds

Vietnamese designer Uyen Tran has developed a flexible bio-material called TômTex, a leather alternative made from food waste that can be embossed with a variety of patterns to replicate animal leathers. More

Shellworks turns discarded lobster shells into recyclable bioplastic objects

Four designers from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College have developed a series of machines that turn seafood waste into a biodegradable and recyclable bioplastic. More