Sustainable design
On Repeat aims to take plastic-free packaging beyond the “eco-hippy-mama market”
Lena Bergström’s fossil-free candle holder “symbolizes the light at the end of the tunnel”
The Butterfly Effect is a bridge to help insects cross the road
Natural materials “lack investment and innovation” says Allbirds sustainability head
Ten sustainable furniture designs that aim to reduce their environmental impact
Forest and Whale designs edible Reuse food containers made from wheat husks
Papilio is a wind-powered street lamp that reduces light pollution
Perkins&Will develops sustainable materials database for interior fit-outs
CArrelé wall tiles are made from discarded eggshells
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Nendo creates paper soap dispensers that look like milk cartons
Kai launches “world’s first paper razor” informed by origami
Jony Ive and Prince Charles launch Terra Carta Design Lab to encourage “truly powerful solutions” to climate change
Ten tactile interiors that make use of natural biomaterials
Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance creates furniture showcasing beauty of discarded burnt cork
Fussy’s sustainable deodorant uses refills that arrive through your letterbox
Bit.Bio.Bot exhibition shows how algae can be used as air purifiers and protein source
Henning Larsen begins construction on sustainable school with walkable roof
Dezeen Awards judges want to see entries that “break the mould”
Seven key materials designers are relying on to create more sustainable products
Students turn discarded chewing gum into colourful skateboard wheels
Arthur Huang and Seetal Solanki join Katie Treggiden as Dezeen Awards 2021 judges
Vestre becomes “first furniture manufacturer in the world” to declare carbon footprint of all products