Sustainable design
“Build empathy with users” says industrial designer Ayse Birsel
Takt creates flat-pack sofa that is “designed for repair”
Yuma Kano creates terrazzo-like ForestBank material out of unusable wood
Prosthetic leg for Ukrainian amputees among 2023 Ro Plastic Prize winners
Natural Material Studio creates “flexible and organic” Brick Textiles
Ten different and everyday uses for bioplastics
Energy-saving 10K House in Barcelona is a “labyrinth that multiplies perspectives”
GoneShells is an edible juice bottle peeled like fruit
Jonas Bohlin and Christine Ingridsdotter create reusable Underbar as a “landscape of dreams”
ZeroAvia test-flies largest airplane powered by hydrogen-electric engine to date
PlasticFree is a database of over 100 plastic alternatives for designers and architects
Dezeen Agenda features water-filled windows that use sunlight to heat and cool buildings
Tomás Saraceno adapts Serpentine gallery to welcome all species
Finnish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale “declares the death of the flushing toilet”
“No hiding” from environmental impact of trade fairs say designers at Salone del Mobile
Matter designs recyclable plastic-free remembrance poppy
Layer designs Croft system to power vehicles with hydrogen
Five sustainability architecture and design courses on Dezeen Courses
Watch PlasticFree’s inaugural forum of talks on the climate crisis
Mill bin dries and shrinks food waste so it can be sent off for reuse
Luca Nichetto designs apple-leather Malala handbag for Angela Roi
Municipal waste used to form low-carbon brick for Design Museum Gent extension
Water-filled windows use sunlight to heat and cool buildings
