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  • Kyoto University develops world's first wooden satellite to reduce space waste

    Kyoto University develops world's first wooden satellite in bid to reduce space waste

    Researchers from Kyoto University are developing a satellite made from wood that would burn up completely at the end of its life to reduce the amount of human-made waste floating in space. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 5 January 2021 | Leave a comment
  • 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
  • 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
  • Portrait of Hakan Nordin

    Live interview with Håkan Nordin on rethinking the use of plastic in design

    Bolon's head of sustainability Håkan Nordin discussed ways of using plastic more sustainably in this live conversation produced by Dezeen for the Swedish flooring brand. More

    Siufan Adey | 19 October 2020
  • 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
  • Ma-tt-er and Dezeen present a live panel discussion on textile intelligence for London Craft Week

    Seetal Solanki of London design studio Ma-tt-er teamed up with Dezeen to host a live panel discussion on textile technology for London Craft Week 2020. More

    Siufan Adey | 7 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Bob Hendrikx designs Living Cocoon coffin from mushroom mycelium

    Bob Hendrikx designs "living coffin" from mushroom mycelium

    TU Delft researcher Bob Hendrikx has created Living Cocoon, a coffin made from mycelium that helps bodies decompose faster while improving the surrounding soil. More

    Natashah Hitti | 16 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Tômtex is a leather alternative made from waste seafood shells and coffee

    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

    Jennifer Hahn | 22 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Marta Giralt Design Museum VDF

    Marta Giralt explores how graphene could make fashion industry more sustainable for VDF and Design Museum

    Marta Giralt investigates how nanotechnology could make the fashion industry more environmentally friendly for this Virtual Design Festival collaboration. More

    Siufan Adey | 23 June 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Re-Imagining Extreme Landscapes by Malé Uribe

    Mále Uribe explores the materiality of extreme landscapes for VDF and Design Museum

    Chilean architect Mále Uribe presents three short films and a conversation about her research on art and design's relationship with extreme landscapes in this Virtual Design Festival collaboration. More

    Cajsa Carlson | 23 June 2020 | Leave a comment
  • RCA students develop SaltyCo sustainable fabrics using freshwater-free plants

    RCA students develop SaltyCo sustainable fabrics using seawater plants

    Students from the Royal College of Art have made fabrics from plants grown in seawater, providing a potential solution for the currently freshwater-intensive fashion and textile industries. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 30 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Kenoteq launches brick made almost entirely of construction waste

    Scottish startup Kenoteq has launched the K-Briq – a more sustainable building brick that is unfired and made of 90 per cent construction waste. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 2 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Julia Olanders makes "toxic" vases from insulation foam and concrete

    Julia Olanders makes "toxic" vases from insulation foam and concrete

    Stockholm-based designer Julia Olanders has used construction materials that are usually hidden in buildings to create a series of decorative vases for her Betweenness project. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 20 February 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Model-C carbon-neutral apartment block in Boston by Generate

    Generate and Placetailor to build carbon-neutral CLT apartment block in Boston

    Architecture studio Generate and developer Placetailor have unveiled plans to build a carbon-neutral apartment block in Boston using a cross-laminated timber "kit of parts". More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 14 February 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Gregg Moore makes restaurant's tableware with waste bones from kitchen

    Gregg Moore creates restaurant's tableware using waste bones from its kitchen

    Ceramicist Gregg Moore has created crockery for the Blue Hill at Stone Barns restaurant outside New York, that is made from the bones of the very cows whose dairy and meat is served. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 3 February 2020 | Leave a comment
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