Cork, code, and a question about what forests will look like in 50 years
What happens when you train an artificial intelligence on the plants of a greenhouse — and then ask it to […]
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Discover how Innovative Materials are influencing and changing the world of design. From advanced bamboo materials to upcycling furniture and recycled textiles, enjoy a curated selection of Innovative Materials related publications.
A fictional home, carved in stone, beneath a Brera Garden
Entering the spaces of Via Cernaia 1, where Margraf and Hannes Peer showcased their work together, you enter a space […]
Daikan presents Flux Table, a material exploration of metal
The Japanese company Daikan returns to Milan Design Week 2026 with a sensory experience celebrating the meeting between technical innovation […]
Deep roots, new directions: Design Continuum of Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard at Fuorisalone
Milan Design Week offers something most industry contexts don’t: the space to slow down and make an argument. Villeroy & […]
SMEG at Milan Design Week 2026 marks a new approach to reframing its heritage
At Salone del Mobile, and within the dense program of EuroCucina 2026, the kitchen returns to the center of the […]
LIUX BIG: the linen car changing the European automotive industry
There is a common assumption in the automotive industry that sustainability is essentially an energy problem. Swap the combustion engine […]
B!POD: Material science shaping everyday food preservation
In design – as in every field – the most relevant innovation is often invisible. It does not appear (only) […]
Compact by design: Roca’s Avant toilet system
What do we search in a bathroom? The question tends to return the same set of priorities – efficiency, hygiene, […]
What if the answer were to design less, but better?
Shelves are filled with products destined to become obsolete within a matter of weeks. Luxury garments and accessories are discarded […]
Holy Carp!: the iconic soy sauce fish turns compostable
Single-use packaging has quietly become one of the most widespread by-products of contemporary consumption patterns, reflecting a culture increasingly shaped […]
The power of sculpting atmosphere of Fenna Kosfeld
Fenna Kosfeld is a young German-born artist and material explorer who works between Germany and Barcelona, with the goal of […]
Soft structures: 9 inflatable design projects
Transparency, lightness, boldness, pop-culture references: inflatable design remains compelling precisely because it sits at the intersection of immediacy and imagination. […]
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