FORGO’s mix-it-yourself soap avoids plastic packaging
Form Us With Love’s subscription-based cosmetics brand avoids plastic and minimises carbon emissions with its mix-it-yourself hand soap in the form of concentrated powder. The powder […]
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Innovative materials
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.
Fornasetti brings the sun to NOMAD with 12 celestial tapestries
Celestial themes featured heavily in Italian designer Piero Fornasetti’s work and the sun in particular has occupied a privileged position in his repertoire of natural forms. […]
Edible Packaging: The four fab start-ups tackling plastic pollution
A radical way to combat plastic and possibly even achieve zero waste is by encouraging customers to eat packaging. Edible food packaging is a type of […]
Milk Tee: this LA startup turns milk waste into clothing
Sustainable fashion start-up Mi Terro creates usable products from waste products. The latest is the Milk Tee, which is produced with excess milk. In a bid […]
The Reborn project creates furniture using old clothes
Kim and Lee apply simple, handcrafted techniques to address consumer waste streams by upcycling old clothes into new products. The design duo wanted the Reborn Furniture Project […]
ECOncrete brings concrete to life with man-made rock pools
Maor Bezner, Design Director of eco-engineering company ECOncrete, talks us through the company’s latest project Coastalock, a coastal defence system with textured and indented surfaces that […]
Can seaweed solve the plastic pollution problem?
Karlijn Sibbel is the Design Director of Notpla, an innovative, eco-conscious packaging start-up, that provides an alternative to plastic made from seaweed. Founded in 2014 by […]
Sarah Roseman’s Soft Silica is a cross between glass and textile
With her project ‘Soft Silica’, designer Sarah Roseman experiments with glass fibre textile, turning the material into intricate structures after firing. Traditionally used as a composite […]
4 eco-friendly toothbrush designs for a cleaner planet
Here is a selection of eco-friendly toothbrush designs offering a sustainable alternative to hard plastic brushes. If you make just one commitment to sustainability this year, […]
Waste Age: meet 6 designers creating furniture from food and rubbish
To coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Design Museum is hosting an exhibition called “Waste Age: What Can Design Do?”, showing what design […]
6 circular design strategies to follow when designing furniture
In collaboration with Milan-based circular consultancy company SOMA, New York-based mebl | Transforming Furniture outlines 6 circular design strategies to design furniture. Climate change and social-economic […]
Harry’s Future Essentials include an “Impossible Razor” made from white sapphire
Grooming brand Harry’s has unveiled its 9999:1 project, an exploration of everyday materiality that challenges conceptions around the consumption of the products we rarely consider. In […]
