Innovative materials

Sustainable fashion start-up Mi Terro creates usable products from waste products. The latest is the Milk Tee, which is produced […]

Kim and Lee apply simple, handcrafted techniques to address consumer waste streams by upcycling old clothes into new products. The design […]

Maor Bezner, Design Director of eco-engineering company ECOncrete, talks us through the company’s latest project Coastalock, a coastal defence system […]

Karlijn Sibbel is the Design Director of Notpla, an innovative, eco-conscious packaging start-up, that provides an alternative to plastic made […]

With her project ‘Soft Silica’, designer Sarah Roseman experiments with glass fibre textile, turning the material into intricate structures after […]

Here is a selection of eco-friendly toothbrush designs offering a sustainable alternative to hard plastic brushes. If you make just […]

To coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Design Museum is hosting an exhibition called “Waste Age: What […]

In collaboration with Milan-based circular consultancy company SOMA, New York-based mebl | Transforming Furniture outlines 6 circular design strategies to […]

Grooming brand Harry’s has unveiled its 9999:1 project, an exploration of everyday materiality that challenges conceptions around the consumption of […]

German designer Benedikt Peirotén proposes using waste streams to replace the energy-intensive ingredients in glass.  When you factor in energy […]

Dubai-based design company NYXO Studio has created a collection of sculptural tables made from 3D printed bioplastic. Called Primavera, the […]

It’s not a waste material you necessarily think about and that’s part of the problem. Glass from discarded products including […]