Innovative materials

Most mushroom leather is made from a compressed solid foam that mycelium forms naturally, but without this part of production, […]

Form Us With Love’s subscription-based cosmetics brand avoids plastic and minimises carbon emissions with its mix-it-yourself hand soap in the […]

Celestial themes featured heavily in Italian designer Piero Fornasetti’s work and the sun in particular has occupied a privileged position […]

A radical way to combat plastic and possibly even achieve zero waste is by encouraging customers to eat packaging. Edible […]

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 […]

After years of research and development, the company presents Lapitec Chef, a cooking system completely concealed under the sintered stone […]

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 […]