Innovative materials

Taking off from this year’s overarching theme at Dutch Design Week, “The Greater Number” at Dutch Design Week, design collective […]

With more environmentally-conscious consumers pushing brands to be more socially and environmentally responsible, the term eco-friendly packaging is becoming more […]

Look long enough and you will notice the unusual elements used to create “The Lens Luminaire”, a lighting series by […]

Mycelium flooring, seaweed tiles and a bacteria lamp are just three of over 100 sustainable materials and other technologies featured […]

Belgian studio ecoBirdy produces plastic furniture made from recycled plastic similar in appearance to man-made stone composites like terrazzo. When […]

Steel furnishings rendered with a rainbow sheen encompass the Future Archaeology collection by Etage Projects for Objects of Common Interest. […]

From eco-sustainable processes to employee wellbeing, decorative surfaces specialist Lamitex is on a mission to protect the planet and its […]

Our pick of the most innovative materials at Milan Design Week’s “WastEnders” exhibition developed by designers and architects including high-tech […]

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, industrial designer Caity Duffy has developed Mycelia House, a product that allows users to […]

Milan-based start-up Krill Design has 3D printed orange peels into a tactile lamp that can be composted when finished with. […]

Do you already know the Urth algae-based lipstick? There is an ugly side to beauty. It doesn’t revolve around the […]

Design studio Space Available and DJ Peggy Gou transform waste from oceans and landfills to create the “Peggy Chair”. As […]