An alternative material to petroleum-based plastics for everyday products
Since 2015, the MI Division of Panasonic Holdings Corporation has been engaged in research and development initiatives aimed at reducing […]
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Sustainability
We hear a lot about Sustainability, sometimes too much and often not rightly. In this section, we have set ourselves the task of showing you truly sustainable design projects, which take into account the materials used, the production processes and their contribution to a truly circular economy, capable of reducing the environmental impact.
Luxury design’s animal fur problem finally has a worthy opponent
Every year at Milan Design Week, there are a few materials that keep popping up everywhere, from technological wallpapers to […]
Designing dignity: Ineza Clinic by Kéré Architecture
In contexts where access to healthcare is often constrained by geography, infrastructure, and resources, architecture becomes more than a container […]
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 […]
Prestige University: the roof becomes an urban amphitheater
Located in Indore, a city in Madhya Pradesh, India, the new campus of Prestige University by Sanjay Puri Architects challenges […]
The Mimmik tile: growing architecture from bacteria
For more than two centuries, making cement has meant burning: burning limestone at furnaces that reach well over 1000° C, […]
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, […]
Transforming textile waste into innovative spray-on surface finishes
The European textile industry discards millions of tonnes of production waste each year. Pulvera, a startup from Brianza, and Cooloo, […]
Lucas Muñoz Muñoz on creative honesty and design that makes sense
Lucas Muñoz Muñoz‘s practice could be summed up in a simple, innocent question: if the material is already here, why […]
Hidescapes: What if leather waste could hide a new form of art?
“Waste is not a problem to hide, but a resource to explore.”This reflection from Payam Askari is the driving force […]
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