Category "Material"

London-based architect and designer Bastian Beyer's project explores the potential of using knitted textile structures that have been biologically solidified as sustainable construction materials.

In 2013 geologist Patricia Corcoran and artist Kelly Jazvac travelled to Hawaii to study a new type of stone they have described as 'Plastiglomerate.'

SOAPBOTTLE is a no-waste product, designed by Jonna Breitenhuber. The soap is made of natural ingredients and is biodegradable.

Royal College of Art graduate Tessa Silva has turned a clay-like material made from waste milk into bulbous vases, candelabras and door handles called Chalk & Cheese.

‘One Size’, designed by Anna Piasek, is a template for parceling Asian food in a way that accommodates for tiny portions, solids and liquids, and is above all biodegradable.

CHAMU tea packaging is made from discarded tea stems which produced during the production of tea and forming by a hot-press method.

According to Ecovative, mycelia and their hair-like network of cells could help build everything from lab-grown meat to 3D-printed organs to bio-fabricated leather.

MANOTECA crafts unique pieces of furniture by using parts from abandoned products.

Benjamin Benmoyal, a fashion student at Central Saint Martins in London, uses discarded video and cassette tapes to design his new collection called “It Was Better Tomorrow.”

The company repurposedMATERIALS comes up with creative ways to keep all sorts of unwanted stuff out of landfills.