Category "Material"

Mexican start-up Adriano Di Marti developed a partially biodegradable leather alternative made from cacti.

The toy industry is much better known for shilling cheap plastics and toxic chemicals than for transparency and high environmental standards.

Chip[s] Board is a biodegradable alternative to MDF that is made from non-food-grade industrial potato waste.

A series of 100% organic products and furniture made from earth and natural fibers by tel-aviv-based designer Adital Ela.

Human urine has been used to create environmentally friendly bricks by university students in South Africa.

Besides textiles and cosmetics, QMILK also produces a 100% organic plastic which is completely biodegradable, naturally antibacterial and offers excellent dermatological properties.

Neri Oxman's Mediated Matter Group has digitally designed and robotically fabricated a structure using the molecular components found in tree branches, insect exoskeletons and human bones.

Developed in 2007 by Ecovative Design, Mycofoam is made from mycelium and is a high performing packaging solution, cost competitive with conventional foams, and 100% home compostable.

Rotterdam-based research & design studio the new raw has further expanded its ‘print your city’ initiative with the zero waste lab in thessaloniki, greece.

‘Cheer Project’ is a research into pine needles in which this abundant and unwanted material is developed into a 100% bio-based and biodegradable composite material.