Category "Material"

Valdís Steinarsdóttir uses animal hides to create a plastic-like material which can then be used to package meat products from the same animal.

Biotech start-up Mycotech developed a leather-like material made from mycelium, which they used to develop a watch, wallet and traveller’s journal.

Four designers from London's Royal College of Art aim to find the value in "waste" by recycling toxic red mud residue into a series of terracotta-hued cups, bowls and teapots.

German company Leaf Republic has developed beautiful disposable tableware made from nothing but leaves.

A San Francisco-based footwear startup has launched a flip flop with a sustainable sole made from sugar cane.

A finnish company uses renewable wood-based bioplastics in gable-top paperboards for milk, yoghurt and cooking products.

A pop-up restaurant that is built from recycled food packaging and that composts all of its leftovers was set up at the WantedDesign Manhattan fair.

Biome Bioplastics and Futamura have partnered to demonstrate a range of bio-based and compostable multilayer films.

A DIY modeling kit allows designers to grow their own mushroom material designs.

In this Dezeen article about Bolon, Michaela Ljungdahl explains why the flooring brand invested in a vinyl-recycling plant for its factory in Sweden.