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Lamps made of beer and coffee waste

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Italian sustainable design practice High Society designed a series of lamp shades made from by-products of beer and coffee production. To make the lights, High Society teamed up with Hausbrand, a renowned Italian coffee manufacturer, ...

Low-tech household appliances

Published 5 years ago by Sigrid | 9 responses

For the project Matières Spécifiques, designer Maxime Louis-Courcier designed a low-tech and passive air conditioner and humidifier, using materials with singular physical characteristics and no electricity needs. We collect more and more electronic appliances, with ...

The world’s first wheat straw based clothing

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Sustainable fibre technology Spinnova and Fortum, a major European energy company, worked together to develop prototypes of clothing made of wheat straw-based fabric. Spinnova developed a technology for manufacturing cellulose-based textiles, such as rayon or ...

Acoustic panels made of tumble dryer lint

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For her project Pursue Play, designer Lisa McLaughlin developed acoustic and insulating panels made of waste foam, cork and tumble dryer lint. The Pursue Play project is an expansion of an earlier project by McLaughlin, ...

3D printed textile-based lamps

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With her project Conductive Origami, Jerusalem-based industrial designer Yael Akirav designed a series of lamp shades inspired by origami, by 3D printing conductive filament directly onto textile. During her studies at Bezalel Academy of Art ...

Material highlights at Dutch Design Week 2019

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Tomorrow, Dutch Design Week 2019 kicks off. The largest design event in Northern Europe is once again a feast for creative professionals seeking material inspiration for their projects. Below, we listed some material highlights. Wikkelhouse ...