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Biomaterials as material of the year at London Design Fair

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For its 2019 edition, the London Design Fair, taking place from 14-22 September 2019, chose biomaterials as its Material of the Year, represented by four designers and inventors. Starting next week on Saturday, London Design ...

Bags made of leaf leather and recycled PET

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Brazilian company Holyfancy designed a collection of bags made of leaf leather, recycled tires and PET. The leaf leather is made from the elephant ear plant, a giant leaf native to Brazil. These leaves are ...

Lamps made of steel and cocooning material

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Benjamin Hubert of British design agency Layer designed a collection of pendant lamps, made of a steel frame covered with a cocooning material. The lamp collection, designed for Scandinavian brand Muuto, is “informed by the ...

A solar charged car with moss interior

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German car company Sono Motors recently revealed the first images of the interior of their solar charged Sion car, which includes a natural air filter system made with Island Moss. Using moss in the interior ...

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An ode to the coconut on World Coconut Day

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The humble coconut, while not a nut, is far more than an ingredient in your curries or a humorous plot device in cartoons. Today, on World Coconut Day, we look at this drupe as a source ...

Architecture inspired by ladybug wings

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Researchers and students from University of Stuttgart developed a large-scale architectural structure inspired by the folding mechanisms of ladybug wings, made of carbon and glass fibre-reinforced plastic. The structure is inspired by the wings of ...