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‘3D printing’ with wool

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Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma designed a robot especially made to create three dimensional structures with wool. In the Netherlands alone, 1.5 million kg of wool is thrown away annually, as Dutch sheep are bred for ...

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3D printed tiles made from mycelium and algae

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London and New York based research and design studio bioMATTERS created a 3D printed interior tiling system made from mycelium and algae. Called MYCO-ALGA, the tiles are digitally designed using computational algorithms. Next, domestic and ...

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Is recycling the solution for plastic waste?

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Researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found toxic chemicals in recycled plastic collected in thirteen countries, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals. At first glance, recycling plastic seems to be the most obvious solution for ...

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A ‘refrigerator’ made of clay

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German designer Lea Lorenz designed a modern day version of a clay jug cooler, using evaporative cooling. Called Tony, the project is a reinterpretation of the clay jug cooler method, which uses evaporative cooling and ...

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Spherical Kumiko sculptures

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Japanese designer Mai Suzuki from the creative label Nama Iki designed sculptures that look like the silhouette of dresses and function as lamps using the ancient Japanese woodworking technique of Kumiko. Kumiko is a traditional ...

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A bag made of bacterial nanocellulose

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Fashion brand Ganni collaborated with biotech company Modern Synthesis to create a new version of Ganni’s Bou bag, made of bacterial cellulose. The material was developed by Jen Keane, who designed a shoe with it ...

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