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Shield you eyes sustainably from the sun with coffee sunglasses
Ukrainian start-up Ochis Coffee developed a frame for sunglasses made from waste coffee grounds and flax. Recycled plastic, bioplastic, or wood, the eyewear industry is slowly becoming more sustainable. However, the majority of the sunglasses ...
Read more >The winners of the New Material Award & Fellow 2018
On 20 October, the winners of the New Material Award and the New Material Fellow were announced at Dutch Design Week. The New Material Award was won by Studio Klarenbeek & Dros with Atelier Luma, ...
Read more >The first 3D printed house with earth
WASP (World’s Advanced Saving Project) 3D printed a 100 square metre house made from mud and and natural waste materials from the surrounding area. Last year on the Maker Faire Rome, WASP presented their 3D ...
Read more >New Skoda Vision RS’s interior sports vegan materials
Presented at the Paris Motor Show 2018, the interior of Skoda’s new sporty RS models sport sustainably produced vegan materials: Piñatex, Alcantara and recycled polyester. The upper parts of the seats are made from 100 ...
Read more >The Ocean Cleanup’s clean-up mission ready to start
A month ago, the Dutch non-profit organisation The Ocean Cleanup deployed their first clean-up system from the San Francisco Bay. On 17 October, the system reached its destination and is now ready to start on ...
Read more >Space Waste Lab draws attention to waste in space
Dutch design studio Studio Roosegaarde announced their new large-scale project, Space Waste Lab, which investigates how to upcycle space waste into sustainable products. The Space Waste Lab Performance visualises the space waste above our heads ...
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