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Recycling

Products made from tire waste

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UK start-up The Tyre Collective teamed up with various designers and artists to explore how tire particles that come off car tires as they drive on roads can be used in products. As cars drive, ...

Healing Environment

3D printed wave break modules made of local shell waste

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Australian multidisciplinary design company Reef Design Lab designed a series of specialised wave break modules, to prevent further erosion along the beach. Reef Design Lab specialises in developing marine habitat infrastructure for a range of ...

Biobased

Furniture made of olive waste

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Greek design studio Koukos de Lab developed a sheet material made from the final waste of olives, which they use to make furniture. Greece is the largest exporter of olives. Therefore, the inedible core is ...

A stage set made of mycelium

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Researchers at the Fraunhofer WKI, in collaboration Protohaus GmbH, constructed a stage set for the Braunschweig State Theater (Germany), made of mycelium. The stage set was made for the play ‘Funken’ about a boy sent ...

Biobased

A nature-inclusive façade made of biocomposite

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Dutch biocomposite company NPSP, in collaboration with Studio Marco Vermeulen, developed a biobased, nature-inclusive façade, with contains integrated nesting boxes for birds and insects. The façade of the Innovatie Paviljoen Marineterrein Amsterdam (read more here) ...

Biobased

Algae-based concrete blocks

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With their Bio-Block Spiral, architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), in collaboration with Prometheus Materials, showcases the potential of blocks created using microscopic algae. The algae-based blocks are developed by Prometheus Materials, spin-off company ...