Articles
Turning waste tree bark into pigment and fabric
Researcher Charlotte Wenig of the German Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces investigated the potential of tree bark and found it can be used as a pigment for textile dye and glaze, as well ...
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A biodegradable bag made of cellulose and pectin
For their master thesis, German designers Johanna Heyemeyer-Cürten and Lobke Beckfield from the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee developed a biodegradable bag as alternative to paper bags, made of cellulose and pectin. The bag, called Sonnet 155, ...
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Cups made of local clay and cloth made of reed
Dutch designer Iris Veentjer aims to make people consider the ground and how to treat it right. In one project, she uses local clay to make cups that tell a story, and with another she ...
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A plant-based fibre fill insulation material
UK-based start-up Saltyco developed a plant-based fibre fill insulation material which was used in a capsule collection by fashion label YOOX. Saltyco is a materials science company with the aim to make planet-positive textiles. Earlier, ...
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Luxurious packaging printed with natural minerals
The Packadore Collective, a collective of various packaging and printing brands to make packaging more sustainable, developed a new packaging design for natural candles made from recycled cardboard and a powder coating of natural minerals ...
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Smart fibres to help regulate your breathing
Researchers at MIT (US) and the University of Uppsala (Sweden) developed a new type of smart fibre that can be woven into clothing. The fibre can sense how much it is being stretched or compressed ...
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