Articles
The world’s first biomaterial toilet
The Block is a toilet designed by Pentagon Design for Woodio, made of Woodio’s wood composite. While most toilets are made of ceramics, the Woodio Block toilet consists of a solid wood composite, developed in ...
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Shoes made of recycled household aluminium foil
Munich-based footwear brand nat-2 designed vegan sneakers made from recycled post-consumer household aluminium foil. Called Sleek Alchemist, the sneakers are made in collaboration with Israeli start-up Remeant, which turns (plastic) waste into textile. Earlier, the ...
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Europe’s largest 3D printed building (for now) is in Germany
In the German city of Heidelberg, the largest 3D printed building (at the moment) is under construction, and will take 140 working hours to complete. The building, a data centre developed by PERI 3D Construction, ...
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Furniture made from terrazzo-like material made of ‘all of the forest’
Japanese designer Yuma Kano created a terrazzo-like material out of unusable wood, but also foliage, bark, soil and seeds as found in the forest. Kano aims to reuse materials that are usually considered waste from ...
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A 3D printed artistic carbon storage made of mussel shells
UK-based artistic studio IM-A Studio designed an artistic object you can use to hold items using AI and generative design, and is 3D printed with PLA containing mussel shells. Aquaculture, the cultivation of shellfish, algae ...
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3D printed sneakers
US-based fashion and technology design studio Ica & Kostika designed sculptural unisex sneakers made by 3D printing. Called Mycelium, the design is inspired by the radial groth of mycelium, the root system of mushrooms. The ...
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