Canadian industrial design studio Semblance launched their first product, a stereo made of a concrete building block. Called Breeze Block, the stereo uses a masonry block often used in US mid-century modern landscaping design. Read more at MaterialDistrict.com #materialinspiration #audio #stereo #semblance #sound #concrete #masonryblock #breezeblock

Paint, lacquer paint and primer, but then plant-based. Plant-based paint by @fairf.duurzame.verf / More at MaterialDistrict.com #materialoftheday #materials #coatings #paint #plantbasedpaint #fairf #materialdistrict #biobasedmaterials

Polish design brand @Vank_interior_objects designed a modular furniture systems consisting of blocks made of flax and hemp fibres. Called Vank_Cube, the system consist of a hollow block, made of a composite material made from hemp and flax fibres, waste from food and cosmetics production. The blocks can be put together using reversible fasteners and connectors. Read mor at MaterialDistrict.com #materialinspiration #hemp #flax #biocomposite #vank #materialdistrict #furniture #furnireturedesign #interiordesign #modulardesign

Wood coatings made with plant-based ingredients. Plant-based wood coatings by Sherwin-Williams / More at MaterialDistrict.com #materialoftheday #materials #paint #wood #coatings #plantbasedmaterials #plantbasedcoatings #sherwinwilliams #materialdistrict

Dutch housing association Parteon, foundation Clean2Anywhere and the municipality of Zaanstad will jointly produce twenty homes made from recycled plastic. The foundation Clean2Anywhere builds ships and houses from waste plastic. They built a 17th century fluyt in a historic way, but completely from waste plastic. Read more at https://materialdistrict.com/article/modular-houses-made-of-waste-plastic/ #materialinspiration #parteon #zaanstad #clean2anywhere #materialdistrict #architecture #recycledplastic

The material can appear to look like glass, marble, rubber, or natural stones, but instead, the material is made from food waste.⁣ Shell Homage bioplastic by @ShellHomage / More at MaterialDistrict.com #materailoftheday #materials #productdesign #bioplastic #shellhomage #materialdistrict #foodwaste

Austrian product designer @philippaduatz launched a new furniture collection made of a fibre-reinforced biocomposite. The aim of the project is to maximise the use of renewable materials, resulting in a composite material with a minimal carbon footprint. The collection is made of a biocomposite consisting of wood, flax fibres and a biobased epoxy resin. Read more at MaterialDistrict.com #materialinspiration #biocomposite #materials #furniture #biobasedproductdesign #productdesign #milandesignweek #philippaduatz #wood #flax #materialdistrict

The meshes and grids fulfill their function by permitting, filtering or blocking light as required as well as isolating noise. Tribar facade solutions by Tribar / More at MaterialDistrict.com #materialoftheday #materials #facades #mesh #architecture #tribar #metal #materialdistrict