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Deterra: a 100 per cent biobased jacket made from beans and nuts
With more and more companies turning to biobased materials, Swedish outdoor clothing brand Tierra created Deterra, a 100 per cent biobased jacket, including more common materials such as cotton and wool, but also castor beans ...
Read more >2.5D print your own samples with Mofrel
On our website, we try to give you as much information about the materials that we collect as possible, but there is one thing we cannot do digitally: let you touch the samples. We give ...
Read more >Lilies: bio-inspired hybrid textile changes shape in reaction to temperature
Seeking inspiration in nature has led to the most amazing material innovations. Following this biomimicry, designer Dana Zelig, in collaboration with Professor Eran Sharon from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, created a hybrid material called ...
Read more >LignoLoc: the first collated nails made of wood
In the Netherlands, today it’s the Day of Sustainability, and one of the most sustainable materials is wood (provided that it is sustainably sourced). Unfortunately, people still have to rely on metal nails and screws, ...
Read more >Lignin: a material to watch
More and more material companies are turning away from petrol-derived materials and turning to recycled, biobased, or waste products instead. One material that combines two of those aspects is lignin, which is showing a lot ...
Read more >De Extase Fase: a pavilion made from 100 per cent recycled materials
Waste doesn’t exist. That is the statement that architectural and design studio Flex wants to make with their pavilion De Extase Fase (The Ecstasy Phase) made from recycled polyethylene (PE) tubes. The pavilion consists of ...
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