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Tiles made from the London Underground
UK-based designer Jeffrey Miller created tiles for the London Underground, made from the transit system’s own waste. According to Miller, tiles are a defining feature of the London Underground, the world’s oldest metro system. Their ...
Read more >The chair with the (current) lowest eco-footprint
Called Kwart, the chair is designed by Ton Haas for Circuform, made of recycled plastic, and has an LCA of 0.25, making it the chair with the lowest eco-footprint on the market at the moment. ...
Read more >Home compostable plastic made of spirulina
Researchers at the University of Washington, US, developed a new type of biodegradable plastics made of spirulina that can be composted in your backyard. Biobased plastics are becoming more common, but they are not all ...
Read more >A wooden couch, bed, and coffin, all in one
Islandic industrial designer Dögg Guðmundsdóttir designed a wooden couch, that also doubles as a bed, and, once you pass away, your coffin. Guðmundsdóttir’s inspiration came from Ghana, where they have a special tradition of making ...
Read more >A building made of recycled pallets
A building poised to rise in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, by developed The Urban Woods will be made of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) made from recycled pallets. Cross-laminated timber is a type of engineered wood, made ...
Read more >A surfboard made of mushrooms
Welsh designer Steve Davies is working on the development of a surfboard made from mycelium, the root system of mushrooms. Common surfboards are made of materials like polystyrene, polyurethane and resin, all fossil based materials ...
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