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Fruitleather Rotterdam at MX2016

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A multi-disciplinary collective of designers from the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam are looking for innovative solutions to one of Rotterdam’s biggest social issues – food waste. Fruitleather, a design material made from waste ...

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Salt Project by Eric Geboers

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Recent TU Delft architecture graduate Eric Geboers has developed a way of separating salt out of seawater in order to create a new type of building material – along with water that can be used ...

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Beautiful Wooden Bike Inspires Better Building

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Best of 2015! (Originally published May 18, 2015) This prototype for a wooden bike by manufacturer AERO is not only beautiful, but it also demonstrates how thin wooden sheets can be used to build stronger ...

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The Sensorial Experience of Labrys Frisae

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Designed and built by Marc Fornes/The Very Many, Labrys Frisae is a spatial installation blurring the distinction between edge and space. Visually, the piece is stunning but its long lasting impression comes from its spatial ...

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ReFil: The Sustainable 3D Printing Material from Better Future Factory

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A large number of currently available 3D printers make use of a plastic-based ink called ‘filament’. Makers use these filaments to 3D print products ranging from ‘nice-to-haves’ to prosthetics. As the current demand for 3D ...

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Wooden Textiles from Buro Belén AT MX2016

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The basic material for “wooden textiles” is taken from the mulberry tree, the cambium. A tapa is a soft and flexible wooden cloth that Tongans use for rituals like weddings and funerals. The basis for ...

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