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Innovation

Clothing made by on-demand 3D weaving

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US-based fashion company Unspun developed technology to create 3D woven garments on demand. Called Vega, the 3D weaving technology is Unspun’s answer to fast fashion. Normally, fashion brands have to guess what customers in the ...

Biobased

Mycelium leather used in car interior

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Cadillac’s new concept vehicle SOLLEI includes mycelium leather in its interior. The material in question is MycoWork’s Fine Mycelium. The material is made of mycelium, the root system of mushrooms, which is grown in such ...

Sense & Sensibility

A lightweight concrete-look stool

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Part of the Zaccaria CIMENTO® collection, the stool in various colours designed by Patricia Urquiola are made with CIMENTO®, a cement compound, to give them a solid appearance. CIMENTO®consist of 90 per cent mineral aggregates ...

An experimental 3D printed building made of local soil

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The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) completed the 3D printing of a 100 m2 low carbon emissions building prototype using local soil and natural materials. Called the 3D-Printed Earth Forest Campus, the project ...

Solid knitting: 3D printing with yarn

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed a way to create solid objects made of yarn through the power of knitting. The technique was first envisioned by Yuichi Hirose, a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University. ...

Leisure & Hospitality

A façade with integrated nesting sites for wild bees

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German designer Emma Johann designed façade tiles made of various materials, which include nesting sites for wild bees. While honey bees may be the first insects to come to mind when thinking about pollinating, a ...