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Hand-tufted carpets made with leftover carpet capacity

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Studio Mieke Lucia, founded by Mieke van den Hout, worked with leftover carpet capacity from big orders placed at Tarkett. Aiming to bring more textiles in our interiors, the project Textile – Tactility: Textility consists ...

Carbon-neutral cement made with industrial residue

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Researcher at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany found a way to produce more environmentally friendly and sustainable cement alternatives, made with industrial residues. Cement is the main ingredient in concrete and also the material ...

Printing with coffee

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Dutch start-up CaffeInk developed an environmentally friendly ink as an alternative to black ink made from fossil-based carbon black pigment. Worldwide, coffee is the most consumed beverage, producing an enormous amount of waste in the ...

4 examples of Ukrainian material design

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In an exhibition called Affair with Earth, displayed at Dutch Design Week 2019, 4 Ukrainian designers showcased their sustainable material design. Hosted by Art-East + Art-West Foundation, Affair with Earth aimed to re-evaluate the meaning ...

Saving flush water with a new toilet coating

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Researchers at Pennsylvania State University in the US developed a coating that could reduce toilet water consumption by half, saving billion litres of water every day. Daily, more than 141 billion litres of water are ...

From disused railway arch to affordable workspace

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London based architectural firm Boano Prišmontas developed a modular plywood structure assembled with dry-joint techniques to turn disused railway arches and other pocket spaces in London onto affordable workspaces. The aim of the Arches Project ...