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Bio-based materials
Materials grown rather than extracted. From established bio-based sources — hemp, flax, cork, bamboo, wool, straw — to living and biofabricated materials such as mycelium, algae and bacterial cellulose. Renewable by origin, and increasingly capable of matching conventional materials on performance.

17 Sept 2026
Recycled Chopsticks Become Custom Restaurant Tables
Circular

16 Sept 2026
Concept Stroller Explores Biomaterials From Sawdust And Orange Peel
Material Futures

14 Sept 2026
Arabian Camel Hair Offers A New Renewable Fibre For Fashion And Interiors

10 Sept 2026
Cedar-Clad Dune House Responds To Oregon’s Coastal Landscape

9 Sept 2026
Tea And Coffee Waste Become 3D Printed Design Objects
New Making

3 Sept 2026
Rye Straw Marquetry Brings Natural Texture To Watchmaking
Sense & Sensibility

2 Sept 2026
Hemp Byproducts Transformed Into High-Performance Biocomposites
Regenerative

1 Sept 2026
Natural Glazes Improve Water Resistance Of Compostable Eggshell Ceramic
Sustainable

10 Mar 2027
MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2027
Circular

4 Mar 2026
MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2026
Acoustic+1

12 Mar 2025
MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2025
Biophilic & Human-Centred+2

15 May 2024
MaterialDistrict Expo: Smart Materials & Circularity
Sustainable

6 Mar 2024
MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2024
Acoustic+2

11 May 2023
MaterialDistrict Expo: Super Skins
Material Futures

8 Mar 2023
MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2023
Biophilic & Human-Centred+2

14 Sept 2022
MaterialDistrict Expo: Futureproof Plastics
Smart & Responsive+1
Dennis Hauer
Dennis Hauer – Scaling up mass-timber through innovation
Alexander Beeloo
Alexander Beeloo – Timber Construction and Circular Design in Public Buildings
Shai van Vlijmen
Shai van Vlijmen – Biophilic Passive Timber Home
Ad Kil
Ad Kil – Timber as an integral part of regenerative architecture
Dave Lomax
Dave Lomax – An architecture of sufficiency – lessons from 20 years designing for mass timber construction
Luciana Dos Santos Duarte
Luciana Dos Santos Duarte – The Fabric of the Forest: how innovative rubber materials are produced in the Amazon for fashion companies
Alexandre Carpentier
Alexandre Carpentier – Miscanthus, the verdant breath of a world beyond black gold
Bianca Zomer

















