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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.

25 Sept 2026
Cork Flooring Used Across Australian Health Club
Acoustic

23 Sept 2026
Shimmer Jewellery Reframes Preciousness Through Brazilian Biomaterials
Sense & Sensibility

23 Sept 2026
Coffee-Roasting Side Streams Provide Colour For Packaging Ink
Circular

21 Sept 2026
Valay Turns Bamboo’s Natural Variations Into A Modular Lighting System
Sense & Sensibility

21 Sept 2026
Scentra Packaging Combines Rosemary Waste And Seaweed Binder

18 Sept 2026
UK Straw Supply Could Support 300,000 Low-Carbon Homes Annually
Net Zero & Carbon

17 Sept 2026
Recycled Chopsticks Become Custom Restaurant Tables
Circular

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

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
















