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- A wooden motorcycle powered by algaeElectric cars and bikes, both motorcycles and bicycles, are popping up like mushrooms, but Ritsert Mans looks at another source of clean energy to…
- 3D printed tiles made from mycelium and algaeLondon and New York based research and design studio bioMATTERS created a 3D printed interior tiling system made from mycelium and algae. Called MYCO-ALGA,…
- A shoe made with algae polyurethaneCalled Blueview, this shoe is completely biobased and biodegradable, with a sole made of biobased polyurethane, made from algae. Blueview is a spinoff company…
- Living Algae Biocells Offer An Alternative To Disposable BatteriesResearchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a living ‘biocell’ that uses photosynthetic microorganisms to generate electricity continuously. The technology could provide a…
- Seaweed and Algae Waste Become Bespoke Interior Textiles in CopenhagenNatural Material Studio has created bespoke bio-textile installations for the renovated Sticks’n’Sushi restaurant in Lyngby, north of Copenhagen. The project shows how organic waste…
- Algae-Based Biodesign Products Capture Carbon In Urban SpacesThe PhotoSynthetica Gardening Collection by ecoLogicStudio introduces a new generation of biophilic design products. It combines biotechnology, digital fabrication and circular material innovation. Developed…
- Ceramics made of egg shells and algaeArgentinian designer Cynthia Nudel designed ‘bioceramics’, artful objects made of eggshells and brown algae. According to Nudel, this project arises from a conflict between…
- Biodegradable textile made from algae and silk proteinWith her project Decomposition of Materiality and Identities, designer Scarlett Yang imagines a circular ecosystem in which garments grow, decompose and shape-change throughout time…
- Biodegradable, algae-based flip-flopsResearchers at the University of California San Diego developed a polyurethane foam that meets commercial specifications for midsole shoes and the foot-bed of flip-flops,…
- Biorefinery Transforms Invasive Algae into Sustainable MaterialsAs industries increasingly seek sustainable alternatives to fossil-based ingredients, innovative material solutions are emerging from unexpected sources. One such example is the Finnish company…
- Building with algae-grown limestone concreteResearchers at University of Colorado Boulder in the US have developed a method to make cement production carbon neutral or even carbon negative by…
- Algae-based Time Lapse InkLiving Ink is an algae-based, environmentally friendly ink alternative you can use to write or sketch a story or image that transforms over time…
- Exhale: a bionic chandelier that uses algae to clean the airEngineer and designer Julian Melchiorri used algae to design his bionic chandelier Exhale, designed to purify the air. The chandelier consists of 70 ‘petals’…
- Bio-foam made from algal bloomAlgae are one of the few species that actually thrive because of global warming, forming a problem of their own. Algae grow fast, but…
- Bioreactors on the move to replace oilWe have discussed the topic algae a lot in the past few years, but that is because you can so do much with them.…
- Agar Plasticity: The Exciting Potential of Seaweed-based PackagingNew Japanese design studio AMAM (Kosuke Araki, Noriaki Maetani and Akira Muraoka) work with agar, a seaweed-based material to develop new and more eco-friendly…
- Design Apothecary by ecoLogicStudio: A Biophilic Interior ExperimentecoLogicStudio, a London-based architecture and research firm specialising in biodesign, has introduced the Design Apothecary in Turin, Italy. This interior space explores the potential…
- Deep Forest: A Living Exploration of Biodesign and CircularityThe architecture and design innovation firm ecoLogicStudio, founded by Professor Claudia Pasquero and Dr. Marco Poletto, in collaboration with Innsbruck University, presents "Deep Forest"…
- Electricity-generating and CO2-absorbing bio-panelsMexican start-up Greenfluidics developed a solar bio-panel that integrates CO2 capturing, the production of oxygen, and the production of energy through the use of…
- How architecture can help with oil spillsFor their master thesis project, Greek architects Chrysi Vrantsi and Chrysanthi Vasileli, supervised by Dr Maria Voyatzaki, considered how architecture could help design an…
- Plastic, the new natural stone?Marine biologists at the Marine and Environmental Research Center (MARE) on the Portuguese island of Madeira reported on “plasticrust”, a veneer of plastic encrusted…
- Bio-digital urban curtain captures CO2 from the airLondon-based architectural and urban design design firm ecoLogicStudio, in collaboration with European climate innovation initiative Climate-KIC, designed Photo.Synth.Etica, a bio-digital urban curtain containing algae…
- Recycling an old bridge and dead coral to restore reefsIn an attempt to restore bleaching coral reefs, initiatives make artificial reefs using an old bridge and dead coral. Coral reefs are diverse underwater…
- San Francisco in 2108?San Francisco is already one of the greenest cities in the US, but check out this wild new concept from IwamotoScott Architects to completely…
