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- Protecting cellulose-based leather with a fungi coatingDutch designer Emma van der Leest developed a fungi-based coating that can be used to make plant-based leather water-repellent and more durable. Plant-based leather…
- Watches made from mycelium leather materialBiotech start-up Mycotech developed a leather-like material made from mycelium, which they used to develop a watch, wallet and traveller’s journal. Mycelium is a…
- Furniture made from apple leatherFor Cassina Paris Rive Gauche, designer Philippe Starck presented a sofa and chairs made from Apple Ten Lork, a leather-like material made from apple…
- New Grain: Plastic-Free Leather Alternative Made From Brewers’ Spent GrainBrewers and whisky distillers extract sugars from barley during fermentation. After this process, a protein-rich by-product remains: brewers’ spent grain (BSG), also known as…
- A continuous sheet of mushroom leatherResearchers at the Finnish VTT Technical Research Centre managed to develop technology that enables the continuous manufacturing of mycelium leather sheets by the meter…
- A fabric and leather alternative made of the Fique plantOxford University master student Gabriel Moreno created a biodegradable and renewable textile alternative called Fiquetex, made from the Colombian Fique plant, which can be…
- Bags made from mango leatherUK-based sustainable fashion brand Luxtra teams up with Dutch company Fruitleather Rotterdam to make bags made of leftover mangoes and other fruit waste. Each…
- Inflatable leather furnitureEindhoven-based designer Satomi Minoshima designed leather-covered inflatable furniture to increase their value and thus their lifespan. Inflatable products are light and portable. With only…
- Buganbag Transforms Bougainvillea Waste Into Biobased LeatherBuganbag is a handbag made with an experimental biobased leather from bougainvillea flowers. Industrial design students Daniel Enrique Terán Quintero and Cristian Enrique Julio…
- Mycelium leather used in car interiorCadillac’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…
- A vegan leather alternative made of waste legume podsCalled Leukeather, developed by Nuhayr Zein, the material is an alternative for exotic leathers made from dried Leucaena pods, a by-product of existing agriculture.…
- Transcendent Skin visualises future human skin in leather and siliconeIn response to our beauty ideals based on flawless perfection, German designer Julia Thomann imagines a future in which we are granted eternal youth.…
- A 3D printed chair made of leather wasteFrench design studio hors-studio, in collaboration with Emmanuel Hugnot, designed a 3D printed chair made of leather waste. Called Trosne, the modular chair can…
- A leather and plastic alternative made of seaweedAnna Watkins, a student at the University of Huddersfield in the UK, developed a seaweed based material that aims to replace materials like leather…
- Hemp-based leather alternative featured in Leica’s latest watch strapLeica has added a new mechanical watch strap to its premium accessories collection. The strap is made from LOVR, a plant-based circular material developed…
- Leather-free handbag made of bacterial celluloseGerman biofabrication research company ScobyTec developed a vegan leather alternative made of bacterial cellulose, which they used to create a business handbag. ScobyTec consists…
- Fruitleather Rotterdam at MX2016A multi-disciplinary collective of designers from the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam are looking for innovative solutions to one of Rotterdam's biggest social…
