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- SOMBRA Pavilion: A Passive Kinetic Shading System Inspired by the SunAt the 2025 Time Space Existence exhibition in Venice, renowned Dutch architecture firm MVRDV unveiled the SOMBRA Pavilion—a compact yet visionary demonstration of climate-responsive…
- Toward Carbon Neutrality: A More Sustainable Concrete BrickThe construction industry accounts for nearly 40% of global carbon emissions, making sustainability a critical concern for architects, builders, and manufacturers. Addressing this challenge…
- Material Innovation: Thermochromic Design in Realme’s Colour-Changing SmartphoneRealme has unveiled a groundbreaking innovation in its Realme 14 Pro+ smartphone—a back panel that changes colour in response to temperature fluctuations. This unique…
- Designing living productsAssociate professor Elvin Karana and her team at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft in the Netherlands are exploring the potential…
- 3D printed objects with incorporated living organismsResearchers at MIT, Harvard University and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the US developed a method for 3D printing objects that can control living organisms…
- Breathing buildingsThermo bi-metals allow buildings to 'breathe'. This innovative rethinking of the building's skin could change the way we think about heating and cooling buildings.…
- Materiability: liberating smart materialsHow can advanced materials help to create new, smarter architecture? Our designed and built environment is becoming increasingly smart. This is partly possible because…
- Colour-Changing Material Enables Invisible Security MarkingsResearchers in Finland have developed a new colour-changing material that responds in the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Called davyne, the mineral-based material…
- Sneakers Made from Rusted LeatherMunich-based footwear brand nat-2 has collaborated with designer Talia Luvaton to develop a series of handmade sneakers featuring an experimental material technique known as…
- Biomass-Based Smart Adhesive Enables Reversible and Circular BondingResearchers at Jeonbuk National University in South Korea have developed a sustainable, light-responsive adhesive that combines strong performance with reusability. The innovation addresses a…
- Next-Generation Biodegradable Performance Textiles by Lenzing and OceanSafeAustrian fibre producer Lenzing Group and Swiss textile innovator OceanSafe have developed a new generation of sustainable, high-performance yarns. The partnership combines Lenzing’s Tencel…
- Inflatable Structures Inspired by Nature: Adaptive Design with AirDesign studio WINT and Protoéditions have developed Project ARA (Adaptive Responsive Air), a forward-looking design research project that explores inflatable, air-powered structures. Inspired by…
- Mass Timber as a Climate Solution: A New PerspectiveA study published in Nature Communications by researchers at the Yale School of the Environment highlights the climate benefits of replacing traditional building materials…
- Pirelli Unveils First Standard Tyre with Over 70% Biobased and Recycled MaterialsPirelli has achieved a milestone in sustainable mobility with the launch of a new standard production tyre made from over 70 per cent bio-based…
- Wall Reef: A 3D Printed Façade Element Boosting Urban Biodiversity and Climate ResilienceIn December 2024, the Wall Reef—a 3D printed coral reef-inspired façade installation—was unveiled at the Tweespan and Vierspan residential complex in Rhoon, the Netherlands.…
- Material Innovation and Interspecies Design in unEarthed / Second Nature / PolliNATIONPresented during the 2025 edition of La Biennale di Venezia, the project unEarthed / Second Nature / PolliNATION brings together architectural experimentation, ecological systems…
- Goodnature: Compostable Fruit Packaging from Agricultural WasteThe company Goodnature introduces a sustainable packaging solution that transforms agricultural waste into fully compostable fruit packaging. Developed in Thailand, the material combines local…
- Lighting the Way: Lampshades from Coastal Plastic WasteModern lampshades made from recycled coastal plastic represent a practical application of waste materials in design. Developed through a waste clean-up initiative in Java,…
