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- Materials by FeralRather than sourcing existing industrial materials, FERAL formulates its own compositions to investigate light diffusion, organic pigmentation and soft structural behaviour. Produced in adaptable sheet formats, the system allows variations in opacity, density and chromatic intensity, enabling diverse spatial atmospheres and nuanced levels of light filtration.
- Fire-retardant mycelium materialResearchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, created a sustainable, scalable, and safe-fire-retardant material made of pure mycelium. Mycelium is the name for the…
- Three examples of Icelandic material designUsing waste in material design is a great way to help the environment, but it does ask for some ingenuity and creativity. Below are…
- Shrinkable Materials Enable Next-Generation 3D ElectronicsResearchers at Penn State have developed an unexpectedly accessible, low-cost method for producing wireless, shape-conforming electronic devices — a breakthrough with potential for designers…
- Design SheetsNext to a range of structural lightweight sheets, Borit designs and produces structures which are more characterized by their aesthetical aspects, although these single layer sheets possess an increased stiffness because of the structures.
- Reclaimed Materials Create A Multi-Species Wildlife TowerAt Honeygar Farm in Somerset, architecture and construction studio PEARCE+ has designed and built a habitat tower that supports a wide range of local…
- Local Materials Shape Climate-Responsive Home In BangladeshArchitect Xinyun Li has developed an affordable housing concept based on mud, straw, bamboo, clay brick, handmade pottery and reclaimed corrugated metal. Designed for…
- Transparent Insulation Material Promises Major Energy Savings for BuildingsResearchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a new transparent insulation material for windows. The material improves thermal performance while keeping glass…
- Material Experiments in Concrete, Steel and Glass: pulpo’s New Collections for 2026At Maison&Objet 2026, German design company pulpo introduces two material-focused developments: the Industrial Art collection and the Alwa Square series. Both lines show how…
- 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…
- Scoby packaging materialScoby packaging is a biological, fully edible, fully recyclable solution that can be grown by producers to wrap their products and bring them to market with zero waste. The basis of the material is scoby, the living home for bacteria and yeast used to make kombucha tea. The material is suitable to store dry or semi-dry foods, from nuts to salads.
- Bakery Fuses Traditional and Modern MaterialsA traditional Polish bakery created a very modern interior effect using old baking sheets for wall decor and lamp fixtures. Rather than using standard…
- Craft, Code and New Material Logics at Dutch Design Week 2025At Dutch Design Week 2025 (18–26 October, Eindhoven), designers pair craft with computation to push materials into fresh territory. The results range from data-driven…
- GreenEdge: A Circular Material for Interior DesignEvery year, designers face the challenge of dealing with Europe’s enormous furniture waste stream: more than 10 million tonnes are thrown away annually, and…
- DendroLight core materialDendroLight® Core with solid timber reinforcement ribs has been specially designed for solid wood surfaces. This solution allows excellent stability characteristics and equal strength in all panel orientations.
- Wonderful Reinvention of Abandonded Household MaterialsEach year, the approximately 135,000 deaths, 32,236 divorces, 10,000 bankruptcies and thousands of cases of hospitalisation that occur in the Netherlands alone leave many…
- Mokumono Delta bicycles are made locally from aluminium sheets97 per cent of bicycles assembled in Europe use frames imported from Southeast Asia, where the wages are much lower. For a country that…
- Material Magic: Meet This Incredible Invisibility CloakFor centuries, scientists have tried to make visible object invisible. Now, a team of scientist from the University of California San Diego have taken…
- Jannis Kempkens – Biobased Material Research – A Design PerspectiveJannis Kempkens is a designer and materials researcher working at the intersection of circular design, sustainability, and climate action. He has collaborated with organisations…
- Architectural sheetsThe architectural sheets of Forms and Surfaces are mainly used for interior applications. The surfaces range from smooth to coarse and from closed to semi-transparant open structures.
- From Flat-Pack to Functional Art: The SPRING Chair and Its Minimalist Material ApproachGovert Flint, the Rotterdam-based designer from Enrichers, has spent the past 1.5 years exploring how furniture design can align with the principles of a…
- Material Xperience part 5: Meet the Future of MobilityOnly one and a half week until Material Xperience 2018! The annual material trade fair will take place in Rotterdam Ahoy, the Netherlands. This year, we…
- Material highlights at Dutch Design Week 2018 part 2Dutch Design Week takes place this year from 20 to 28 October. As always, the event focuses on designs of the future. Sustainability is…
- Arabica Black (food safe)Coffee Based developed 3 different bio-based granules consisting of coffee grounds and a biopolymer. From coffee cups and notebook covers to plant pots and coffee panels, the ‘Arabica Black’ coffee granules are suitable for many product applications.
