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- 3D printing with waste mussel shellsPhD candidate Marita Sauerwein at Delft University of Technology developed a way to create a 3D printing filament made from a major waste stream…
- A leather-like material made of crab shells and coffee groundsCalled Tômtex, the biomaterial is created from shell seafood waste and coffee grounds, a sustainable alternative instead of faux and animal leather. Uyen Tran,…
- Glass with ShellsThe Shells collection of glass-inspiration is a totally new product of laminated glass with real shells integrated between two glass panels. The material has a certain translucency which gives a surprising effect when used with backlighting.
- Recycled Paving Blocks Made From Mollusk Shells And Mining WasteResearchers at the University of Córdoba have developed a paving block made entirely from industrial waste. The innovation replaces both natural aggregates and conventional…
- Rain-Resistant Façade Panels Made from Walnut ShellsCan food waste be repurposed into building materials? This question was at the heart of Lara Neuhaus’ graduation project Bio-composites from food waste at…
- A 3D printed artistic carbon storage made of mussel shellsUK-based artistic studio IM-A Studio designed an artistic object you can use to hold items using AI and generative design, and is 3D printed…
- Cosmetic packaging made of cocoa bean shellsMaterial designer Paula Nerlich and industrial designer Thibault Lerailler created a concept for cosmetic packaging made of a material made of cocoa bean shells,…
- Sustainable yarn made from crab shells and seaweedAn international team of researchers from Aalto University, the University of São Paulo and the University of British Columbia developed a new type of…
- Yoga gear made from coffee grounds and crab shellsYoga is all about finding inner peace, but what if you can’t stop wondering during your meditation what will happen with your yoga clothes…
- Shell Mycelium: using mycelium to build and destroy constructionsNo building lasts forever. While there are solutions in the make, such as giving the materials a passport during construction for reuse later, a…
- Muss-Tell: Bioregional Acoustic Design Using Invasive Mussel ShellsMuss-Tell is a circular, bioregional design project by material designer and researcher Damla Ertem, developed as part of her MA Material Futures at Central…
- Peanut shell wins Material of the Year awardPeanut Shell Board by Kokoboard has won the Material of the Year award. From a shortlist of ten top-quality new materials, the post-harvest bio-composite…
- Ecoshell: Sustainable Tiles Made from Oyster Shells and Fish Bones for Coastal ArchitectureDesigner Yingfei Zhuo has developed Ecoshell, an innovative line of building tiles made from oyster shells and fish bones. This sustainable material offers a…
- Crack-resistant concrete inspired by shellsResearchers at the University of Princeton in the US developed a new cement composite that is 17 times more crack-resistant, which was inspired by…
- A timber and polycarbonate deployable grid shellDesigned by Spanish architectural studio Map13 Barcelona, in collaboration with Dutch Summum Engineering and Swiss Edyta Augustynowicz, the Portalen Pavilion is a public art…
- Sewn Timber Shell uses sewing to create a wooden structureThe so-called Sewn Timber Shell, developed by researchers from the University of Stuttgart and Tongji University, investigates the use of robotics and sensing mechanisms…
- 3D Printing with Macadamia Nut ShellsResearchers at the University of Sydney are studying ways of turning waste macadamia nut shells and other byproducts from the forestry and agricultural industries…
- Precrete: Sustainable Concrete from Oyster ShellsAll rivers in England are now rated in “bad” ecological condition. In Kent, heavy sewage discharges have damaged local shellfish waters. Designer Jacob Tucker…
- Fishing nets turned into 3D printed shellsIn a new project called Second Nature, Rotterdam based research and design studio The New Raw in collaboration with Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation in Athens…
- Sea shells for better building materialsSeashells have done an exemplary job of protecting their inhabitants for around a hundred million years, so perhaps it isn’t surprising that scientists and…
- A Memorial Crafted from Pet Ashes and Crushed ShellsResting Reef is pioneering a unique solution for pet memorials by combining pet ashes with crushed shells to create sustainable, underwater reef urns. The…
- 3D printed wave break modules made of local shell wasteAustralian multidisciplinary design company Reef Design Lab designed a series of specialised wave break modules, to prevent further erosion along the beach. Reef Design…
- A bamboo-timber grid shellA team of students from Edinburgh Napier University created a grid shell structure made of a bamboo-timber composite, said to be the first of…
- 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…
