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- Brewing inspirationDesigner Vilma Farrell creates richly coloured, translucent fabrics for lampshades out of used paper coffee filters. Even common household waste can be a source…
- Super Stylish Vanishing PackagingSmall, colourful and stylish, coffee capsules (pods in bar machines) have been a marketing success, with billions sold every year. While there are number…
- The world’s first reusable cup made with used cupsCircular design practice Circular and Co developed rCUP, a reusable travel mug made from recycled used coffee cups. Each year, billions of coffee cups…
- Bionotes Notebook Made from Dutch Roadside GrassDutch printing company De Bink Opmeer has developed an innovative notebook called bionotes, made from roadside grass. This eco-friendly material, known as VoorBIJ-paper, is…
- Studio Wynd: Using carbon fibres in furnitureWith their high tensile strength and low weight, carbon fibres are popular in aerospace, competition sports and the military. Studio Wynd uses carbon fibres…
- The future of packaging: an interview with Caroli BuitenhuisWhat will packaging material look like in the future? Caroli Buitenhuis, Chain innovator in Bioplastics, Biobased Packaging & Bio-economy projects at Green Serendipity, and ambassador of the sector…
- Food Printer 2020: Dinner in 3DWe’re all accustomed to having appliances on our kitchen counters, from toasters and blenders to coffee makers and microwaves. If Mechanical Engineering Professor Hod…
- Waste Streams and New Material Value at Dutch Design Week 2026Explore DDW 2026 recycled materials, from glass and discarded sanitaryware to furniture made with coffee grounds and aluminium offcuts.
- Materia 2026 Explores the Creative Potential of Circular Material MatekProject Materia returns to Copenhagen during 3 Days of Design 2026 with an exhibition centred on Matek, a circular material developed by Danish design…
- 3 examples of Polish material designExhibited during Dutch Design Week 2019 (19-27 October), 3 Polish graduates showed their work in material design. Called Young Polish Designers: Studies in Reality,…
- Kickstarting sustainable projectsWith the project Shapeshift that kicks off today, funding platform Kickstarter calls for projects made from recycled materials, transforming “trash” into original product design.…
- MaterialDistrict Rotterdam 2019: today’s materials for tomorrow’s innovationsFrom Tuesday 12 till Thursday 14 March, the leading material innovation event for R&D and design professionals took place: MaterialDistrict Rotterdam 2019. With a…
- Edible furniture for times of crisis at MaterialDistrict Rotterdam 2019Design studio Lanzavecchia + Wai designed several types of edible furniture, amongst them a table of hard candy that will be on display at…
- Like Leather at MaterialDistrict Rotterdam 2019!In the exhibition Like Leather, a collaboration between Yksi Connect, Conscious Leather Foundation and MaterialDistrict, shown at MaterialDistrict Rotterdam 2019, surprising examples of sustainable…
- Disposable cups made from mould-grown gourdsJun Aizaki, the founder of New York-based design studio Crème Design, and his team created HyO, a prototype disposable cup made from a gourd…
- Material Xperience Part 6: Meet the future of Graphic & PackagingOnly a few more days until Material Xperience 2018! The annual material trade fair will take place in Rotterdam Ahoy, the Netherlands. This year, we show…
- Smart recycling bin determines the material type of your wasteHave you ever hesitated in front of a recycling bin, trying to determine if your waste can be recycled? Wondering if it’s made from…
- The Qualities of MaterialsThe Qualities of Materials is a new and experimental collection from Fort Standard that pushes the properties of natural materials such as wood, stone…
- Bobbin Collection Innovates with Yarn and ResinTurning a single threads into three dimensional objects, Bobbin by Studio nito is inspired by bobbins, yarn structures and the general material possibilities of…
- Designing with our Five Senses: SmellAs part of our Material Xperience theme exploring the ‘Five Senses’ in design, we’ve looked so far at sight, touch and taste. Today we are…
