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- Piñatex: The Pineapple Material to Watch in 2015Piñatex is an innovative material made of waste pineapple leaf fibres from the pineapple harvesting process. Currently under development at London’s Royal College of…
- LigNo LeatherLigNo Leather is a biobased leather alternative, which mostly consists of lignin. LigNo Leather is a material consisting of 70% lignin, a byproduct of the cellulose and paper industries, as well as biorefinery processes. This innovative material is developed by Lignopure as part of the LignoLight research project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany.
- Self-dyeing bacterial black leatherResearchers at Imperial College London have genetically engineered bacteria to grow animal- and plastic-free leather that dyes itself. Leather alternatives grown by bacteria is…
- BUXKIN original acoustic panelsBUXKIN original products are available in a range of sustainably sourced materials, including recycled leather, recycled felt, and wool. The materials are ribbed and attached to a jute backing.
- Ko-SIKO-SI is a Slovenian company with a long tradition of processing natural fibres into high-quality technological products. KO-SI produces padding components and filling components…
- Gumnetic: making products out of used chewing gumMaterialDistrict is always looking for the newest and most innovative materials. But even good, sustainable and innovative ideas can disappear into obscurity, never to…
- Animal free leather on World Meat Free DayToday (12 June) is World Meat Free Day to draw attention to the bad effects eating so much meat has on the planet. Producing…
- Biopolymer 3D printed Trabeculae Pavilion based on bone structurePretty much anything imaginable can be 3D printed, from shoe soles to nodes and even food. In architecture, additive manufacturing hasn’t gone unnoticed either,…
