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  1. ArticleShapes of Sweden by Lilian van DaalBiomimicry, natural materials and 3d printing technologies come together in the award winning design ‘Shapes of Sweden,’ an automobile seat made of 3d printed…
  2. ArticleLuminous Re-weave: Upcycled Textiles Become Modular, Architectural LightLuminous Re-weave is a lighting installation by Ling Sha and Yucheng Tang that brings together craft, technology, and circular design. It shows how discarded…
  3. BrandStudio SarmiteStudio Sarmite is a natural materials design and research studio based in Frankfurt, Germany. Lead by Latvian designer Sarmite Polakova, the studio work focuses…
  4. ArticleAfter Milan: more material innovation we have seenThe Milan Design Week attracted this year 400,000 visitors, a new record, and focused mainly on colour and exuberance after all the gloomy natural…
  5. ArticleMutualism: Transforming Waste into Elegant LightingThe Mutualism Lamp, a collaboration between Dutch creators VanPlestik and Blom & Blom, was showcased during Dutch Design Week as a striking example of…
  6. ArticleFrom Store Interiors to Light ObjectsAt Dutch Design Week 2025, Zurich-based bag brand FREITAG joins forces with Eindhoven designer Job van den Berg to give new life to the…
  7. EventBiobased SelectionDuring Dutch Design Week (18-26 October), Materia will be present with a selection of 60 biobased materials that will be on show in the…
  8. ArticleVlisco: The Beauty of ‘Leftover’ MaterialsSince 1846, Dutch textile brand Vlisco has created colourful wax printed fabrics popular in Central and West Africa. Because of Vlisco’s high quality standards,…
  9. ArticleWelded Loop: Mono-Material Sneakers Made from Recyclable TPUDutch designers Suzanne Oude Hengel and Joris de Groot have developed an innovative sneaker crafted entirely from a single material: thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). Their…
  10. ArticleBroken Ceramics Bring Sustainability: Circular Innovations in Bricks and TablewareEvery year, significant amounts of ceramic waste are incinerated in the Netherlands, while simultaneously there is a growing demand for raw materials in industries…
  11. ArticleThe People’s Pavilion is made from borrowed materialsFor the Dutch Design Week 2017 (21-29 October), the temporary People’s Pavilion is erected, made only from borrowed materials. Because these materials have to…
  12. ArticleInnovation Lab Stage Lecture Programme at METS 2015This week at METS 2015 (November 17-19), we will be presenting an inspiring lecture series in addition to our exhibition of innovative materials for…
  13. ArticleMaterialDistrict Utrecht 2022: once again a great successFrom Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 April, the leading material innovation event for R&D and design professionals took place: MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2022. With a…
  14. EventMaterialDistrict Expo: Fancy FashionMaterialDistrict is partner of Fashion? Future design for the present, an exhibition curated and organised by Marina Toeters. MaterialDistrict will be present with the…
  15. ArticleMaterial 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…
  16. ArticleTravelling Pavilion Brings Biobased and Circular Building Materials TogetherBLOK, a travelling timber pavilion, brings together biobased materials, reused components and circular building systems in one structure. Presented at Dutch Design Week in…
  17. ArticleMaterial Xperience part 4: Meet the future of products!We keep counting down! Only three more weeks until Material Xperience 2018! The trade fair will take place in Rotterdam Ahoy, the Netherlands. This year, we…
  18. ArticleThe 30 minute wooden bikeA new design for a bicycle which comes in a flatpack has been presented at the Dutch Design Week. The so-called ‘Sandwichbike’ is made…
  19. ArticleSoil Stones Combine Recycled Cork and Mineral FinishesDutch artist and designer Natasja van der Meer has introduced Soil Stones, a collection of sculptural objects positioned between art, design and functional furniture.…
  20. ArticleDDacha: A Biobased Living ConceptBiobased materials form an important part of our material library, so we were very interested to see DDacha at Dutch Design Week 2015. DDacha is…
  21. ArticlePrecious WasteThese textiles are handmade in Mexico from used plastic shopping bags. Designer Michelle Baggerman developed the process of making fine yarn from plastic bags…
  22. TalkAnett Papp – Naturing_Matter in Motion: The intersection of plant nature and the textile-creating system. The story of collaborationTextile and structure designer. She graduated as a woven fabric designer and wrote her Doctoral thesis in collaboration with plant textiles. Her main areas…
  23. MaterialFlaxwood®Flaxwood® is a biobased architectural tile developed by London-based design studio Dzek in collaboration with Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma. The material is derived from linseed oil obtained from flax and is based on the traditional linoleum production process, which was first developed in the 19th century.