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- Air purifying curtains clean indoor airFurniture giant Ikea developed curtains treated with a special technology that clean indoor air by breaking down pollutants when they come into contact with…
- Air-Ink: writing with pollutionThroughout history, soot has been an important ingredient in ink, to make it black. Following this tradition, the company Graviky has developed an ink…
- New device can clean polluted air and generate powerThe air gets more and more polluted, and the amount of fossil fuels we burn to generate power only makes it worse. So what…
- Clothing printed with air pollutionFor their latest clothing collection, streetwear company Pangaia teamed up with Graviky Labs, a spin-off company of MIT that makes ink from air pollution,…
- A bicycle wheel that filters outdoor air pollutionCalled Rolloe, this bicycle wheel uses the riders motion to filter outdoor pollution, cleaning the air as they cycle. The bicycle wheel uses motion…
- Cleaning the air with a soy protein air filterAir pollution is getting worse, especially in large cities. While one can turn this pollution in tools for art, as this company does, using…
- Transparent nanofibre air filter cleans air and offers UV protectionThe air quality inside houses often leaves much to be desired, especially if the outside air is polluted as well. In an attempt to…
- A scarf with built-in air filter to protect against pollution and fluThe Bioscarf is a new scarf made out of post-consumer recycled PET bottles and a built-in air filter. The consequences of air pollution are…
- Tableware glazed with Rotterdam’s dirty airWorried about the air quality in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Dutch designers Annemarie Piscaer and Iris de Kievith developed a method to turn air pollution…
- Clothing that detects dangerous chemicals and pollutantsIt’s not always possible to detect if you’re exposed to harmful particles or radiation until it’s too late. In order to warn you in…
- ActiveAir: cleaning the air one step at the timeA group of designers from Makerversity, a community of designers and entrepreneurs based in London, developed ActiveAir, a pair of shoes that filter the air…
- Improving air quality by recycling rice strawSwedish furniture giant IKEA aims to improve the air quality in various regions, starting in India, by turning rice straw, traditionally burned, into a…
- RepAir: Cleaning the air with a T-shirtItalian start-up Kloters developed a unisex T-shirt called RepAir, made from organic cotton, containing an insert made of air-cleaning fabric. Indoors or outdoors, we…
- The Breath cleans the air using no electricity thanks to nanomoleculesThe air quality in most parts of the world is in rapid decline, so much so even, that in some areas, it is not…
- Source: solar panels that extract water from the airAccess to clean drinking water seems to be a privilege rather than a right. Deserts are expanding and draughts are happening because of climate…
- A car rooftop module that cleans the airVisualised by a designer team consisting of mechanical engineer Max Quast and product designer Francisco Lara, Reverso is a module-based product that cleans the…
- An air purifier powered by algaeUK-based design practice EcoLogicStudio an indoor photobioreactor capable of absorbing carbon dioxide and pollutants while oxygenating the air, powered by algae. Called AIReactor, the…
- ‘Carbon negative’ diamonds made from airJewellery brand Aether uses their own technology to transform carbon dioxide air pollution into diamonds. Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon…
- Hand-woven scarves printed with pollutionDesigner Kelly Gijsen of Maj Studio worked with various weaver families in India to make hand-woven scarves, which are dyed with natural dyes and…
- Bio-digital urban curtain captures CO2 from the airLondon-based architectural and urban design design firm ecoLogicStudio, in collaboration with European climate innovation initiative Climate-KIC, designed Photo.Synth.Etica, a bio-digital urban curtain containing algae…
- Driving towards a future with cleaner air with moss filled tiresWith electric cars becoming more popular, driving becomes more sustainable. The tire manufacturing Goodyear wants to add to that even more by introducing a…
