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- Lina: the world’s first biocomposite car made from flaxWhen you think about cars, the first word to come to mind is probably not sustainability. While more and more cars are becoming electric,…
- The first biobridge made entirely of biocompositeIn a collaboration between two universities, three colleges and several companies, the world’s first biocomposite bridge was opened for the public on 27 October.…
- A nature-inclusive façade made of biocompositeDutch biocomposite company NPSP, in collaboration with Studio Marco Vermeulen, developed a biobased, nature-inclusive façade, with contains integrated nesting boxes for birds and insects.…
- Hemp Byproducts Transformed Into High-Performance BiocompositesMicrofactory Venture Platform (MVP) and Canadian hemp producer Legacy Fibers have successfully completed their first production trials using agricultural hemp byproducts. The trials demonstrate…
- A furniture collection made from biocompositeAustrian product designer Philipp Aduatz launched a new furniture collection made of a fibre-reinforced biocomposite. The aim of the project is to maximise the…
- Knitted biocomposites as structural systemsArchitects and designers Bastian Beyer and Daniel Suarez’s Column Project explores the structural potential of augmented knitted biocomposites. To make the structures, Beyer developed…
- Modular Acoustic Partitions Made from Biocomposite and Recycled MaterialsPolish furniture manufacturer VANK has introduced FLIP, a modular system of mobile acoustic partitions made from either a hemp- and flax-based biocomposite or recycled…
- New biocomposite for complex designsContinuing our series on co-creation, here’s a small-scale example. FluidSolids is a material innovation that has led to a product and a company, all…
- From bicycle bridge to fertiliserThe province of Friesland in the Netherlands is currently building the world’s first movable bicycle bridge made of biocomposite. If everything goes according to…
- Material Innovation in ArchitectureThe innovation unit GXN was established in 2007 as a parallel practice to that of 3XN architects. Since day one the team has researched…
- How to grow your own biodegradable IKEA furnitureIKEA dedicated research and design lab SPACE10’s resident architects Katya Bryskina and Tomás Clavijo explored how the famous IKEA FRAKTA shopping bag might be…
- Programmable water-based composites for digital design and fabricationAguahoja, a project by researchers at MIT’s Mediated Matter Group, is a collection of objects digitally design and robotically fabricated from the molecular components…
- Hemp Waste Shows Promise For Lower-Carbon Bioplastic FilmsResearchers in South Korea have tested biocomposite films made with hemp hurd, the woody inner part of the hemp stem. This part of the…
- Fungi Transform End-Of-Life Mattresses Into Lightweight Fire-Resistant InsulationResearchers at Swinburne University of Technology have developed a bio-composite insulation material made from shredded mattress foam and mycelium. By combining discarded polyurethane foam…
- 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…
- Mycelium building materialsUK-based PLP Architects aims to create mycelium-based bio-composite construction materials to move away from traditional building materials. PLP conducted a year-long experiment to explore…
- Acoustic design mycelium panelsArchitectural firm Arup and Italian biodesign company Mogu teamed up to design what is said to be the world’s first mycelium acoustic panel system,…
- Noah: the world’s first circular carEach year for the past five years, students from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands create a car with sustainability in mind. Last…
- World’s first wooden bicycle path opens today in the NetherlandsThe Dutch love to cycle, and thus there are bicycle paths, paved and unpaved, everywhere. Commonly, the paved ones are made of asphalt or…
- Naturally Scented TapestryThese tapestries from Modieus are made by combining 100% natural wool with innovatively scented backing made from Organoid materials including vanilla and rose, which…
- Bio-scooter: new sustainable transportA team of designers, producers and institutions has launched a scooter made using a biobased composite. The consortium has named it the Be.e, which…
- Pine Bark, Amber Dust and Coffee Grounds: Baltic Biomaterials at Dutch Design WeekAt Dutch Design Week 2026, the Vilnius-based Biomaterials Library shows biomaterial samples, prototypes and design objects by Lithuanian and Baltic creators, made from local side streams such as pine bark, amber dust and coffee grounds.
- Coffee Grounds as a Circular Material for Bio-Based FurnitureDesigner Tobias Gerstgrasser has created a stool made entirely from coffee grounds and natural binders. The piece is part of his research project Coffee…
- 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…
