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- Growing and cutting a carbon neutral diamond ringApple’s chief design officer Sir Jony Ive and industrial designer Marc Newson designed a unique diamond ring out of one piece for (RED), an…
- ‘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…
- Peanut Diamonds…More Than An Alchemist’s Dream?Scientist David Frost from the Bayerisches Geoinstitute in Germany is mimicking conditions a thousand or so kilometres below the earth’s surface in his lab…
- Graphene-based material diamene becomes harder than a diamond upon impactResearchers at the City University of New York developed an ultra-thin flexible material called diamene made from two layers of graphene that temporarily becomes…
- Tiffany Façade Stuttgart: A Showcase of Craftsmanship and Material InnovationThe Tiffany façade in Stuttgart represents an ambitious and intricate collaboration between architecture, material innovation, and the legacy of Tiffany & Co. Designed by…
- Carbon nanotube coating is the new blackMIT engineers developed a coating made from carbon nanotubes that makes for the blackest black, capturing at least 99.995 per cent of incoming light.…
- The Smog ProjectSmog, a portmanteau of ‘smoke’ and ‘fog’, is unfortunately becoming more and more common in our industrialised world. It’s known to be composed of…
- A living wall made of recycled metalA team of researchers at Texas A&M University designed a living wall using recycled materials, which was designed to accommodate enough soil space and…
- Sailing the galaxy with a graphene solar sailThe European Space Agency (ESA) developed a tiny sail made of graphene that has passed initial tests to one day function as solar sails…
- Domes made from reclaimed endemic woodMade possible by the international collaboration between Silverlens Galleries, local artist Bernardo Pacquing, Rotterdam-based designers Superproject and Summum Engineering, the Domes Village is a…
- Circular floor tiles made out of railroad beamsDutch Interior design studio Het Groene Kabinet designed floor tiles made from old railroad beams to store CO2 in long lasting products. Located in…
- We’re at Milan Design Week: Ventura FutureWe’re still in Milan scouting the latest innovations for you. Today, we’re at Ventura Future, showing the best material-related projects. German architecture and wood…
- Wall++: Turning walls into enormous touchpadsWalls generally don’t do much but stand, keeping your roof up and separating rooms. But since everything is becoming smart, why not your walls…
- The world’s first sneakers made from stoneShoes made from stone may sound uncomfortable and something the Flintstones might wear. However, thanks to innovative technology, it is possible to transform ordinary…
- Bjarke Ingels Designs a BikeDesigned in a collaboration between Bjarke Ingels of Kibisi and Biomega, OKO is an electric, or e-bike, designed for the highest performance, whilst accommodating a…
- Easter Delight: First ‘Imperial’ Egg in Nearly 100 YearsPeter Carl Fabergé is renowned for the approximately 50 Imperial Easter eggs he was commissioned to create for the Russian Imperial family between 1885…
- Design spotlight: wood-textile combinationDuring the recent visit to Parqueteam in Tel Aviv, we had a chance to explore some recent innovative work by some top-level Israeli design studios.…
- Blue Planet AquariumThe Blue Planet Aquarium, in the Danish town of Kastrup, makes good use of materials in order to create the mood, atmosphere and experience…
- Plissade: An All-Textile Room Divider Developed Through Circular DesignPlissade, designed by Rotterdam-based studio Luis Marie, is an all-textile room divider that applies recycled materials and pleating techniques to create a freestanding acoustic…
- Vascular Concrete Inspired by Elephant Ears Could Revolutionise Energy-Efficient Building DesignResearchers at Drexel University have developed a novel building material that mimics the thermoregulating function of elephant and jackrabbit ears. By embedding a vascular…
- Diamanti: 3D Printed Concrete Canopy with Post-Tensioning and Sustainable DesignThe Diamanti canopy is the outcome of a collaboration between the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory (PSL) at the University of Pennsylvania and several international partners.…
- Cooling down with nanodiamonds in your clothesResearchers at RMIT in Australia created smart textiles that can help people cool down faster, using nanodiamonds. Nanodiamonds are not the same as diamonds…
