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- Recycled fishing nets on Nylon Stockings DayToday (15 May) is Nylon Stockings Day. While nylon offered a stronger alternative to silk stockings in the 1930s, here at MaterialDistrict we are…
- Tides Rewoven Light Gives Discarded Fishing Nets a Second LifeTides Rewoven Light is a concept lighting project that transforms abandoned fishing nets and plastic marine debris into functional lighting objects. A team from…
- Fishing nets turned into 3D printed shellsIn a new project called Second Nature, Rotterdam based research and design studio The New Raw in collaboration with Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation in Athens…
- A 3D printed chair made of recycled fishing netsSwedish design studio Interesting Times Gang designed the Kelp collection, a collection of 3D printed chairs made of recycled fishing nets. Each year, thousands…
- Lamps made from recycled fishing netsPortuguese designers André Teoman and Ana Rita Pires collaborated on their new project RE_DE, which gives old fishnets a new life as lamps. Most…
- Reinventing Rubber: How LEGO is Making Tyres from Discarded Fishing NetsLEGO, surprisingly enough recognised as the world’s largest tyre manufacturer by volume, is taking a groundbreaking step in sustainability by incorporating old fishing nets…
- A 3D printed store façade made of reclaimed fishing netsDutch architectural studio MVRDV designed the façade of the Tiffany & Co. store in Singapore’s Changi Airport, which is made of 3D printed reclaimed…
- Sneakers made from ghost netsSustainable footwear start-up Ocean Refresh designed sneakers made of recycled ocean plastic, including ghost nets and plastic bottles. Ghost nets are fishing nets that…
- Fish Skin Biofilm Offers Sustainable Alternative For Food PackagingResearchers in Brazil have developed a biodegradable biofilm made from fish skin that could replace part of today’s plastic food packaging. The material, created…
- Compostable bioplastic made of fish wasteMarinaTex, a bioplastic material made of fish waste designed by graduate student Lucy Hughes of the University of Sussex, has won the UK James…
- The world’s first carbon captured net-zero cementConstruction materials company Heidelberg Materials introduces what they say is the world’s first carbon captured net-zero cement. Called evoZero, the cement makes use of…
- Engineered Timber Roof Defines Material Strategy of Sydney Fish MarketThe New Sydney Fish Market in Sydney uses engineered timber and steel as key structural materials. The project stands on a 3.6-hectare site at…
- Ecoshell: Sustainable Tiles Made from Oyster Shells and Fish Bones for Coastal ArchitectureDesigner Yingfei Zhuo has developed Ecoshell, an innovative line of building tiles made from oyster shells and fish bones. This sustainable material offers a…
- The world’s first net zero carbon shoeCalled M0.0.nshot, the newly announced shoe by sustainable shoe manufacturer Allbirds is said to be the world’s first net zero carbon shoe, without relying…
- A net-zero mass-timber buildingDesigned by Generate Architecture and Technologies, a start-up company out of MIT and Harvard University, and design and construction company Placetailor, a five-storey building…
- Zero House has a zero carbon footprint, zero toxins and zero net energyCreating a building that has a zero carbon footprint, uses zero toxins or uses zero net energy can be a challenge each on their…
