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- Colour Changing flowers for your ValentineTo celebrate Valentine's Day, London based designers Bompas & Parr have create several varieties of colour changing flowers. Painted with two different types of thermochromic…
- Trash-to-Cash: A Flowering BusinessIn India, bright pink and marigold flowers are bringing people happiness in a new way: as a marketable flower-based powder. The Society for Child…
- Say it with artificial blooming flowers from morphing materialHave you ever been in a restaurant and felt at the plant on the table to see if it was real or made from…
- Flower Power wall paintFlower Power is an innovative wall paint that is 99% fossil-free. It was developed by Koninklijke Van Wijhe Verf, which focuses on sustainability and environmental friendliness. This paint is part of the Concept Paints line and is designed to significantly reduce environmental impact. It has a carbon footprint of only 24 Kg CO2Eq per 100 Kg of product, which is significantly lower than that of traditional paints.
- Flower MassioniteFlower Masonite is a material combined of wood fibres with other organic material. By combining these materials it is possible to give the down to earth masonite hardboard an entirely new look.
- Studio ‘Party’ Streams Music Videos onto FlowersThis limited-time, a very unique 24-hour live stream music video has been created for "Hana" (meaning 'flowers' in Japanese) by Tokyo-based rock band, androp. The…
- Shylight: Materials Mimicking Flowers At NightNyctinasty is highly evolved natural mechanism whereby certain type of flowers close up at night for self-defense and also to conserve resource. This natural…
- Lava Tiles (Flower print)Cut lava stones tiles are hand glazed using a special painting technique and then fired at a high temperature. The result is a tile featuring vibrant colours along with the strength, moisture resistance and thermal insulation properties of natural stone. Lava Tiles are also available with a flower print that is created by combining a glazed and silk print on top of the lava stone.
- A flower pot made of coffee groundsDutch flower pot manufacturer Elho developed flowerpots in various sizes made of waste coffee grounds. The flower pots is made from 100% recycled waste,…
- Plastic free vegan down alternative made of flowersMaterial science company Pangaia developed a vegan and plastic free down alternative made of wildflowers and a biopolymer, called FLWRDWN. To keep warm, duck…
- Blooming Material Flowers from Jerusalem“Warde” by HQ Architects is a set of giant urban flowers installed in an open market square in the centre of Jerusalem. Made from…
- Nature-Inspired Petal Structure Could Lead to New Reflective MaterialsResearchers at Shinshu University in Japan have uncovered the secret behind the glossy appearance of the hardy ice plant (Delosperma cooperi). Their findings could…
- Petal Vase: From Floral Waste To Regenerative Design ObjectThe Petal Vase, developed by Rebloom Studio together with designers SeongJin Hwang, Sumin Jin and NaYeon Kim, explores how organic waste can become a…
- 2,000,000,000 Precious Pieces2,000,000,000 Precious Pieces is a material research into waste flowers. Designer Rachelle Hornesch found that this waste stream can be of great value. In addition to its aesthetic value, this waste stream offers usable raw materials that can serve as a basis for new materials. Her sample archive shows that these raw materials can be used in the manufacturing of papyrus, pigments, dyes and bio composites.
- Botanical CBotanical C is a material made from waste wedding flowers. Flowers play a significant role during weddings, but are discarded afterwards. Sybil Ho's Design and Atelier ChungHan Lu collaborate to collect the used materials, sort it by colour, and extract the fibres. The fibres are then turned into objects, showing the handmade beauty, and create a new life cycle of used materials.
- RosaeOnce flowers have already bloomed, they are usually thrown away. But in order to enjoy them longer and create something of value from the waste, Zoubida Tulkens made wallpaper from rose petals. She collected rejected roses from flower growers. Using a flat-iron and natural glue, Tulkens stuck the petals on wallpaper. Each sheet of wallpaper has it’s own pattern, and four sheets together create a larger pattern.
- Organoid® CARPE DIEMThe Organoid® Natural Surface Carpe Diem features a Mediterranean blend of herbs, olive leaves, lavender, and colorful flowers on a natural flax backing. This breathable surface brings the sensory pleasures of the Mediterranean indoors, creating a calming and cozy atmosphere with a harmonizing fragrance and vibrant colors for any interior application.
- Blooming biodegradable face masksIn response to the growing plastic pollution by single-use face masks, Dutch brand Marie Bee Bloom designed biodegradable face masks made of rice paper,…
- Dutch scavenger designDuring Dutch Design Week 2019, graduates from Design Academy Eindhoven showcased their work. One group of projects, grouped under the header ‘The Scavengers’, used…
- Buganbag Transforms Bougainvillea Waste Into Biobased LeatherBuganbag is a handbag made with an experimental biobased leather from bougainvillea flowers. Industrial design students Daniel Enrique Terán Quintero and Cristian Enrique Julio…
- GreenEdgeGreenEdge is a biobased sheet material designed for interior applications. It consists of approximately 40% roadside hay and 60% waste wood from CNC milling processes. These fibres are bound with casein, a natural milk protein adhesive. Natural pigments and flowers are used to colour and enrich the surface, resulting in a material that is biodegradable, toxin-free, and conceived with circularity in mind.
- GreenEdge: A Circular Material for Interior DesignEvery year, designers face the challenge of dealing with Europe’s enormous furniture waste stream: more than 10 million tonnes are thrown away annually, and…
- Natural textile dyeNatural textile dye uses dyestuff extracted from plants and animals like trees, flowers, etc. The dyes are won from exclusively natural non-edible materials like stems, skins and roots of plants. The plants include Natural Indigo, Gallnuts, Madder Root, Lac, Pomegranates, Himalayan Rhubarb, Myrobalan and Catechu. Not all fabrics are suitable for natural dyeing.
- Ultra-light sponge material made from ceramic nanofibresCeramic is a very heat resistant and strong material. However, if you have ever dropped a plate or mug, you also know that the…
