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15 results for “flowers” in materials
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Botanical PaperWorksBotanical PaperWorks is a producer of eco-friendly paper products that grow into flowers when planted
- CowpotCowpots are biodegradable flower pots made of manure. They are full of nutrients and will disappear when planted into the ground. First the cow poo is pushed into the methane digester. The digester contains tiny microbes that are eating the poo and farting bubbles.
- ALCHIMIA – Natural Yarn dyes on Milk fibreA versatile range of natural dyes developed on milk protein-based yarns in collaboration between designer Shahar Livne and Dyer Roua AlHalabi, made from materials driven from animals such as blood, collagen, and milk, minerals such as hematite and aluminium, plant parts such as oak apple and flowers and roots of the Rubia tinctorum plant; together, the materials create a rich variety of colours through alchemical reactions.
- voorBIJ© roadside grass paperVoorBIJ© is recycled paper with fibres from clippings from ecologically managed roadsides. For every 100 kilos of voorBIJ© paper 35 kilos of freshly mown roadside grass is used. By using roadside grass as a raw material for the paper, the stored CO2 in the clippings is not released and it acquires new value.
- Recy ScreenRecy Screen is made of plastic waste material, coloured plastic sheets and with an additions of a special object made from plastic (e.g. flowers). Recy Screen can be used for finishing works and elements where a translucent material character is required.
- VeSta & KuQua tilesThese handcrafted tiles feature geometrical ornaments, which are the result of repeating digitally developed graphic patterns and are fired using an ancient Japanese firing technique. Together with the architects Loeliger Strub the VeSta tile wit floral pattern was produced for a high-rise building in Zurich. The four-part series of the pattern KuQua is based on blending a sphere with a square.
