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- Board materials made with biobased glueSwedish furniture giant Ikea is switching from fossil-based to bio-based glues, especially in board materials. Ikea uses wood more than any other material, and…
- Plant cell wall’s ‘glue’ may make wooden skyscrapers possibleBuilding wooden high-rise buildings is one of the trends in sustainable construction. While wood has been used in the construction of buildings for a…
- Researchers Develop Mussel- And Mistletoe-Inspired Materials As Alternative To Plastics And GluesResearchers at McGill University have developed a new class of bioinspired materials using concepts borrowed from mussels and mistletoe plants. The innovation could support…
- Baked Fabrics By Issey Miyake give textiles new formBaked Stretch is a new type of fabric from Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake that has been baked, giving the material an undulating form…
- A biobased superglue without toxic solventsAn international research team developed a powerful adhesive with comparable strength to Superglue, made of plant-based cellulose nanocrystals and without the need for toxic…
- Salvage & Sap: Ancient Pine Resin as a Sustainable Design MaterialFor designers looking for sustainable materials and low-impact production methods, the Salvage & Sap collection by Earth to People offers a fresh perspective. The…
- New machine can reclaim cement from recycled concreteYesterday, on World Environment Day, the Dutch companies New Horizon Urban Mining and Rutte Group presented a machine that can separate the ingredients of…
- Crystal House with all-glass façade at Material Xperience 2017!We love to stay inside, but we also love daylight. In order to get our daily sunshine, many architects love to incorporate glass façades.…
- All-glass Facade Continues to Sparkle in AmsterdamLast week, the Crystal Houses located on Amsterdam’s P.C.Hooftstraat generated much excitement thanks to this Chanel flagship store’s facade of clear glass brick. Following…
- 3D printed hairResearchers at Carnegie Mellon have developed a system for 3d printing soft strands of realistic looking hair for printed objects. The hair can even…
- Secret of the silk shoeHave you ever imagined you might wear a silk shoe? Two designers based in China have developed a procedure that is making this fairy…
- Transforming Textile Waste into Acoustic SolutionsA new range of acoustic panels by Sze Tjin Yek made from post-consumer textile waste provides opportunities for architects, interior designers, and product designers…
- Catching light in a bottleBy installing a 1,5 litre, recycled plastic bottle filled with water and a bit of bleach in his roof, Brazilian mechanic Alfredo Moser devised…
- An audio system made of glassA team from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands developed a home audio system called Ammos, which plays music through a plane of…
- 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…
- Flatpack furniture made from recycled plasticMexican design firm Paola Calzada designed a line of flatpack furniture under the brand name Luken, made from recycled plastic. Luken offers several lines…
- Terroir: Furniture made from a mix of seaweed and paperMore and more designers are using locally produced materials, biobased materials, and materials that used to be seen as waste in their project. Danish…
- The People’s Pavilion is made from borrowed materialsFor the Dutch Design Week 2017 (21-29 October), the temporary People’s Pavilion is erected, made only from borrowed materials. Because these materials have to…
- A wooden motorcycle powered by algaeElectric cars and bikes, both motorcycles and bicycles, are popping up like mushrooms, but Ritsert Mans looks at another source of clean energy to…
- Lignin: a material to watchMore and more material companies are turning away from petrol-derived materials and turning to recycled, biobased, or waste products instead. One material that combines…
- Wikkelhouse: Tiny house made of cardboardLately, more and more people are choosing to downsize the space they live in, by moving into so-called tiny houses. As the name implies,…
- Winter shelter Steam Canoe made with GRIP MetalImagine, you are just walking around, minding your own business, when you are suddenly hit by a snowstorm. Then you would probably wish that…
- T3 first modern tall wooden building of USAWooden high-rising buildings become more and more popular. Examples of (planned) constructions are HoHo Wien in Vienna, Baobab in Paris, Canopia in Bordeaux, Dalston…
