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- Human hair as insulation material?There are many types of insulation material available, from synthetic to natural. A popular one in the natural category is sheep’s wool, which contains…
- A sweater made from human hairHuman Material Loop, a project founded by Studio Zsofia Kollar, explores the possibilities of waste human hair as a material and its integration into…
- MIT Innovate with 3D Printed HairToday, 3d printers can seemingly create almost anything. With this latest 3d printing innovation from MIT’s Media Lab, you can now print hair, fur…
- 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…
- Arabian Camel Hair Offers A New Renewable Fibre For Fashion And InteriorsBritish company NOUKK turns Arabian camel hair into a renewable material for fashion, interiors and homeware. The company uses a by-product that herders often…
- A 3D knitted sneaker made of dog hair and myceliumGerman designer Emilie Burfeind developed a 3D knitted sock sneaker made of waste dog hair, bioplastic and mycelium. The sustainability of shoes is often…
- Bamboo Speakers and Hair Dryers Show Cool Material PotentialSamy Rio researches the use of bamboo in its natural tubular form in an industrial way with the goal of achieving the material quality…
- Learning from Matter at Dutch Design Week 2025At Dutch Design Week 2025 (18–26 October, Eindhoven), education meets experimentation. Across exhibitions and workshops, students, designers and researchers reimagine how we learn from…
- Let’s get hairy: wetsuits with fur-like textureHave you ever wondered how small mammals such as beavers and sea otters keep warm underwater, without a thick layer of blubber? A group…
- How animals help us create materials on World Animal DayToday is World Animal Day, so a good time to take a moment and appreciate how animals help us create all sorts of wonderful…
- Plyskin: insulation inspired by polar bear skinAnimal skin is a great source of inspiration for material designers. Earlier, we saw researchers developing material for wetsuits inspired by sea otter fur.…
- Fibres, Fabrication and New Textile Structures at Dutch Design Week 2026Explore DDW 2026 textile innovation, from human hair fibres and local wool to welded textiles and digital fabrication.
- Saving flush water with a new toilet coatingResearchers at Pennsylvania State University in the US developed a coating that could reduce toilet water consumption by half, saving billion litres of water…
- The dark side of animal materials part 2: leather & furIn a time in which small environmental footprints and ethical work conditions are being demanded from manufacturers, more and more designers and material clients…
- Geckskin is an adhesive inspired by geckosResearchers of University of Massachusetts Amherst in the US developed Geckskin, a synthetic adhesive made with stiff fabric, which was inspired by geckos. Geckos…
- Building the Local reimagines bricks with local waste materialsResponding to the threat of globalisation to small-scale industries, UK designer Ellie Birkhead started Building the Local, a project that explores the values of…
- This washable fabric has electronic devices built into itResearchers at MIT embedded high-speed optoelectronic semiconductor devices, including LEDs, within fibres that, when woven, produce soft, washable smart fabrics. Traditionally, optical fibres are…
- The dark side of animal materials part 1: WoolIn a time in which small environmental footprints and ethical work conditions are being demanded from manufacturers, more and more designers and material clients…
- Radical Matter: materials for a sustainable futureGlobal warming, plastic soup, deforestation and resource depletion, with all the doom and gloom in the news, it is clear that we can no…
- Wonderful footwear made of wool and woodThere is little worse than wearing uncomfortable or ill-fitting shoes, especially if you have to walk a lot. The company Allbirds created a solution…
- 3D printed Cora Ball catches microfibres when doing the laundryPlastic is everywhere, and clothes are no exception. Microfibres are tiny pieces of plastic that come out of clothes made from plastic material, such…
- Legacy Lab @ Prototyping 2015A fascinating material concept to bring light into the depths of a room via glass fibres is currently on show at Prototyping 2015, Kortrijk…
- Optically transparent wood to replace glazingResearchers at the University of Maryland (USA) developed a way to transform wood into a transparent material with less chemicals and the power of…
- 3D printing with waste mussel shellsPhD candidate Marita Sauerwein at Delft University of Technology developed a way to create a 3D printing filament made from a major waste stream…
