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- Shoes made with coffee and olive leavesGerman shoe company Nat-2 designed sneakers made from real coffee, while German shoe company Thies introduces a line of leather shoes tanned with olive…
- Olive Tree Roots Become A New Furniture Material In Uprooted V02Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has presented Uprooted V02, a research-driven furniture project that explores new uses for olive tree roots. The project debuted at…
- The Olive Wood CollectionWonderwall Studios sources the wood in Calabria, Italy. They carefully select the olive wood from pruned trees and century-old, felled trees that have stopped…
- Auto parts made of olive tree wasteCar company Ford is experimenting with the use of a composite made of olive tree waste and recycled plastic for car parts. The region…
- Furniture made of olive wasteGreek design studio Koukos de Lab developed a sheet material made from the final waste of olives, which they use to make furniture. Greece…
- Olivewood pavilion Mass ImperfectionsWhen objects are made by hand, no two things are exactly the same. The project Mass Imperfections by Local Industries and SCALES (research department…
- KoukoutsiKoukos de Lab developed the idea for a new material deriving from the final waste of the olive – a product massively found on the island of Lesvos. The material’s basic ingredients - the olive pip and the olive core – showcase various features in their primary form, prior to processing. The olive pip is solid, hard and comes in light hues, while the core is dark brown.
- Uprooted Rug Transforms Deadstock Wool Into A Customisable LandscapeSpanish designer Jorge Penadés and rug company cc-tapis have developed Uprooted Rug, a made-to-order design produced from surplus wool. Following its debut at Matter…
- Pit-BoardPit-Board is a solid biocomposite made from discarded olive pits and a bio-resin. Developed and manufactured in Cyprus, the 18 mm panel contains 73%…
- OleatexOleatex is a plant-based material developed for applications within the textile industry. It is produced primarily from by-products of the olive oil industry and is positioned as a vegan alternative to conventional materials. The formulation contains up to 90% bio-based content derived from olive tree bio-waste.
- wet-greenTanning leather with olive leafs? The wet-green OBE tanning agent is prepared in a similar way to a natural tea extract. This extract is produced using only a by-product of the olive cultivation industry – the leaves. The wet-green tanning process permits the manufacture of biologically degradable premium leather with optimum skin compatibility – on an industrial scale.
- 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.
- PomasticThis is a bio-based plastic material is made by using olive pomace and other fully bio-based ingredients. The material design is still in progress. The project team is still working towards improving the functional and mechanical properties of the material as well as its aesthetic qualities such as glossiness, texture and colour. The samples in this exhibition are produced by molding mainly towards generating different patterns.
- PomaceProject Pomace features a series of design experiments with bio-based materials towards a creative circular practice. It is a collaborative design research between the…
- The new passive log houseResearchers and students from the University of Stuttgart’s Institute of Computational Design and Construction designed and built a new take on micro-architecture, made solely…
- Crush paperCrush is an eco-friendly range of papers by Favini, made by replacing up to 15% of virgin tree pulp with the process residues of organic products. Crush paper includes by-products from citrus fruits, grapes, cherries, lavender, corn, olives, coffee, kiwi fruits, hazelnuts and almonds. These natural raw materials are saved from landfill and used to make these distinctive and vivid papers.
- SLUG versus the sludgeA recently developed material called SLUG-26 might be a cheap end effective help in cleaning waterways. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz, USA, have developed…
- REOLIVARThis “extra virgin wood” is a warm and visually appealing biomaterial that combines the appearance of wood with the tactile quality of ceramic. It is produced from processed olive pits, biopolymers, and other natural additives, forming a compound that hardens into a rigid material after drying. Under natural conditions, the material is 100% biodegradable and fully circular.
- Printegrated Circuits: Embedding Electronics into 3D Printed DesignsA new open-source design method called Printegrated Circuits is making it easier to create interactive hardware. By combining 3D printing with embedded electronics, the…
- What not to miss at Dutch Design Week 2020 part 5: biomaterialsDutch Design Week 2020 takes place from 17 to 25 October. Due to Covid-19, the event will be held entirely virtually, but that does…
- C-SlurryC-Slurry is 100% Industrial Circular Material which is made from the industrial waste, based on the concepts of alkaline activated concrete. The performance of C-Slurry without cement could be compared with normal cement concrete. It has highly potential in developing sustainable building materials.
- We’re at Milan Design Week: Ventura FutureWe’re still in Milan scouting the latest innovations for you. Today, we’re at Ventura Future, showing the best material-related projects. German architecture and wood…
- 3D printed block of digital wood has an internal grainResearchers at Columbia University used a voxel printing techniques to create digital wood, complete with internal grains and external colour textures. The block of…
- Wander Wood pavilion is robotically fabricatedStudents from the University of British Columbia designed the Wander Wood pavilion, an installation with an adaptable design-to-fabrication system which was constructed by a robot.…
