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  1. ArticleRenewable Black Pigment Brings Circularity to Black PackagingBlack remains a popular colour in packaging and product design. It conveys quality, contrast and strong brand identity. However, traditional black plastics present a…
  2. ArticleA sewage sludge-based material as pigment and additiveOurCarbon is a material made energy neutrally from organic waste like sewage sludge. As prove of concept, the company asked various designers and studios…
  3. ArticleIgnorance is Bliss project repurposes waste metal as pigmentsWith her ongoing Ignorance is Bliss project, designer Agne Kucerenkaite repurposes metal waste from industries as pigments to make new valuable products, including ceramic…
  4. ArticleNew solar cells could make use of fungi-produced pigmentResearchers at Oregon State University are working with a highly durable organic pigment called xylidein derived from wood-eating fungi, as an alternative to silicon…
  5. ArticleInkjet-Printable Structural Colour Enables Durable, Pigment-Free SurfacesA new materials breakthrough from Kobe University could reshape how designers apply colour. Researchers have developed an inkjet-printable structural colour that removes the need…
  6. ArticlePigment from the seaWith their project Nori Pigment: Pigment from the Sea, Tokyo-based design studio Studio Bycolor explored the black hues of seaweed. Through experimentation in color…
  7. ArticleBacterial Pigmentation Offers A Biological Alternative To Textile DyeingThe textile industry is looking for ways to reduce the environmental impact of dyeing, one of the most resource-intensive stages of textile production. OXMAN's…
  8. ArticleTurning waste tree bark into pigment and fabricResearcher Charlotte Wenig of the German Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces investigated the potential of tree bark and found it can be…
  9. ArticleBlue Alchemy: the world’s oldest artificial pigment rediscoveredThe first artificial pigment in history, called Egyptian blue, is rediscovered after being lost for almost 1200 years by designer Siba Sahabi. She used…
  10. ArticleJeans dyed with natural pigments from EarthcolorsMost blue jeans today are dyed with synthetic indigo dye, while other colours are often made with sulfur dye. The company Archroma created a…
  11. ArticleAncient Egyptian Blue Pigment Recreated with Potential for Modern Material ApplicationsResearchers at Washington State University (WSU), together with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute, have brought Egyptian blue…