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- Reimagining Waste: A Cardboard and Rope Chair with Circular AmbitionsA new open-source furniture project by India’s Dhammada Collective rethinks design through the lens of sustainability, repairability, and accessibility. Called the ‘Paper Tube’ Chair,…
- Tactile sculptures made of rescued yarn and ropeNetherlands-based multidisciplinary designer Joana Schneider creates three-dimensional tactile works made from rescued yarn and discarded rope. Schneider’s expertise lies in techniques such as embroidery,…
- Strong as steel, as flexible as rope, and as malleable as puttyBraeön (pronounced like ‘brawn’) is, according to its creators, the world’s strongest and most adaptable material. The adventure-proof tape is as strong as steel,…
- Tilting with windmills: innovations in wind energy on Windmill DayToday is Windmill Day, and what better moment to discuss the latest developments in generating wind energy? Using windmills to generate energy has a…
- Shape-shifting furniture made from shoe lacesSwedish designer Svea Tisell has developed a series of modular, self-supporting furniture pieces using shoe laces, offering an innovative approach to circular design and…
- Going up?A super-strong carbon fibre rope means a single lift shaft could soon extend more than a kilometer, effectively doubling the height of today’s tallest…
- What not to miss at the Milan Design Week 2018 (part 2)The Milan Design Week is the most famous design event in the world. This year, the event will take place from 17 to 22…
- Elastic Prism Lights Up New York LobbyInés Esnal’s Prism Installation uses tautly pulled, colourful elastic ropes to form triangular spaces that filter light into a the lobby of a new…
- Dutch scavenger designDuring Dutch Design Week 2019, graduates from Design Academy Eindhoven showcased their work. One group of projects, grouped under the header ‘The Scavengers’, used…
- Material highlights at Dutch Design Week 2018 part 1Dutch Design Week takes place this year from 20 to 28 October. As always, the event focuses on designs of the future. Especially for…
- Bamboo buildings on World Bamboo DayToday, on World Bamboo Day, we present several constructions that use the super material bamboo. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on the planet.…
- Pulp Paper Inspires at the Coachella Music FestivalDemonstrating the structural and design potential of recycled paper pulp, Los Angeles based architects Ball-Nogues recently constructed this experimental pavilion for the 2015 Coachella…
- Light as a featherA spectacular urban installation provides visual inspiration as well as posing questions on the way materials can influence the spaces we inhabit. Janet Echelman…
- Co-Creation Award nominees 2014The nominees for this year's Co-Creation Award are announced today. One of Materia’s main goals is to encourage collaboration between manufacturers, architects and designers.…
- A roof made of boatsDuring Expo Dubai 2020, the Italian pavilion, designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota Building office, aims to show “an all-encompassing vision for…
- A fabric and leather alternative made of the Fique plantOxford University master student Gabriel Moreno created a biodegradable and renewable textile alternative called Fiquetex, made from the Colombian Fique plant, which can be…
- Domes made from reclaimed endemic woodMade possible by the international collaboration between Silverlens Galleries, local artist Bernardo Pacquing, Rotterdam-based designers Superproject and Summum Engineering, the Domes Village is a…
- A pentagonal ‘Eiffel tower’ made of ice and celluloseStudents from Eindhoven University of Technology, in collaboration with students from the Summa College in Eindhoven, made a pentagonal ‘Eiffel tower’ made of sprayed…
- An ode to the coconut on World Coconut DayThe humble coconut, while not a nut, is far more than an ingredient in your curries or a humorous plot device in cartoons. Today, on…
- A tower to collect potable water from the airNon-profit Warka Water designed a vertical structure made of simple materials like polyester mesh and bamboo to collect and harvest potable water from the…
- Fishing nets turned into 3D printed shellsIn a new project called Second Nature, Rotterdam based research and design studio The New Raw in collaboration with Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation in Athens…
- Medulla: from weed to furnitureIn a project called Medulla, Dutch designer Don Kwaning developed various materials like paper, foam and even construction material from the cosmopolitan weed soft…
- 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…
- 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…
