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- Sand Pearls: Sculptural Seating Crafted from Sand and Recycled ResinLebanese design studio T SAKHI presents Sand Pearls, a sculptural seating collection that merges sustainability with cultural symbolism. Inspired by traditional prayer beads used…
- Turning Desert Sand Into a Viable Building MaterialConcrete is one of the most widely used materials in the built environment. Only water is consumed in larger quantities worldwide. Each year, global…
- Zandglas: glass objects made from local sandThe glass industry only uses pure white sands, which can only be found in a small number of sand quarries worldwide. In order to…
- A 3D printed pavilion made of sandA collaboration between Mamou-Mani & Studio Precht, the Sandwaves is the largest sand-printed installation to date, made of 58 3D printed elements of sand…
- Best of 2018: a more sustainable alternative to concrete made from desert sandOriginally published on 28 March Sand is worldwide in high demand and heavily used in many industries, especially construction. With deserts full of it,…
- Finite: a more sustainable alternative to concrete made from desert sandSand is worldwide in high demand and heavily used in many industries, especially construction. With deserts full of it, one can easily be fooled…
- Circular Concrete Milestone: Basalton Columns Made with 100% Recycled SandWaste-to-product company Renewi and building materials producer Holcim are introducing a new version of the Basalton concrete column. This version replaces all naturally mined…
- Coffee cups made from a sand material inspired by dunesInspired by ever shifting dunes, The Foundry by Tinkah developed a mouldable material made with desert sand, which they used to produce coffee cups.…
- Sand-Filled Dampers Could Improve Structural ResilienceResearchers at the University of Mississippi, Texas State University, Lehigh University and Southern Methodist University have developed a pressurised sand damper that could offer…
- Eco-Friendly Desert Sand Bricks Offer Low-Carbon Alternative To Portland CementResearchers at the University of Sharjah have developed sustainable bricks made from desert sand and alkali-activated binders. The innovation offers a lower-carbon alternative to…
- Organic Elegance: A Chess Set Born from Sand and TechnologyThe Dune Chess Set, designed by Rory Noble-Turner, reimagines the classic game by drawing inspiration from the sweeping slopes and intricate ripples of the…
- Ressence Watch Features Real Desert Sand in Its DialBelgian watchmaker Ressence has launched the limited-edition TYPE 9 S75 to mark the 75th anniversary of luxury retailer Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons. The watch…
- Living concrete made of bacteria and sandResearchers of University of Colorado Boulder in the US are working on a way to revolutionise building materials, by combining sand and bacteria to…
- A Modern Sand Pavilion Delights at Dubai Design WeekFor Dubai Design Week (Oct 26-31, 2015), Loci Architecture + Design designed six pavilions, including this ethereal pavilion featuring an exterior skin composed of…
- A table made of recycled sand glass concretePeruvian designer Victoria Hamann created a table made of concrete, in which waste sand glass was incorporated. With the aim to use fewer plastic…
- Replacing sand with glass waste in concrete 3D printingResearchers from NTU Singapore developed a method to use recycled glass in concrete 3D printing, for a more environmentally sustainable way of building and…
- 3D printed speakers made from sandCzech design studio Deeptime developed an audio set consisting of conch shell shaped speakers 3D printed from sand. Inspired by the natural shape of…
- Crafting Culture: A Sand-Based Installation Honoring Mleiha’s PastThe Desert Relics, a land art installation by Karim+Elias, explores the intersection of cultural heritage and sustainable design by using solely desert sand. The…
- Growing Eco-friendly Bricks with Sand and BacteriaStart-up company BioMason is currently working towards a debut of a new kind of eco-friendly brick ‘grown’ with sand and bacteria. Based in North Carolina,…
- Cast metal: Liquid free formFew architects know about the possibilities of cast metal. Few designers use the marvelous products created with this technology. Force lines precisely shaped in…
- Objects made from production waste of glass beadsCzech designer Sára Matysová used the waste material of the production of Preciosa’s glass beads. Czech glass and bead manufacturer Preciosa uses glass sand…
- Taking the ‘con’ out of concreteIn an effort to make the construction industry more sustainable, alternative concrete materials are becoming much more frequent. Below, we discuss some noticeable ones.…
- Recycling old glass into better concreteResearchers at Deakin University’s School of Engineering in Australia found that ground recycled or waste glass can be used instead of sand when making…
- More examples of German material designEvery year, students from the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin design products from a whole range of materials. Below you will find several projects,…
