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- Recycled fishing nets on Nylon Stockings DayToday (15 May) is Nylon Stockings Day. While nylon offered a stronger alternative to silk stockings in the 1930s, here at MaterialDistrict we are…
- Tides Rewoven Light Gives Discarded Fishing Nets a Second LifeTides Rewoven Light is a concept lighting project that transforms abandoned fishing nets and plastic marine debris into functional lighting objects. A team from…
- Coldharbour fishing net tilesColdharbour's first wall tile collection is made from 52% recycled HDPE fishing nets, one of the largest contributors to ocean pollution. Every square meter of Coldharbour Tiles repurposes 3.5 kilos of fishing gear. Fishing gear which could easily have ended up in landfills or worse, as ghost nets, entangling turtles, seals and other marine animals.
- 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…
- A 3D printed chair made of recycled fishing netsSwedish design studio Interesting Times Gang designed the Kelp collection, a collection of 3D printed chairs made of recycled fishing nets. Each year, thousands…
- Lamps made from recycled fishing netsPortuguese designers André Teoman and Ana Rita Pires collaborated on their new project RE_DE, which gives old fishnets a new life as lamps. Most…
- Resilient Rubber & Fishing Net Holiday HomeOn the island of Texel, located in the Netherlands, a holiday house is finished with some rather surprising materials: a black coloured liquid rubber…
- Reinventing Rubber: How LEGO is Making Tyres from Discarded Fishing NetsLEGO, surprisingly enough recognised as the world’s largest tyre manufacturer by volume, is taking a groundbreaking step in sustainability by incorporating old fishing nets…
- A 3D printed store façade made of reclaimed fishing netsDutch architectural studio MVRDV designed the façade of the Tiffany & Co. store in Singapore’s Changi Airport, which is made of 3D printed reclaimed…
- Forbo Turns Fishing Nets Into FloorsStarting this year, old and broken fishing nets from fishermen in the Dutch town of Urk will be used in new entrance mat materials…
- Sneakers made from ghost netsSustainable footwear start-up Ocean Refresh designed sneakers made of recycled ocean plastic, including ghost nets and plastic bottles. Ghost nets are fishing nets that…
- Nets & foilsNets manufactured of combination rope (Hercules rope). They consist of a polyester jacket with reinforced steel-strands. The ropes are easy-repairing and the metal parts are galvanized or made of stainless steel.
- Environmental Tulle and Power NetsNearly 50% of the world's clothing is made of polyester and this percentage will increase in the coming years. We are facing the challenge…
