Biomaterials
Nina+Co combines natural and salvaged materials in London restaurant Ara
Henriëtte Waal’s peat atelier tackles climate change with “new ways of living” in wetlands
Waste earth forms walls of cob classroom in King’s Cross
Hudson Architects brings cob construction into the 21st century with CobBauge House
Are we on the verge of a cob comeback?
Cordero Pardee juxtaposes “old and new material cultures” for Vermont barn conversion
Moooi alumni launch design brand to make mycelium furniture “a little bit more sexy”
Low-carbon blocks made from sugarcane waste used to form classroom in India
Multicoloured furniture by We+ shows “expressive potential” of microalgae pigments
Forbo debuts Furniture Linoleum colour palette at Milan design week
Swedish designers doing things that have “never been done before”
Grimshaw breaks ground on research building in Maine designed to “revolutionize manufacturing”
Superwood is a chemically modified wood that is stronger than steel
Material Cultures and Studio Gil use biomaterials for London community hub
Fahrenheit 180 shows tiles made from oyster shells at Lisbon’s Gulbenkian art museum
Cob can be “a mainstream building material once again” say Cella
Iris van Herpen dress covered in glowing algae is “cultivated rather than constructed”
Basura and Yerba Madre create shoes “literally made out of dirt”
Seven foamless sofas filled with unexpected materials
Rarify collaborates with Gantri on “infinitely expandable” 3D-printed light
Virginia Tech designers create kid’s toolkit for converting compost into paint
Forbo’s Furniture Linoleum surfacing material “crafted by nature”
Squid-bone sponge found to soak up 99.8 per cent of microplastics
