Biomaterials
Makhno Studio creates breathable clay panels to improve indoor air quality
Beyond Perception exhibition pairs furniture with digital twin for video game
Tavs Jorgensen develops cob bricks for low-carbon construction
Fango designs yaré furniture based on indigenous Amazonian craft
Wood waste and bioplastic floor panel boasts the strength of steel
Tai Ping blends 35 natural fibres to colour rugs without dye
Moontower Design Build creates “plant-based” cabin in Austin
Manufactura and BioMatters create 3D-printing composite from discarded lobster shells
Natural Material Studio crafts entire home interior from bioplastic
Isomi “challenges norms” of sofa design with cork and latex Tejo
Life Reusing Posidonia was a prototype for “hyper-local architecture” on the Balearic islands
FranklinTill shares nine principles for a shift to regenerative materials
Aloe vera provides “sustainable alternative” to cotton in Kirkby Design textile
Mycelium Muse exhibition celebrates “variations and irregularities” of mycelium fabric
RePit is a 3D printing filament made from leftover date pits
Biodesign meets Pacific Islander craft in glowing Lucid Life objects
Four materials from Helsinki Design Week that explore the potential of cellulose
Pyri wildfire detection device melts in response to fire
Glastonbury’s Hayes Pavilion “pushes the boundaries” of what bioplastic can do
Natural Material Studio turns wood offcuts into biomaterials to “utilise the whole tree”
Christien Meindertsma develops linoleum tiles that can be remolded “like playdough”
Adam Sheet is a waterproof biotextile made from apple waste
Snøhetta designs compostable hemp light Superdupertube
