Circular economy
Design Academy Eindhoven students reinvent the bathroom for a resource-scarce future
Other Matter launches bio-leather made from single-use signage
Five everyday products that are leading the self-repair revolution
UK’s first circular construction hub unveiled in London
“I’ve always wanted to be in the furniture business” says Jackie Jackson
“Ireland is absolutely having a moment” says head of Irish Design Week
“We need plastic to keep our economic order going”
V8 Architects builds Rotterdam homes almost entirely from reused and recycled materials
Hunt for “personality” causing art deco sales to triple says Vinterior founder
“Companies could set a radical example by stating that they’ve exceeded their quotas of natural resources”
IKEA launches online marketplace for second-hand furniture
“Design as we know it is doomed, but that’s a good thing for designers”
“Design weeks need to start framing repair as aspirational”
Meltable wax lamps by Baguette Studio can be endlessly remade
“Legacy furniture manufacturers have been asleep at the wheel” say Rarify founders
“It’s time to see all those circular economy strategies for what they are”
RISD’s Loop Lab transforms its own waste streams into raw materials
New Order of Fashion embraces Europe’s “valueless” wool in Dutch Design Week exhibition
Circularity on the Edge AI finds reusable materials in rubble of Ukrainian buildings
Researchers develop artificial sand for concrete that can sequester CO2
William Floyd Maclean designs modular timber furniture that “considers a wider picture”
Recycling usable furniture is “nonsensical” say Industrial Facility founders
“We have a duty to honour plastics” says Smile Plastics co-founder Rosalie McMillan
