Material Matters 2024 showcased the status of the art of sustainable material innovation
At Material Matters 2024 in London, designers worked with plant roots, hemp, fishing nets and human hair for a more sustainable future.
The Hydro 100R exhibition tasked designers to experiment with low-carbon aluminium
At the Hydro 100R exhibition in Milan, Max Lamb, Inga Sempé, Philipe Malouin, and other international designers create furniture design collections from revolutionary, first near-zero recycled aluminium.
SunRICE installation by Carlo Ratti in Milan is made from rice waste
SunRICE shows how processing rice waste can become a raw material for new and sustainable architecture. After Milan Design Week, the installation will become nourishment to be reintroduced into the garden’s soil.
Design trends: ‘Full Metal Furniture’ from the North
The first bench made from fossil fuel-free steel and an aluminium chair VR-developed from remote are among the best Full Metal Furniture designs debuting in Stockholm.
Mat chair by Normann Copenhagen is made from hemp
Using hemp fibres as the primary material, Normann Copenhagen’s new Mat Chair collection is a new, innovative and more responsible take on the traditional plastic shell chair.
Transnatural returns to Dutch Design Week 2023 with two exhibitions
Material experimentation and the radical city of the future. Transnatural returns to Eindhoven, blurring the lines between nature and technology.
The FOOD exhibition at Design Museum Holon
A knitted in-vitro-grown steak, junk food mandalas and deceiving ‘dyed’ ingredients. Design Museum Holon’s FOOD exhibition explores the relationship between design and seduction.
Material Matters 2023: ten sustainable design projects, furniture and installations in London
The Material Matters 2023 fair in London celebrates sustainability through material innovation. From lighting designs made from upcycled eyeglasses lenses to peace-driven Russian furniture in recycled plastic and more.
Mendel’s Greenhouse: Chybik + Kristof reinvents the birthplace of modern genetics
The new Mendel’s Greenhouse is in direct conversation with the original 19th-century greenhouse in Brno, Czech Republic, where the scientist conducted his first pioneering experiments.
Ambra Toba collection by Studio Davidpompa
Mexican Studio Davidpompa unveils the Ambra Toba light sculptures made of volcanic dust and aluminium.
UNDERBAR at Stockholm Furniture Fair
Jonas Bohlin and Christine Ingridsdotter created Underbar, a temporary and 100% circular bar where every element and material from furniture to walls, lamps, and ceiling will have a second life after the fair.
Dubai Design Week 2022: ten sustainable exhibitions and installations under the Burj Khalifa
Best of Dubai Design Week 2022: a pavilion made of upcycled fishing nets, an installation celebrating Iranian women’s endurance and persistence, and more.
Expedition Aequalis: a design exploration towards an eco-centric future
Expedition Aequalis ongoing project and exhibition at Dutch Design Week explored new design thinking paths tuning with Nature’s priorities.
Sabine Marcelis’ vibrant urban seats playfully swivel in London
Materiality, movement, gravity, and colour swivel at SolidNature and Sabine Marcelis’ interactive installation for London Design Festival.
STEPPING ON UKRAINIAN SOIL: Faina Gallery brings forward Ukrainian heritage in Basel
Design Miami/ Basel 2022: FAINA Gallery presents the STEPPING ON UKRAINIAN SOIL exhibition, “reinterpreting the country’s heritage and crafts through contemporary design,” says Ukrainian-born gallery founder Victoria Yakusha.
Mexican volcanic rocks shine and float in David Pompa’s ‘Magmatic Parallelism’ lighting design collection
With the ‘Magmatic Parallelism’ collection, David Pompa balances metal and volcanic rock to create exquisite suspended lighting designs.
Tortona Rocks 2022 celebrates materials innovation and sustainability
Tortona Rocks 2022: discover an interactive musical lighting design show, anamorphic street art and rising talents from Germany and Slovenia.
‘Earth to Earth’ design collection by Ginger & Jagger is inspired by Nature’s poetic narratives
The force of gravity, the lightness of air, the ascent of magma, and the mysteries of Saturn inspire Ginger & Jagger’s EARTH TO EARTH furniture design collection debuting in Paris.
Simmer Down by arborist and artist Robert George explores new intimate paths of wood craftsmanship
Robert George debuts at Collect Art Fair with Simmer Down, four sculptural vessels respectfully crafted from saw felled Sycamore and storm felled Oak.
September floor lamp by Fernando Mastrangelo celebrates Nature in the Post-Antropocene
With its carved organic body and brass branches embracing a luminous glass globe, Fernando Mastrangelo’s ‘September’ floor lamp delivers a ‘sort of’ optimistic message on the climate change issue. Because Nature will survive us and thrive again.
Tanween 2021: 4 design, science and material innovation projects inspired by the UAE
A Biosand cabinet, a tech-crafted ottoman with river tamarind leather-like fabric, ghaf tree lamps and desert cotton upholstery. With the Tanween 2021 program, Tashkeel platform for the UAE design scene presents the work of four emerging female designers who teamed up with local botanists, scientists, engineers and manufacturers to develop innovative materials and create bespoke furniture and lighting collections.
In Milan, designers rethink marble and stone with sustainability in mind
Stefan Scholten, Birgitte Due Madsen and Studio Pepe present exquisite design projects challenging unsustainable marble and stone production processes.
Unnatural Practice: “decaying processes are a design source,” says Marcin Rusak
With the UNNATURAL PRACTICE solo exhibition, Marcin Rusak explores the decaying, ephemeral and preserved processes through design.
TECLA by Mario Cucinella is the first eco-sustainable house 3D printed from raw earth
MCA – Mario Cucinella Architects and WASP, World’s Advanced Saving Project, teamed up to develop and create the TECLA eco-sustainable housing model.
KNIT! phygital exhibition: international designers explore the potential of Kvadrat’s textiles
Vibrant interlocked convivial chairs, duct-taped blankets and ceramic tableware moulded with a fabric imprint are among the projects by international emerging designers on show at Kvadrat’s KNIT! phygital exhibition.
Maison Objet Fall 2019: 6 indie designs blending colours and materials in Paris
Colorful ‘brut vessels’ inspired by Le Corbusier’s architecture, ‘galactic’ tableware tuning with a David Bowie 80’s hit and dyed marble… At Maison & Objet Fall 2019, designers blended materials with colours in unexpected ways.
Note Design Studio’s FORMATION installation showcases the potential of Tarkett’s ultimate vinyl material
Note Design Studio has filled the hall of a historic Milanese building with round ended poles and geometrical shapes. Titled FORMATION, the exhibition explores the creative possibilities of iQ Surface, Tarkett’s new vynil collection which can be continuously recycled.
BD Barcelona’s PISCIS series of vases upcycles aluminium spare-parts
Jorge Penadés has converted left over extruded aluminium profiles into a colourful collection of vases called PISCIS for BD Barcelona Design.
Marcin Rusak’s Perma collection upcycles discarded flowers
Petals, stems and buds from the excess accumulated by florists create exquisite patterns in Marcin Rusak’s Perma bespoke furniture.
Gourmet bacteria, and biosynthetic tiger penises: 5 quirky food design projects at Dutch Design Week 2018
Digital seasoning, the subtle power of microbes and tasty grams of happiness. 5 quirky food design projects in Eindhoven.