For many, experimentation and research are the most interesting aspects of Design, not only because you can discover and learn new things but because you question preconceptions and look for something that doesn't yet exist. However, a complex aspect of furniture design is authentically reporting this research into the final results, furnishings, and accessories that…
Just like last year, KeepLife is back with a new call to experiment with the homonymous material and exhibit one's project at Milan Design Week 2023 and Dutch Design Week 2023. For those who are not yet familiar with it, KeepLife is a composite material that is wood-like in nature, moldable and self-hardening, created using…
As we've already seen recently, at the moment, the production of glass is not as sustainable as it seems, as well as the methods of coloring. Once tinted, it can't be recycled as it can't return to its transparent state. With the From Stone to Glass project, Salomé Maarek, student at the Bezalel Academy, wanted…
There are still two years left, but in 2024 we could read the first draft of a UN treaty that will regulate plastic production and pollution on an international scale. Two weeks ago, at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, 175 countries approved the resolution that will see nations hash out a set of universal rules and…
Sometimes we find inspiration from what surrounds us, and this is what happened to Souhaïb Ghanmi, a Swiss Tunisian industrial designer who graduated with honors in 2021 from ECAL, with Elos project.
Today, plastic is one of the biggest factors of pollution and Souhaïb was interested in a potential substitute for this material. It was…
Looking at human hair as a material can be puzzling, but overcoming this taboo offers many advantages. An abundance quantity, non-toxic, non-irritating to the skin and anti allergic material to work with. It has a strength to weight ratio comparable to steel. It can be stretched up one and a half times to its original length before…
NotPla is a sustainable startup that has created an edible, biodegradable packaging made from seaweed and plants. The product is designed to replace plastic. It all started with Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez and Pierre Paslier who co-founded Skipping Rocks Lab while studying Innovation Design Engineering at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. After their first Ooho video…
During the last two years, one of the increasingly central themes in the sector is that of the Circular Economy. The world of Design, which has always been responsive to external stimuli, is working hard to find sustainable solutions that can make a real difference. In recent months, we have talked about many material experiments…
KÖN underwear doesn’t exclude anyone. This is a gender neutral brand for everybody - whoever you define yourself as. The fashion industry can be seen as very excluding in different kinds of aspects, like the world itself. Wouldn't you like to be accepted for being yourself? KÖN is a brand with a 0% prejudiced policy. The…
Newtab-22 is a studio founded by designers and makers Jihee Moon and Hyein (Hailey) Choi. They are interested in natural, new or overlooked materials. The studio outcomes aim to critical approaches to sustainability and its significance into society. One of their latest project is Sea Stone:
Sea Stone is a cement look alike ‘’mimic’’ material which…