Working with hempcrete blocks
May 31, 2024
Hempcrete blocks offer a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional construction methods.
Sustainability
How are new materials revolutionising the construction industry?
April 28, 2024
These new materials are reshaping the construction sector through innovations in sustainability and efficiency.
What is a product lifecycle assessment?
April 28, 2024
Understanding a Product Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) and how it can benefit sustainable product developments.
What is hempcrete? A comprehensive guide
April 7, 2024
Hempcrete construction offers a combination of sustainability, uses, applications and considerations for building projects.
Bacteria dyes go mainstream with Living Colour x Puma collaboration
December 2, 2020
Laura Luchtman and Ilfa Siebenhaar, the Dutch designers behind biodesign lab Living Colour, have teamed up with sports brand Puma to explore sustainable technologies and biodesign through the use of bacterial dyes in a collection titled Design to Fade.
Don Kwaning’s Lino Leather
November 7, 2020
Don Kwaning is an emerging designer and recent graduate from the Eindhoven Academy. One of his outstanding projects was Lino Leather, a product that adapts traditional linoleum to create a supple and non-animal leather product.
Compression and Release: James Walsh’s Anthropic Bench
September 2, 2020
Emerging industrial designer James Walsh has won the 2020 Australian Furniture Design Award (AFDA) presented by Stylecraft and the National Gallery of Victoria with a design that uses traditional techniques, reinvented in a modern form.
Timber Terrazzo by Foresso
August 5, 2020
Combining timber off-cuts with a thoroughly environmental approach to fabrication, Foresso’s Timber Terrazzo is a ground-breaking product moving in the right direction.
The ground-breaking work of Ty Syml
May 17, 2020
Welsh-based experimental design studio Tŷ Syml is proving what’s possible through material research and product design. Borne from a university thesis, the trio behind the studio are creating a new generation of products that are embedded with a cradle-to-cradle philosophy. And only a few years off the ground, the studio is now consulting with cities on how to be more sustainable. Here they share their design thinking and why an experimental approach is key.
