TEA AND COFFEE RESIDUES BECOME EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN MATERIALS After the Last Sip brings together Taiwanese designers Chao-Chun Kung, Ching-Yu Lin and Chen-Yang…
British designer Justina Alexandroff has created a fake flower that stands out to insects , potentially helping them navigate polluted city air and fighting…
A team of researchers at US university Virginia Tech has developed a concept for a 3D-printed , evaporative cooling system made of hollow clay columns that can…
A sofa , a coffin and a stackable multipurpose cube are among the items that were displayed in Add Wood, an exhibition exploring the potential of recyclable…
Dutch designers Suzanne Oude Hengel and Joris de Groot have developed a shoe using just one material – a recyclable thermoplastic that can be knitted…
Omani design collective Nawa has created a plastic-free filament for 3D printing using waste date seeds, which is on display at Dutch Design Week . Called…
Material-saving and reversible construction approaches are showcased in the spine-like Cadenza concrete spiral staircase, created by researchers at technology…
US researchers working with SHoP Architects have created a potential alternative to steel and concrete as a structural floor material: recyclable panels made…
Mexican design studio Manufactura and New York studio BioMatters have created 3D-printed objects using a composite consisting mainly of shells from industrial…
The European Space Agency has created its own version of a Lego brick that is 3D printed from meteorite dust, as the organisation explores how to construct…
