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Is the felt industry sustainable? The case of Voylok shoes made by mono-materials

Made avoiding the use of dyes, bleach, stitches or glues. By-products from production, such as wool scraps and muddy water, are turned into fertilizers for farmers

Glein, Vienna. Searching for truth within materials and ideas

Investing in craftsmanship and in the quality of materials allows the brand to endow its products with simplicity and functionality, prioritizing comfort and balance whilst evoking the appeal of the classics

Challenges in developing materials for the automotive sector: Volkswagen is reusing coffee waste

Silverskin: Volkswagen is developing, among a series of bio-based materials, a leatherette with coffee waste as a principal component of the filling 

Orms, Material passports – fighting waste, by keeping track of how and where materials as used

To achieve circularity and transparence London-based architecture studio, Orms, is proposing a manifesto for material passports

Zanellato Luxethic and almond shells – Tanning carried out through the use of alternative materials

The main elements used in the tanning of leather, such as chromium and aldehydes, are harmful to humans and nature. Zanellato proposes a solution

Can lab-grown leather be a competitor to cow leather? A new raw material by Modern Meadow and VitroLabs Inc.

Scientists at Modern Meadow and VitroLabs Inc. have patented a technology that allows to manufacture only needing material using yeast and collagen cells 

Formafantasma: a lamp made of LED and rubber – «there are no good or bad materials»

After their first project WireRing, Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin present their new lamp for Flos, where the simplicity of the materials meets the complexity of the ideas

Basil and strawberries growing underwater: future farming and the case of Nemo’s Garden

Filled with 2000 liters of air each, tied to the seabed via ropes and weight screws, six biospheres contain 90 seedbeds and float between 15 and 36 feet below the seas’s surface.

Textile Clay and laundry waste: Jorge Penadés, Microfiber as a raw material rather than pollutant

The Spanish designer Jorge Penadés recreates traditional handicraft materials using microfiber pollutants instead of natural resources

Medusae project – Jellyfish bio-based materials, research and developments

Creating a material from ancestor’s techniques, the rediscovery of collagen as a base for tissues and its collection from jellyfish