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A new effort is taking a foundational approach to addressing environmental issues. Literally. Thanks to a new endeavor coordinated by Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, the very materials with which we construct our buildings may be the future in green architecture. ...
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London Design Biennale 2016: fragments of recycled ocean plastic are inlaid to achieve the terrazzo effect of the Gyro table, designed by Brodie Neill for Australia’s entry into the first London Design Biennale (+ slideshow). Neill, an Australian designer now based in ...
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Brussels-based designer Alain Gilles has created a sound-absorbing screenas his latest product for office acoustics specialists Buzzispace. Gilles updated the company’s BuzziBlinds room divider, which features a series of five rotating panels that can be opened or closed depending on ...
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Spanish design studio Papila has designed a range of freestanding cabinetsfor the hotel industry that reimagines the classic hotel mini bar (+ slideshow). The collection, which was created in partnership with furniture brandBustper, mimics materials found in the La Sénia ...
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Anyone who sits for long periods of time will know it’s not the way the human body was designed to spend most of its day. Standing desks have emerged as a popular way to reduce back pain and improve general ...
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When you think of the daily abuse that airplane seats have to endure, it’s a minor miracle they aren’t torn to shreds after just a week of air travel. The fabrics used for the upholstery must be just short of ...
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When you think about seaweed, would you ever imagine it being made into a soft yarn, a textile dye, paint, or a bio-plastic? Studio Nienke Hoogvliet spent two years studying seaweed and the possibility of using it as a material in ...
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These aren’t your grandmother’s shag carpets – Alexandra Kehayoglou creates incredible rugs that look like miniature pastures and meadows. Kehayoglou sources leftover scraps of wool thread from her family’s carpet factory to produce these wonderful hand-tufted artworks, which pay tribute ...
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Based in South Korea, design studio HATTERN has created the ‘ZERO PER PROJECT’ project, where they aim to produce as little waste as possible during the making of their products. As part of this eco-friendly project, the HATTERN team has ...