Deezen

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The realities of climate change have driven another big year in material innovation in 2024. The idea is that the plastic-water mixture is tipped down the sink or toilet so it can finish decomposing in the sewage system a readily accessible watery composting facility.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

From concrete-like building materials to restaurant crockery made from the eateries' own food scraps, this roundup explores eight projects created using discarded shells. Designers around the globe have noted the potential that shells have to form the basis of durable products by condensing and combining them with other materials.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 She explained that the proximity of a quarry to the construction site is important if the material is to be used sustainably.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2024

Mono-material metal furniture was one of the most prominent trends at Milan design week , where both emerging and established designers created striking pieces from aluminium and stainless steel. Stainless steel is a highly durable material, and that's connected with the theme of sustainability," Usugami said.

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Deezen

JULY 8, 2024

At this year's Future Fabrics Expo, banana plants emerged as a fruitful source for making more sustainable materials. Hosted by non-profit organisation The Sustainable Angle at Magazine London , the annual Future Fabrics Expo aims to showcase sustainable and responsibly sourced fabrics and products for fashion and interiors industries.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

London studio dRMM has completed WorkStack, a top-heavy stack of industrial units in Greenwich that is constructed from cross-laminated timber. It also gives a powerful message that light industrial can mean socially and environmentally inspirational," he told Dezeen. The building has a CLT structure.

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Deezen

MAY 29, 2024

3, a house in Hakusan that references traditional Japanese homes and industrial architecture. 3 in Japan The site is situated at the foot of Mount Hakusan and is defined by a mixture of traditional townhouses and industrial buildings used for the production of sake, soy sauce and miso. Chidori Studio has created Hokuriku Residence No.

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Deezen

MAY 14, 2024

Following the opening of the Kunstsilo art gallery in Norway last week, we spotlight six examples of industrial silos that have been adaptively reused around the world. Used for the storage of materials such as grain or coal, silo structures are typically built with robust tower-like forms made from concrete or metal.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Occupying the former Rich Industrial Estate that was once the centre of Bermondsey's 19th-century tannery trade, the three buildings by Coffey Architects are part of a wider masterplan for the neighbourhood by architects AHMM for developer London Square. On either side of the former warehouse, two courtyards have been created.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Designs for a Cooler Planet is an annual student exhibition at Aalto University , which kicks off during Helsinki Design Week each year and features projects that tackle sustainability in the design industry. There is such a huge need in the fashion industry for more sustainable colourants."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia , in this Stone Age 2.0 Stone has become a luxury cladding material, whether used as a rainscreen, or as floor tiling," Carfrae told Dezeen. "We

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Deezen

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A grape-based leather alternative and sequins made from tree cellulose are among 15 material innovations on show as part of fashion house Stella McCartney 's exhibition at the COP28 climate conference. The fashion industry accounts for eight per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions," McCartney said. "We

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Archinect

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Energy-positive home with innovative biobased facade This remarkable sustainable home is equipped with biobased insulation and a wooden facade finished with fungus paint. The home's facade is constructed with wood and flax, biobased materials sourced from renewable resources with a minimal ecological footprint.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The importance of selecting healthy materials for K-12 projects 0 qpurcell Mon, 09/30/2024 - 13:17 K-12 Schools Clark Nexsen interior designers Anna Claire Beethoven and Brittney Just, CID, IIDA, LEED Green Associate, share why it is imperative to specify healthy building materials in K-12 schools.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Photo courtesy of Fritz Hansen Christian Andresen, design director at Fritz Hansen, reflected on the significance of the Egg, which highlights a post-war trend in the international design scene when European and American architects began to favour organic shapes crafted from novel materials.

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Deezen

APRIL 20, 2024

The kitchens in this roundup exemplify how a combination of seemingly clashing materials can create a rich and interesting palette. Here are eight kitchens with eye-catching material palettes made up of contrasting colours and textures. This was contrasted with cool tones in the polished floor and steel-blue-painted ceiling.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2023

From factories and warehouses to shop fronts and underpasses, Hicks explores the structures that make up the post-industrial landscape of the West Midlands region known as the Black Country. Colour and surface material are key focuses for my work." "I My response was to join the Bingo club, and security let me finish the shoot.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Spanish architect Juan Gurrea Rumeu used a palette of warm, textural materials and carefully positioned voids to create atmospheric living spaces inside this house he designed for himself and his wife in Barcelona. The post Tactile materials "accentuate the value of shadows" in Bolívar House appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Throughout these venues, there were a number of Japanese designers working with discarded or neglected materials and processes. He also showed sample pieces to explain his process, whereby he applied one colour to the wood before cutting away sections and applying a second colour, making the finished material less recognisable as driftwood.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The facade of SOMA Canary Wharf is deliberately austere, with minimal detailing to blend into its industrial surroundings," studio director Hugh Scott Moncrieff told Dezeen. The material palette blends industrial rawness with tactile warmth," considered Scott Moncrieff.

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Dwell

MAY 17, 2024

From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. People often comment on how the space feels big, and that they feel welcome and comfortable due to the quality of the internal environment and finishes. Get in touch!

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Aric Gitomer Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But one critical aspect is the material you select. So, keep scrolling to find the best countertop material for your kitchen. The primary aspect to consider when choosing countertops for your kitchen is material. Pros: Granite is a hard-wearing material. The Approach to choosing the Best Kitchen Countertops.

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Deezen

JUNE 10, 2024

Taiwanese studio Divooe Zein Architects has transformed a series of disused industrial structures outside Taipei into a secluded retreat surrounded by mountains and forest. In the tea rooms, a metal and glass bar and shelves overlook tables finished in rough wood, and a curving metal form hugs an area of floor-level seating with a low table.

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Deezen

JULY 3, 2023

Fashion brand Ganni and materials company Polybion have debuted a jacket grown by bacteria during the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, marking a milestone for bacterial cellulose as a leather alternative. The jacket made its debut during the sustainability forum Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Whether it’s reimagining traditional techniques or experimenting with unconventional materials, LUO Studio is challenging the status quo by asking a simple question: How can architecture do better? This initial experiment was more than just a test of material — it was a statement about sustainability and creativity in architecture.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The one offs are a riff on Ganni 's classic Bou bag made in collaboration with materials company BioFluff , which claims to have developed the "world's first plant-based fur". We use a combination of existing textile technologies, science and the savoir-faire of the Italian fur industry," he continued.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The vision of a civilisation based on biomaterials is compelling: products, clothes and buildings made from materials that have been "grown", rather than derived from polluting, extractive fossil industries. But biomaterials are not a magic bullet to the multi-faceted nature crisis industrial civilisation is causing.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

An exposed grid of structural steel was used to bring a feeling of "industrial elegance" to House XO in Kerala , India, which has been designed by local architecture studio 3dor Concepts. Interior spaces at House XO were designed to have a minimal appearance "Material choices focused on sustainability and efficiency.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Although more commonly associated with industrial applications, furnishings made of cool-toned steel , aluminium and chrome are infiltrating every room of the home. This lookbook rounds up eight living spaces that show how it's done.

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2024

Gather outdoor seating is a modular system made from Escofet's own ultra-high-performance concrete, called Slimconcrete, which is finished by hand. Dezeen Showroom: architecture firm Foster + Partners aimed to create relaxed outdoor areas with Gather, its ultra-thin concrete seating solution for Spanish street furniture brand Escofet.

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2024

Its design is intended to echo its industrial surroundings in Castle Hill while providing the museum with "something special", Lahznimmo Architects said. It has a reflective finish and covers layers of thermal insulation and precast concrete walls that help regulate internal temperature and humidity levels.

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Deezen

AUGUST 20, 2024

They designed the bar counter and matching shelving units to "add a touch of industrial modernity to the space". The interior includes dining chairs from the Finnish brand Vaarnii The result of the collaboration includes a set of stools, benches and tables with both natural and stained finishes.

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Deezen

JULY 25, 2024

Mexican design studio Manufactura and New York studio BioMatters have created 3D-printed objects using a composite consisting mainly of shells from industrial lobstering byproducts in Maine. For their experiment, they said that about 15 lobster shells created a full two-kilogram tube for the printer.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Called RePit as a play on the word "repeat", the composite material was designed to offer a more sustainable alternative to the thermoplastic filaments traditionally used by 3D printers to build up objects layer by layer. The material has zero plastic in it and is made from only natural materials."

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Deezen

JULY 25, 2024

Located in the city of Dong Nai, the restaurant stands on a stretch of green space that separates a residential area from a nearby industrial park. The ceilings were lined with handcrafted bamboo panels, and the internal walls have been given a deep terracotta-coloured textured finish. The photography is by Hiroyuki Oki.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2024

The retrofit exposes the weight and materiality of the robust concrete structure and original detailing, whilst introducing warmth, colour and carefully curated finishes to reinforce its identity," he continued. These are complemented by industrial-style fixtures and exposed services.

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Aric Gitomer Architect

APRIL 12, 2022

For instance, the open plan kitchen has been dominating the industry for years. Natural Materials. The use of natural materials is one kitchen trend that has always been on the list. Gold Finishes. Kitchen sinks are now available in a versatile range of finishes and colors, with gold being a cult favorite.

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