Paris-based Cutwork architecture and design studio has come up with Cortex Shelter, a flat-pack, just-add-water refugee shelter that can be built in a single day. The project is being conceived as a long-term housing solution that is secure, affordable and ...
Discovering manufacturing possibilities for the future, French designer Roxane Lahidji has reimagined salt as a sustainable design material. Utilizing self-binding properties of salt, she has recently created a series of tables and stools from the material for which she was ...
AI SpaceFactory, the makers of the NASA-awarded Mars habitat MARSHA are working on a sustainable housing concept for Earth. After MARSHA was demolished, the design team collected leftovers for future use and demonstration of reusability of the eco-friendly building material. ...
Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado who previously developed the “super wood” have found a possible way for buildings to dump heat sustainably by use of advanced wood nanotechnology. They have engineered wood that is ...
IKEA opened its first store in India last year in Hyderabad and the Swedish furniture giant wants to make further inroads into the Indian market doing something for the environment. It’s a well-known fact that India’s capital Delhi is one ...
People these days choose products intelligently, after enquiring the production process and environmental footprint, which is significantly changing the perspective of how designers and manufacturers are envisioning consumer products. Take the example of Japanese footwear brand Ccilu, who recently launched ...
Jaymie Friesen and Hannah Christian of food-grade skincare brand Natural Vegan have come up with EcoBottle, a fully compostable paper bottle that can hold liquids and consumables for more than six months. They have been working for almost three years ...
Danish design brand Mater has launched the Ocean Collection that re-imagines the original 1955 chair and table design by the renowned designer couple, Jørgen and Nanna Ditzel. With regard to its sustainability, the collection is made largely from ocean waste ...
With the idea to utilize desert sand in product design, the designers at The Foundry by Tinkah (the multi-disciplinary design firm based in the United Arab Emirates) have developed a new kind of moldable material. Dubbed Ramel, this sand-like material can ...
Created by Emma Sicher, the project called ‘From Peel to Peel‘ offers a brand new eco-friendly food packaging solution. What makes this packaging unique is the fact that it is made from bacteria and yeast. How this sustainable packing is ...
