Bubble Wrap Sneaker
12 June 2021
The Munich shoe entrepreneur Sebastian Thies, in cooperation with the Israeli start-up Remeant, has brought a sustainable sneaker made of real, recycled bubble wrap onto the market.
I will Rise – Vegan Sneaker
24 January 2021
The fair produced, sustainable and vegan "I WILL RISE" sneakers by designer Nando Nkrumah from Cologne combine wonderful, hand-woven fabrics from Ghana and exceptional shoe-making skills from…
Flexible Forms – Biocomposites Experimental Pavilion
8 November 2019
The "Flexible Forms" pavilion of the BioMat Group at the ITKE in Stuttgart is a double-curved, parametrically designed segment shell made of light, one-sided curved wood and bio-composite elements.
This is Urine – tiles and dishes using human urine
14 May 2019
"This is urine" is a project that explores the value of urine by uncovering its potential new roles within the society. Unlike the common belief shared in modern society, urine has been widely used…
DETON Insulating Concrete
31 January 2019
DETON is a multifunctional solution to combine load bearing capacity, sustainability, good thermal insulation values and an attractive exposed concrete look. Vegetable fibers also offer higher…
Organico – Biobased composite from calcium hydroxide, casein and hemp fibers
14 November 2018
In the "Organico" project, the designer Philipp Hainke made an attempt to present a solution to the question of the future of material.
Antiseptical birch bark
2 November 2016
Russian-born and Berlin-based designer Anastasiya Koshcheeva is turning a decade old Siberian handcraft from her hometown into contemporary design from birch bark.
OSSB board made of wheat straw
24 April 2013
NovoFibre is the world‘s first Oriented Structural Straw Board (OSSB). It is made of 100 % high-quality natural wheat straw and produced in a continuous hot pressing process.
FluidSolids
3 May 2012
FluidSolids consists of industrial waste from renewable raw materials, which is shaped by a degradable binding agent based on proteins.
Climatex textiles
24 October 2011
The invention of a textile screw forms the basis for the recyclability of all climatex textiles and is the reason for the targeted arrangement of natural and synthetic fibers in functional rooms.