{"id":14259,"date":"2026-02-05T13:57:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/?p=14259"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:58:49","slug":"monomaterial-as-an-innovation-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/lectures\/monomaterial-as-an-innovation-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Monomaterial as an innovation driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”4″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ inverted_device_order=”yes”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”7\/12″][vc_single_image media=”14262″ media_width_percent=”100″ el_class=”first-image” uncode_shortcode_id=”119344″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”5\/12″][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-972040″ heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”h1″ el_class=”first-head” uncode_shortcode_id=”113863″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]Monomaterial as an innovation driver[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-972040″ text_weight=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”177332″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]Nowy Styl re:think convention \u00b7 Panel-Talk \u00b7 Steyerberg[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”100806″]23 April 2026[\/vc_column_text][uncode_share layout=”multiple” bigger=”yes” no_back=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”4″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text text_lead=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”496592″]In plastics engineering, the term “monomaterial” is used in connection with products whose individual components are all based on the same polymer. If this polymer is a thermoplastic, the product can be fully and efficiently mechanically recycled as a “pure material”\u2014without prior disassembly. This significantly simplifies recycling processes. This not only reduces waste but also conserves natural resources.<\/p>\n

Monomaterials for the Circular Economy<\/h3>\n

Nowy Styl, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of office and contract furniture, launched the re:think design competition, an international design contest. The focus was on designing a soft seating system made from a single material that combines comfort, functionality, and sustainability.<\/p>\n

Designs were sought that are made from only one material and are fully recyclable. The competition was scientifically supported by the Fraunhofer CCPE, whose monomaterial modular system formed the basis for the designs.<\/p>\n

Nowy Styl invites you to the re:think convention at the use2 Competence Center on April 23, 2026, for the awards ceremony. In addition to inspiring keynote speeches and an exhibition of the best designs, a panel discussion will precede the awards ceremony. Jury member Prof. Dr. Sascha Peters will discuss the potential of monomaterials as a source of inspiration for product innovations in design.<\/p>\n

Information about the competition can be found here: <\/span>www.nowystyl.com\/de\/re-think-design-competition<\/a><\/p>\n

Details about the monomaterial toolkit are available here: www.ccpe.fraunhofer.de\/de\/leistungsangebot\/monomaterial\/monomaterial.html<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][uncode_share layout=”multiple” bigger=”yes” no_back=”yes”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”288314″]image: Monomaterial structures made of biopolymers (Quelle: Fraunhofer CCPE)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ sticky=”yes” width=”5\/12″][vc_separator sep_color=”color-458992″ el_height=”3px”][uncode_block id=”100″ inside_column=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

23 April 2026 \u00b7 re:think convention \u00b7 Steyerberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nowy Styl hat mit der re:think design competition einen internationalen Design-Wettbewerb zu Monomaterialien f\u00fcr Sitzm\u00f6bel ausgeschrieben. Anl\u00e4sslich der Preisverleihung\u00a0 wird Jurymitglied Prof. Dr. Sascha Peters das Potenzial von Monomaterialien erl\u00e4utern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lectures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14259"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14285,"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14259\/revisions\/14285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haute-innovation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}