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Macro Trends

Future Forecast 2025: Design

From biofabrication to cultural heritage, the design industry is combining tradition with cutting-edge technology to shape a future that is both ec...

Big Ideas

Material Matters 2024: Playful Ecology

Self-described as a ‘design version of Desert Island Discs’, Material Matters has long focused on those materials that have proven transformative f...

Design : Technology : Sustainability

Micro Trends

Cosmic Couture

Driven by a consumer appetite for exploration and escapism, brands are discovering the sky is not the limit but the beginning. Space is fashion’s n...

Fashion : Space : Luxury

Big Ideas

Milan Design Week 2024: Materia Natura and the Human Touch

Milan Design Week 2024 invited attendees to delve into sustainability, craftsmanship and explore the significance of human creativity in a world in...

Milan Design Week : Salone Del Mobile : Materials

Big Ideas

Regenerative Homes

Moving beyond net-zero carbon housing, eco-conscious architects worldwide are building sustainable homes by prioritising innovative materials, loca...

Architecture : Design : Sustainability

News

MIT unveils 3D-printed furniture made from liquid recycled aluminium

MIT researchers have unveiled a ground-breaking 3D printing technique called Liquid Metal Printing at the Association for Computer-Aided Design in ...

Sustainability : Design : Technology

News

Stella McCartney and Veuve Clicquot create leather from grape waste

Stella McCartney and Veuve Clicquot have introduced a limited-edition collection of bags and bottle accessories made from a grape-based alternative...

Sustainability : Fashion : Luxury

Micro Trends

Cultured Waste

As consumers tire of separating authentic sustainability claims from greenwashing, designers are using culture and heritage to cut through the noise.

Design : Sustainability : Culture

News

Europe’s first phygital material store opens in Antwerp

A one-of-a-kind fabric shop has opened in Antwerp, Belgium. ‘Bakermat’ is a fabric shop, material agency, and digital fabric library.

Fashion : Technology : Retail

Big Ideas

Material Matters 2023: Designing Tomorrow’s Narratives

As part of the London Design Festival, Material Matters 2023 saw designers explore the transformative potential of materials, from new narratives o...

Materials : Sustainability : Design

News

Wilson creates an airless basketball prototype

American sports good manufacturer Wilson has created an airless 3D-printed basketball.

Design : Sports & Leisure : Technology

Viewpoints

Leisurewear’s Circular Future

Jun Kamei, founder and CEO of UK-based Amphico, on how material innovation will accelerate the leisure sector’s move to a sustainable future.

Leisure : Sustainability : Materials

News

Mono-material company Amphico gets a rebrand

Lisbon-based How&How’s identity for Amphico highlights multiple visions around a singular mono-material.

Sustainability : Sports & Leisure : Technology

Markets

Haute Couture Market

New directions in the haute couture market reveal how the traditional sector is still at the forefront of fashion innovation and craftsmanship.

Luxury : Sustainability : Fashion

Viewpoints

How Fungi will Colour the Future of Cosmetics

Fungi has the potential to transform cosmetics and skincare, from bio-positive pigments to functional UV-blocking properties.

Beauty : Sustainability : Material Futures

News

Decomposable fashion could hit the high street

Non-profit organisation The Biomimcry Institute is piloting decomposition technologies that convert wasted textiles into bio-compatible raw materials.

Fashion : Sustainability : Technology

Viewpoints

How material science is transforming beauty ingredients

Lauren Bowker, designer and founder of The Unseen, perceives beauty as a material that sits in between our inside and outside worlds.

Beauty : Materials : Technology

News

H&M highlights funding barriers for eco-innovators

Apparel retailer H&M is highlighting the funding gap for sustainable innovators through a virtual fashion collection.

Fashion : Sustainability : Society

Micro Trends

Open-source Sustainability

Open-source platforms are providing materials insight and education for designers, developers and architects to make their output more eco-fr...

Design : Materials : Sustainability

News

A digital marketplace for circular materials

The B2B platform aligns buyers with sustainable sellers to foster a more responsible supply chain.

Fashion : Materials : Sustainability

Micro Trends

Eco To Go

Packaging innovators are targeting the food delivery sector with re-usable and earth-friendly alternatives to single-use cartons and boxes.

Food : Packaging : Materials

News

Collina Strada reworks apparel from Ghanaian markets

The sustainable fashion label has collaborated with retailer Browns to create a capsule collection with second-hand t-shirts from Ghana.

Fashion : Sustainability : Luxury

News

An anti-plastic materials encyclopaedia

The first material encyclopaedia called Plastic Free, an initiative by A Plastic Planet, focuses on finding creative solutions to the growing globa...

Sustainability : Society : Design

Viewpoints

Anti-viral fabric for the inter-Covid era

IFTNA (Intelligent Fabric Technologies North America) creates anti-viral textile solutions. Giancarlo Beevis, CEO, discusses the future of hy...

Fashion : Materials : Covid-19

News

Just Eat experiments with seaweed-based packaging

Just Eat is taking action against the ecological impact of food delivery by trialling the use of seaweed in its delivery boxes.

Food : Materials : Fast Food