Sustainability
Sustainability in creative fields from design to fashion and jewellery, as explored by Wallpaper*
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Explore a sustainable skincare village in Parma, Italy
Davines Village in Parma, Italy is an experiment in truly sustainable beauty production
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Piuarch's innovative urban gardening kit
Milan studio Piuarch moves from green roofs to a multipurpose module for city dwellers, offering planting, workstation and wellness space in one
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Christopher Raeburn and Aesop redefine adventure for today
The Adventure Roll-Up is a sustainable carrying case for hand care that can be made at home, created by Christopher Raeburn and Aesop
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Formafantasma asks: what is the global impact of wood consumption?
The Amsterdam-based duo’s exhibition Cambio reopens at London’s Serpentine Sackler Gallery
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: a year late but somehow right on time
Hashim Sarkis' main show ‘How Will We Live Together?' at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale opens a year later than originally expected, but ponders on questions that are more timely than ever
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Inside the world's first 3D printed house in raw earth
Tecla, a revolutionary 3D printed house designed by Mario Cucinella Architects in collaboration with specialists WASP and unveiled this month in Italy, is made entirely from raw earth
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Koto's first off grid eco-sauna clings to Irish headlands
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Eco footwear pioneer Allbirds launches apparel line
The San Francisco-based sustainable shoe brand launches its first clothing collection, crafted using TrinoXO
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Milan’s EICMA 2018 powers ahead with the all-electric motorbike pioneers
By George Chapman Last updated
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Porky Hefer’s Endangered collection explores art, sustainability and wildlife conservation
By Nurit Chinn Last updated
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Use less: Forgo champions a personal care revolution with subscription handwash
The team behind Swedish design studio Form Us With Love launch new brand Forgo, a sustainable subscription-based personal care service that uses less material for a palm cleaning revolution
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Allbirds unveils plant-based alternative to leather
Allbirds, pioneer of sustainable fashion, unveils a sustainable fabric alternative Plant Leather
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Spring board: Kvadrat, Really and Max Lamb set a new benchmark in sustainable design
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Can farmer designers save the planet?
The future of farming, the climate crisis, and how we can feed ourselves sustainably are at the heart of a new exhibition, ‘Farmer designers: an art of living’, at Bordeaux Museum of Decorative Arts and Design (until 17 January 2022)
By Shawn Adams Last updated
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Radical architecture: is this the built environment's future?
A new book by Phaidon and curator, convenor and author Beatrice Galilee hails the radical architecture of the future through community-focused designs, site-specific and virtual installations, photography essays and traditional architectural projects
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Artist Judith Hopf creates an upcycled tropical jungle at Marni S/S 2020
The Italian house's sustainably-minded set design speaks of promise, of things discarded, reused and transformed
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Dutch Design Week 2019 captures the zeitgeist
What to expect from the 18th year of Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, from social design to sustainable innovations
By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated
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Scandinavia’s new sustainable stations recharge mind, body and electric cars
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Could this Swiss start-up shape a new approach to city travel?
KOMMA presents its Urban Mobility Vehicle proposal as a new bid for sustainable urban travel
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Kindred Black gives sustainable skincare a new look
Kindred Black's Slow Beauty line elevates sustainable skincare to new heights with handblown glass bottles and innovative ingredients
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Climate camp: Oualalou+Choi design the COP22 Village in Marrakech
By Mary Pelletier Last updated
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Olé! These Balearic brands will bolster your summer spirit
Are these small-town brands some of Spain's best kept secrets?
By Marta Represa Last updated
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The C40 World Mayors Summit flags Copenhagen as one of the greenest cities in Europe
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Tom Ford unveils a watch made entirely from ocean plastic
The Tom Ford Ocean Plastic Timepiece is now on sale
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Ab Rogers returns to Wonderfruit festival in Thailand
Designer Ab Rogers and Wonderfruit festival founder Pete Phornprapha continue to build their experiential semi-permanent village in Thailand, tending to existing structures like the floating bathhouse, and adding new ones such as a children’s playground with a bamboo see-saw and a stage made of recycled materials collected from Bangkok residents
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Timeless designs from sustainable make-up brands
These brands prove that sustainable packaging doesn't mean sacrificing aesthetics
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Landmark renovation projects and collective regeneration in Rotterdam
While Rotterdam is known for radical architecture and forward-thinking city planning, architects are finding ways to celebrate the city’s history too. Several landmark renovation projects have launched this year, and there’s an ever-growing interest in collective regeneration of city’s 20th century residential fabric led by a new generation of ambitious emerging architects
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated