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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)
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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
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Tekla encourages slow living and buying for longevity
Wrap up in Copenhagen-based lifestyle label Tekla’s new dove blue and winter white organic cotton percale weave bedding
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Virgil Abloh is on the hunt for the next big thing in sustainable design
Virgil Abloh and Evian raise a glass to the next generation, announcing €50,000 grant for sustainable design initiatives, open to 18–35 year olds. Here, discover what the creative polymath hopes to see from the entries
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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
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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
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Terra Carta Design Lab announced by Jony Ive and HRH Prince Charles
Ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), designer Jony Ive and Prince Charles’ Sustainable Markets Initiative are inviting students from the Royal College of Art to design high-impact, low-cost solutions for nature, people and planet
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Tom Ford unveils a watch made entirely from ocean plastic
The Tom Ford Ocean Plastic Timepiece is now on sale
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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
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Kartell’s industrial manifesto puts sustainability front and centre
Kartell presents its sustainability manifesto, revisiting classic products like the ‘Componibili’ cabinet in biodegradable materials, and introducing new sustainable designs in recycled plastics by Philippe Starck and Antonio Citterio
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How this Mumbai-based brand upcycles carbon emissions
Start-up Carbon Craft Design uses harvested pollution to create tiles
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No time for waste: Oris’ collaboration with a leather manufacturer recycles deer skins
Deer skins make for sustainable watch straps in a partnership between Oris and Cervo Volante
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Winners of #CreateCOP26 announced ahead of UN Climate Change Conference
As COP26, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, gets ready to kick off in Glasgow, we spotlight the winners of #CreateCOP26, an award for young artists confronting themes of climate change
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Hæckels 2.0 is revolutionising sustainable skincare
Hæckels 2.0 is launching today. We explore how the brand is reinventing itself and what it means for the future of sustainable beauty
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Reclaimed materials transformed into terrazzo by Ajoto and Olivia Aspinall
We take a look at how British writing instruments brand Ajoto uses the waste from its pen manufacturing process to create a minimal pen rest, in collaboration with artisan Olivia Aspinall
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Azulik Uh May brings sustainability and art together under one eco-conscious roof
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GoodWaste explores design through material leftovers
Launching its collection as part of Selfridges' Bright New Things, the London-based collective proposes a new model for circular, super local design manufacturing
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Very Good & Proper’s new sustainable outdoor furniture is summer-ready
New all-weather furniture by Very Good & Proper combines sustainable materials with a minimal design, suitable for any outdoor space, from leafy gardens to urban balconies
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A new iteration of ‘Broken Nature’ makes its way to MoMA in New York
Curator and Design Emergency co-founder Paola Antonelli selects 45 projects to show how design can reverse human impact on nature
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‘Reinventing Cities’ sustainability competition announces winners
A wave of architectural projects – set to transform urban centres around the world – get the go-ahead in Oslo
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Sustainable skincare brands: subscriptions to help you and the planet
Need one less thing to think about? Try subscribing to these eco-conscious beauty and grooming services
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Regenerative design: meet the creatives taking a rooting interest in learning from nature
Regenerative design: meet the creatives taking a rooting interest in learning from nature
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Bentley EXP 100 GT imagines driving in the year 2035
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Best Use of Material: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
Style, substance and sustainability: these environmentally-friendly and recycled designs are all winners in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
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Can synthetic biology solve the world’s problems?
Faber Futures, the pioneering London-based studio founded by Natsai Audrey Chieza, doesn’t just think about new approaches to form and material, but rather how to reshape the world of things from the ground up
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Natoora's new London grocery store is the Aesop of vegetables
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Formafantasma on their GEO-Design master’s programme, and designers thinking big
The Italian design duo – and Designer of the Year in the 2021 Wallpaper* Design Awards – are among our featured visionaries in ‘5x5’, Wallpaper's 25th anniversary project. They discuss their first year heading the GEO-Design master’s programme at Design Academy Eindhoven, educating students for a changing world, and their pick of five creative leaders of the future who are expanding the practice of design
