Sustainable design
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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
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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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
By Elly Parsons 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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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
By Sarah Douglas 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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How this Mumbai-based brand upcycles carbon emissions
Start-up Carbon Craft Design uses harvested pollution to create tiles
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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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
By Nuray Bulbul Last updated
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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
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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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
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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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
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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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
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Textile innovator Byborre empowers creators to cut waste
‘We developed a new process that allows creators to innovate,’ says Borre Akkersdijk, co-founder of Dutch textile innovation studio and clothing label Byborre
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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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
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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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
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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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
By Malaika Byng Last updated
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Bentley EXP 100 GT imagines driving in the year 2035
By Nargess Shahmamesh Banks Last updated
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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
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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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
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Natoora's new London grocery store is the Aesop of vegetables
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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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
By TF Chan Last updated
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Are biomaterials the future of beauty packaging?
Explore the most innovative materials for sustainable beauty packaging, from magic mushrooms to dissolvable delights
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Cooking Sections champions regenerative eating at the Serpentine’s The Magazine restaurant
London-based artist duo Cooking Sections has created a menu of three dishes for The Magazine restaurant at Serpentine North, as part of the museum’s ‘Back to Earth’ programme featuring artistic responses to the climate emergency
By Sheila Lam Last updated
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Apple makes ‘2030 carbon neutral’ pledge
Apple has pledged that it will become carbon netural by 2030. We take a closer look at the steps the brand is taking to evolve its sustainability practices
By Tilly Macalister-Smith Last updated