Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio has created speckled pendant lighting out of kelp waste, salvaged from miso soup that would otherwise be thrown away at Sticks n Sushi in Lyngby, Denmark. More about Natural Material Studio crafts lighting from leftover seaweed at Sticks n Sushi restaurant
Biodesign startup Re:Right Design has reprised its demountable Hayes Pavilion for this year's Glastonbury festival, cladding it in a biomaterial made from seaweed to demonstrate how sets can be built without plastic. More about Glastonbury's Hayes Pavilion "pushes the boundaries" of what bioplastic can do
Dezeen Showroom: Swedish design studio Interesting Times Gang has made a new version of its 3D-printed Kelp chair, made from seaweed instead of recycled plastic. More about Kelp chair by Interesting Times Gang
Austrian designer Julia Koerner has created a 3D-printed clutch bag for her fashion brand JK3D, which is made from bioplastic and modelled on tendrils of kelp. More about Kelp Mini Clutch is a bioplastic bag based on 3D-scans of seaweed
Danish studio Rex Skov Arkitekter aims to explore the potential of seaweed as a sustainable building material with its Biosack pavilion at Copenhagen's Chart Art Fair, which was captured in this video produced for the Dezeen x ChartArt Fair 2022 collaboration. More about Rex Skov Arkitekter tops Chart Art Fair pavilion with seaweed roof
Multidisciplinary collective Wevolve Labs has created bioplastic skins using local plants for a group of lantern-like sculptures, presented in Austin, Texas. More about Wevolve Labs designs sculptural lights crafted from biomaterials
Sustainable packaging brand Notpla has used seaweed leftover from its own production processes to create paper that can be turned into envelopes and boxes. More about Notpla salvages seaweed by-product to make paper
Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet has teamed up with entrepreneur Anne Boermans to launch Zeefier, a brand that will offer natural textile dyes made entirely from seaweed. More about Nienke Hoogvliet launches Zeefier brand to produce natural seaweed dyes for the fashion industry
Sustainable startup Notpla has created an edible, biodegradable packaging made from seaweed and plants that was designed to replace plastic. More about Notpla is a biodegradable material designed "to make packaging disappear"
Eco-design studio Biobased Creations has built a showhome almost entirely from biomaterials including wood, mycelium, seaweed, straw and vegetable fibres as well as earth and sewage. More about House built from 100 different plant-based materials unveiled at Dutch Design Week
A machine that blows sanitising bubbles, single-dose seaweed capsules and a disinfecting doorbell are among winners of Bompas & Parr's Fountain Of Hygiene competition, which called for ways of rethinking hand-washing for the coronavirus era. More about Sanitising bubbles and seaweed capsules among winners of Bompas & Parr hygiene contest
Designer Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed is showing a pavilion made of kelp and rattan at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, where world leaders have met this week. More about Julia Lohmann brings seaweed pavilion to Davos as climate-change warning
ÉCAL graduate Luisa Kahlfeldt has designed a new diaper that is more sustainable than even other reusable cloth nappies — an innovation for which she won the Swiss James Dyson Award. More about Sumo seaweed-fibre nappies offer healthy and sustainable alternative
Textile design graduate Jasmine Linington establishes seaweed as a high-end fashion material with her collection of nature-derived couture garments. More about Jasmine Linington uses seaweed to make couture clothing
Traditional Danish seaweed thatching could be updated into a sustainable contemporary building material, according to research by Kathryn Larsen. More about Viking-style seaweed thatch updated into prefab panelling
Over 30,000 edible drinks capsules made from seaweed were handed out to runners at the London Marathon yesterday, in a bid to reduce plastic waste. More about London Marathon offers edible seaweed drinks capsules as alternative to plastic bottles
Chairs made from seaweed and recycled tea lights are among those crowned winners of the first ever competition dedicated to sustainable Nordic chair design. More about Five most sustainable Nordic chairs named
Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet used seaweed to create a furniture collection that highlights its possibilities as a material. More about Nienke Hoogvliet's Sea Me furniture is made from woven seaweed
Designers Jonas Edvard and Nikolaj Steenfatt have used a new material made from seaweed and paper to create a chair and a collection of pendant lamps. More about Seaweed and paper combine to create furniture
Seaweed pillows were used as cladding for this holiday house on the Danish island of Læsø by architecture studio Vandkunsten and non-profit organisation Realdania Byg (+ slideshow). More about The Modern Seaweed House by Vandkunsten and Realdania Byg