Six pioneering designers shortlisted for the Bentley Lighthouse Award
Dezeen has announced the Bentley Lighthouse Award shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes Atelier Luma's Jan Boelen and Radiant Matter's Elissa Brunato. More
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Salt and sunflowers used to create Atelier Luma's experimental workspace
Sunflowers, salt and algae are among the biomaterials used to complete Le Magasin Électrique, the workspace of circular-design lab Atelier Luma that it self-designed with studios Assemble and BC Architects & Studies. More
Atelier Luma develops software to "incite designers to use salt as a material"
Software that simulates the growth of salt in various conditions has been created by Henna Burney and Kalijn Sibbel of Atelier Luma to help designers make use of the material in their own projects. More
Atelier Luma uses salt crystals to create glass-like cladding material
Material designers Henna Burney and Kalijn Sibbel of Atelier Luma have used ancient salt marshes in southern France to create thousands of glass-like panels and installed them as cladding inside Frank Gehry's Arles tower. More
Henna Burney extols "extraordinary potential" of salt in live interview for Dezeen 15
Day 10 of the Dezeen 15 virtual festival saw material designer Henna Burney of Atelier Luma divulge the potential of salt as a material for the future in a live video interview. More
"Salt is a material of the future" says Henna Burney of Atelier Luma
In our quest for new materials, we have overlooked abundant natural resources such as salt, writes designer and researcher Henna Burney of Atelier Luma in her manifesto for the Dezeen 15 digital festival. More
Salt panels made using "only sun and wind" used to clad interior of Frank Gehry's Arles tower
Natural materials produced from local salt, sunflowers and algae have been used on the interior of Frank Gehry's tower for Luma Foundation in Arles to lower its carbon footprint. More
Dutch designers convert algae into bioplastic for 3D printing
Dutch designers Eric Klarenbeek and Maartje Dros have developed a bioplastic made from algae, which they believe could completely replace fossil-derived plastics over time. More