Rodrigo Caula designs carbon-fibre sunglasses with woodgrain patterns
Thin layers of carbon fibre are cut to create the wood-like effects on these sunglasses, by industrial designer Rodrigo Caula. More
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Lamborghini teams up with MIT researchers to create "self-healing" sports car
Lamborghini has collaborated with a group of researchers from MIT to create a conceptual electric sports car, which has a carbon fibre shell that is able to repair any cracks or damages by itself. More
Thomas Missé designs carbon-fibre chair fit for use on Mars
Hoping to ready earthlings for their move to Mars, Thomas Missé has designed a lightweight, stackable chair made from carbon fibre that he believes will lower interplanetary importation costs. More
World's lightest folding bike goes into production with race-car makers Prodrive
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the world's lightest folding bike, by London start-up the Hummingbird Bike Company, has gone into production with British motorsport company Prodrive. More
Foster + Partners completes Dubai Apple Store with carbon-fibre "solar wings"
Filigreed carbon-fibre shutters fold around the oriel window of Foster + Partners' Apple Store in Dubai, shading the shop floor during the day but opening at night to views of the Burj Khalifa. More
Drones and robots weave carbon-fibre pavilion based on moth webs
Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart have used robots and drones to weave this carbon-fibre pavilion, which is based on the silk hammocks spun by moth larvae. More
Amanda Levete's firm proposes multi-storey football pitches for central London
Stackable football pitches could be erected on disused or temporarily empty plots across London, according to Amanda Levete and her London-based studio AL_A. More
Aston Martin ventures into the seas with its first powerboat
British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has made its first foray into nautical design with a powerboat (+ slideshow). More
Wall-climbing mini robots build "entirely new structures" from carbon fibre
Graduate shows 2016: University of Stuttgart graduate Maria Yablonina has devised a new method of construction using mini robots that is cheap, fast and can create structures that would otherwise be impossible to build (+ movie). More
Zaha Hadid's folded Kuki chair redesigned using carbon fibre
Design Miami/Basel 2016: the late Zaha Hadid's sculpted plastic Kuki chair has been relaunched in carbon fibre at Design Miami/Basel. More
Marleen Kaptein uses aerospace robots to craft carbon-fibre chair
Dutch designer Marleen Kaptein has partnered with design brand Label/Breed to create a chair from ribbons of robotically wrapped carbon fibre. More
Carbon fibre and robots could create a "fourth industrial revolution" says expert
Carbon fibre is architecture's biggest untapped resource according to architect and researcher Achim Menges, who claims that robots could be programmed to build stadium roofs using the fibrous building material. More
Robotically fabricated pavilion by University of Stuttgart students is based on sea-urchin shells
Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart employed robots to mould and stitch together this laminated plywood pavilion, which is based on the anatomy of a sea urchin (+ movie). More
Kengo Kuma anchors Japanese textile showroom to the ground with carbon-fibre threads
Kengo Kuma's firm has converted a concrete office building into a showroom for a Japanese textile company, and tethered it to the ground with carbon fibres to provide earthquake protection (+ slideshow). More
Skyscrapers could soon be held together with glue, claim architects
Composite materials and adhesives could "revolutionise" construction and lead to entire towers being glued together, according to American architect Greg Lynn. More
Michael Young's carbon-fibre chair for Coalesse weighs less than five pounds
British designer Michael Young's LessThanFive carbon fibre chair for US-based furniture company Coalesse is launching after two years of development. More
Robot-built pavilion proposed by Achim Menges for V&A museum courtyard
Stuttgart architect Achim Menges has developed designs for a robot-fabricated pavilion based on the wings of flying beetles, which will be erected in the V&A museum courtyard in London. More
Moooi’s bar stool version of iconic Carbon Chair is "super light and super strong"
Extra Moooi: in this movie filmed in Amsterdam, Moooi co-founder Marcel Wanders discusses the woven carbon-fibre chair he designed with Bertjan Pot, which the Dutch brand relaunched this year as a bar stool. More
"World's lightest" folding bicycle weighs less than the average watermelon
London startup the Hummingbird Bike Company has designed a folding carbon-fibre bike that weighs just 6.5 kilograms. More
Today we like: carbon-fibre furniture
Carbon fibre is ideal for furniture design due to its light weight relative to its high strength. Nendo recently embedded the material into expandable shelves, while designers including Kris Lamba, Thomas Feichtner and Marcel Wanders have all used carbon fibre to create sculptural chairs. See more design with carbon fibre »