Materials
Materials
Human Material Loop sets out to commercialise textiles made from hair
Dutch company Human Material Loop is using an unusual waste source to make a zero-carbon wool alternative that requires no land or water use: human hair. More
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Materials
Materials
Yi Design turns ceramic waste into water-permeable bricks
Chinese materials company Yi Design has developed a porous brick made from recycled ceramic waste that could be used to prevent flooding in urban areas. More
Materials
Materials
Five products that use wool in new and unexpected ways
A 3D-printed sofa, a biodegradable urn and a "net-zero carbon shoe" are among a growing cohort of products that are pushing the envelope of what sheep's wool can do. More
Materials
Materials
Colorifix harnesses bacteria for non-toxic clothes dyeing
The process of using bacteria to colour textiles has been brought to a commercial scale by British company Colorifix, which hopes to cut the fashion industry's use of toxic chemical dyes. More
Scooters
Scooters
Pure Advance Flex e-scooter folds down to size of cabin bag
UK company Pure Electric has created a foldable electric scooter with footpads on either side of the chassis, allowing riders to adopt a "natural forward-facing stance". More
Products
Products
32°N adaptive focus sunglasses can switch from distance to reading mode
A person can change the prescription of their eyewear with a quick swipe with the 32°N sunglasses by technology company DeepOptics. More
Technology
Technology
Modu clads Houston building with "self-cooling" exterior
Brooklyn-based studio Modu has employed a series of techniques that lower ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior of this Houston building. More
Interview
Interview
If designers don't embrace AI the world "will be designed without them" says AirBnb founder
Designers need to participate in the development of AI or face having the future world designed without them, warns Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky in this exclusive interview. More
Materials
Materials
Armourcoat creates durable clay wall covering as "ecological alternative to paint"
Surfacing brand Armourcoat has launched a range of textured, biodegradable wall plaster surfaces that combine the natural appearance of clay with enhanced durability. More
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Materials
Materials
Christien Meindertsma invents technique for 3D printing with wool
Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma has developed a robot that can build three-dimensional volumes out of wool. More
Carbon capture
Carbon capture
Heirloom opens first large-scale carbon capture plant in US
Climate technology company Heirloom has opened the first commercial Direct Air Capture plant in the US, which will sequester atmospheric carbon for permanent storage using energy-efficient kilns. More
Facades
Facades
German townhouse preserved with precast Rieder concrete facade
Promotion: Austrian facade specialist Rieder worked with architecture studio Faerber to preserve the original structure of a townhouse through the installation of a three-dimensional concrete facade. More
Designing for Disaster
Designing for Disaster
"The trees themselves" raise wildfire alarm in ForestGuard detection system
Wildfires can be detected before they spread or even before they start using a new satellite-enabled sensor system created by a group of Turkish recent design graduates and spotlighted by Dezeen as part of our Designing for Disaster series. More
Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week
Emy Bensdorp takes on PFAS pollution by turning "toxic" soil into bricks
Designer Emy Bensdorp has found a way to clean PFAS "forever chemicals" from contaminated clay soil by firing it into bricks as part of a project showcased at Dutch Design Week. More
Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week
Laero develops at-home system for turning wastewater into drinking water
US tech startup Laero has unveiled a compact water treatment system at Dutch Design Week, which it claims can be installed under any sink to recycle up to 80 per cent of the water. More
Sustainable design
Sustainable design
PulpaTronics tackles single-use electronics with paper RFID tags
A group of design graduates from London's Royal College of Art have come up with a way to make RFID tags entirely from paper, with no metal or silicon components in a bid to cut down on waste from single-use electronics. More
Robotics
Robotics
British student's wearable CNC machine gives makers "superhuman" abilities
Aiming to bridge the worlds of human and robotic construction, product design engineer Jasper Mallinson has created a wearable CNC machine that he believes could one day be used on worksites to help realise parametric designs. More
Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
Cement tiles by Karoistanbul
Dezeen Showroom: produced in workshops in Istanbul, Turkish brand Karoistanbul's cement tiles create striking mosaics when laid in sequence. More
Opinion
Opinion
"The tech hype-cycle is spinning ever faster"
Tech companies must move away from hype-chasing annual product releases in order to drive meaningful design innovation, writes Sarah Housley. More
Promotion
Promotion
LG OLED and Quayola present an algorithmically generated garden at Frieze London
Promotion: French Impressionism meets the artificial intelligence age in Jardins d'Été, a new series of works by artist Quayola that is being presented in collaboration with electronics brand LG OLED at London's Frieze art fair. More