Who knew that borrowing fashion cues from Blade Runner replicant’s would be so eco conscious. The algae based Ethereal Raincoat from Charlotte McCurdy is a carbon negative jacket that harnesses the best from chemistry, nature and biotech, to present a…
Design Studio Precht has unveiled Bert, a series of truncated timber treehouses for tiny-houses start-up Baumbau. The concept was created by Chris Precht and his wife Fei Tang Precht as a family of modular houses that are shaped by playfulness.…
Lisa Marks algorithmic lace has won the 2019 Lexus Design Award’s top honor. Using a 16th century weaving technique and new technologically efficient textile building algorithms, Marks has weaved tradition and advanced modeling to create speciality bras for women who…
Evan Fay’s furniture contains a design signature of materials resembling exposed convoluted musculature with brass bone grid scaffolding. Taking tradition and twisting it quite literally has resulted in a post-modern hack of intriguing ingenuity. Made of serpentine cushions evoking the…
Footwear brand Native Shoes has launched a unisex sneaker made entirely from eco-friendly materials including eucalyptus, pineapple husk and dried hevea milk. The first of its kind on the planet, The Plant Shoe is crafted entirely from the Earth. The sneaker is made…
Foster + Partners has completed stations in Saudi Arabian cities of Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, and KAEC, connected by the 450-kilometre Haramain high-speed rail line. The four stations along the route – conceived as gateways to each city – are inspired by the ancient architectural traditions…
IKEA has partnered with Little Sun – the social business co-founded by artist Olafur Eliasson to offer inspiring everyday tools where renewable energy contributes to a sustainable and independent life. More than one billion people worldwide, about every seventh person, have minimal or no…
3D printed organs have become one step closer to reality through the breakthrough accomplishments of an interdisciplinary team of biological scientist. The hydrogel bioprinted airsack exists as a proof of concept, it shows that building a miniature, complex, multi-vascular structure…
The Citroën designed Ami One concept is a licence-free urban mobility vehicle created as a 100% electric alternative to all forms of public urban transport. This urban mobility vehicle has a harmonious smooth symmetrical silhouette that is meant to express…
Artificial intelligence is given a compassionate side in the valuable new project called Memory Lane. The company Stockholm Exergi, of Sweden, has noticed the value and needs of elderly citizens, and has provided them with a meaningful platform where they…