One of the main contemporary environmental problems is, as is now known to most, the huge amount of plastic waste that is produced every year worldwide (the estimate of the plastic produced on the market is around 300 million tons).
Super-wood the evolution of natural material
Wood, one of the oldest architectural and furnishing materials, is carving out a growing role even today, thanks to constant research in the field of nanomaterials.
Iridescent effect
Flash-Luminium is a flexible retro-reflective material that creates a surprising iridescent effect when exposed to both natural and electric light. This surface is part of the Luminum collection, a series of products that have been created by fusing some materials on a light aluminum support.
We transform plastic waste into new products
The Precious Plastic project comes from The Netherlands and was born in 2013 as a degree thesis from Dave Hakkens.
Plastic Stone Tiles: waste does not exist
The Nature of Waste was born as a graduation project at the Köln International School of Design, presented by the student Enis Akiev who asked herself a series of simple but provocative questions: "What is waste?" and "Where's the waste?
Adidas Trainers from recycled plastic from the oceans
Adidas, in collaboration with Parley for the Oceans, has presented the "Ocean Plastic Trainer" a model of sneakers made with a filament derived from plastics recycled from waste in the oceans.