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2 weeks agoBiomimetic Architecture Reaches New Heights With This Bird-of-Paradise Yoga Space - Yanko Design
Thilina Liyanage's architecture translates animal gestures into functional designs, exemplified by the Rifle Bird Yogashala inspired by the Victoria's riflebird's courtship display.
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2 weeks agoYou Know How Scientists Keep Finding Microplastics Literally Everywhere? Well, You'd Never Guess What Their Lab Gloves Are Coated in Straight Out of the Packaging
Skepticism grows in the scientific community regarding microplastics research due to potential methodological errors and contamination issues.
Fashion & style
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 weeks agocollagen from dinosaur shapes the designer handbag made with lab-grown leather
Enfin Levé introduces a handbag made from lab-grown T-Rex leather, utilizing collagen from fossilized dinosaur bones, showcased at Art Zoo Museum in Amsterdam.
fromWIRED
1 month agoA New Generation of Big Water Filters-Without the Plastic
Most water filter pitchers are made of BPA-free plastic. But as new research shows that bottled-water drinkers ingest tens of thousands of excess microplastic particles, wellness lovers have begun to look askance at water filters that are themselves made of plastic.
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month agostretchable robotic fingers for surgery decomposes in soil and becomes fertilizer
The body of the robotic fingers is built from polyglycerol sebacate, a synthetic elastomer made from glycerol and sebacic acid. Glycerol is a byproduct of biodiesel production while sebacic acid is derived from castor oil, and both of them are plant-based. Polyglycerol sebacate is safe since it is already used in medical implants because the body can absorb it without a toxic response.
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3 weeks agoResearchers turned Sawdust Waste and Watermelon Seeds into Recyclable Fire-resistant Panels - Yanko Design
Sawdust can be transformed into a strong, fire-retardant composite material using struvite and an enzyme from watermelon seeds.
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fromArchDaily
1 month agoRethinking Architecture at the Scale of Planetary Systems
Contemporary architecture operates within interconnected technological systems—energy networks, data infrastructures, and global logistics—that fundamentally shape what can be built, its affordability, performance, and waste production.
Fashion & style
fromBusiness Matters
1 month agoWhy Sustainable Fashion is More Than Just a Trend: Clothing, Bags, and Accessories for a Better Future
Sustainable fashion has moved from niche to mainstream as consumers increasingly demand transparency about production, labor practices, and environmental impact of clothing and accessories.
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1 month agoFacing the Age of Robots? Material Innovation in Architectural Structures
Robotic technology in construction extends beyond automation and cost reduction to fundamentally reshape architectural design, material experimentation, and construction methodologies through collaborative human-robot workflows.
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month agosponge filter inspired by sea urchin absorbs oil spills from oceans using microscopic spikes
RMIT engineers developed a dolphin-shaped robot with a sea urchin-inspired filter that separates and collects ocean oil spills with 95% purity using an eco-friendly coating process.
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1 month agoThis Bio-mimicking Safari Deck Is Designed to Look Exactly Like a Rhino - Yanko Design
Thilina Liyanage designs a rhino-shaped wildlife observation deck that merges biomimetic architecture with functional safari infrastructure, creating a viewing platform whose form reflects the landscape and animals it observes.
fromAeon
2 months agoIn solarpunk cities of the future, tech follows nature's lead | Aeon Essays
In Indra's Net of pearls and jewels, every gem reflects every other, a shimmering image of interdependence. This ancient Vedic metaphor for connection across the cosmos also illuminates what the environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht first proposed in 2014as 'theSymbiocene': the era after the Anthropocene, in which human technologies take their cues from living systems and work in partnership rather than through dominance.
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fromWIRED
2 months agoWe Strapped on Exoskeletons and Raced. There's One Clear Winner
An exoskeleton is a relatively new class of wearable device designed to enhance, support, or assist human movement, strength, posture, or even physical activity. The main piece goes around your waist like a belt, and from it, a pair of hinged, mechanized splints extend down over the hips to strap onto each thigh, where they provide some robotic assistance to normal movements like walking, running, or squatting.
fromFast Company
1 month agoThese designers made a sustainable new building material from corn
This corn-based construction material was made by Manufactura, a Mexican sustainable materials company, and it imagines a second life for waste from the most widely produced grain in the world. The project started as an invitation by chef Jorge Armando, the founder of catering brand Taco Kween Berlin, to find ways he could reintegrate waste generated by his taqueria into architecture. A team led by designer Dinorah Schulte created corncretl during a residency last year in Massa Lombarda, Italy.
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months agorecontextualizing human hair waste as potential raw material for design
This research-based design project by Laura Oliveira investigates discarded as a potential raw material for sustainable design applications. Human hair is produced continuously and in large quantities through everyday grooming practices, yet it is almost always treated as waste once separated from the body and typically disposed of in landfills. Despite its material properties, strength, flexibility, and durability as a keratin-based protein fiber, its remains uncommon within design and research contexts.
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2 months ago5 Biomimicry-based Architectural Designs That Copy Nature's Best Ideas - Yanko Design
Design in the Amazon embraces layered, adaptive systems prioritizing resilient materials, natural ventilation, and environmental harmony to create comfortable, low-impact interiors and products.
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