Dutch Designer Christien Meindertsma Turns Waste Wool Into Colossal Lamb Sculpture.Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma pushes the boundaries of sustainable design with her latest work for the MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission. Using discarded wool and a pioneering robotic tool, Meindertsma has created a...
Thoughtful Design, Strong Partnerships and a Willingness to Experiment Converge in this Game-Changing Sydney Office.Rochester Street Office is the poster child for collaborative design and innovative thinking, setting a new standard for workplace architecture in repurposed industrial areas. It's a building that looks to the future while respecting its...
Foam Fascination: Softy by Simon Stanislawski.In Europe alone, 30 million mattresses are disposed of every year—60 percent are landfilled, the rest is burnt. In his latest collection, Softy, Simon Stanislawski experiments with foam as a material for furniture, playing with the...
Dynamic and Raw: Today Design Workspace in Collingwood by Studio Edwards.What happens when you say goodbye to plasterboard? Melbourne-based architecture practice, Studio Edwards, has a pretty good answer to that question. Their newly completed workspace for digital agency, Today Design, is located within...
Simone Post Elevates Residual Materials into Exquisite Works of Functional Art.Ever arresting and hypnotic, Simone Post’s curious exploration of upcycled waste results in whimsical creations that advocate her strong belief in sustainability. In her latest ensemble of works, the Rotterdam-based designer challenges...
From Food Waste to Textiles: Peelsphere by Youyang Song.Designed to tackle the wide-spread food waste problem, Peelsphere is a truly circular material made from discarded fruit and algae. Designed by Berlin based textile Youyang Song, the 100% biodegradable material offers a new alternative to...
Yuma Kano Transforms Forrest Debris into a Sustainable New Material.Tokyo-based designer Yuma Kano has developed ForestBank, a unique and innovative material that looks to find new value in our forests. Yuma repurposes twigs, leaves, and branches, bound by a water-based acrylic resin, transforming them...
A Creative Dialogue: Versa by Tom Fereday & Charlie White at Melbourne Design Week.Tom Fereday and Charlie White have presented Versa, a joint show at this year’s Melbourne Design Week. Developed through a process of independent collaboration, the pair’s works utilise end-of-life materials and the challenging of...
Recooked Leftovers: Mo de Movimiento in Madrid by Lucas Muñoz.Mo de Movimiento is no ordinary restaurant. It’s a phantasmic space brought alive from dead objects, each one resuscitated, repolished and transformed into something new. For most designers, an interior like this would have been a tall...
