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Using plastic to pave new roads

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

According To president of TechniSoil, the startup who has engineered this new type of movement - the use of plastic makes the pavement stronger. >

28 Aug 20
Plastic Pandemic

Design News > Design Thinking

How will the Covid-19 Health Pandemic affect the world's oceans? >

3 Jul 20
South African student tackles plastic waste with edible straws

Design Frontiers > African Design / Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Food Design / Product Design

Chemical engineering student Leila Siljeur has won R50 000 for her “Eat Me Straws”, a collection of edible and environmentally-friendly straws. >

7 Oct 19
Carlo Ratti's juice bar ensures that no drop goes to waste

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

Italian innovation and design firm Carlo Ratti Associati’s ‘Feel the Peel’ juice bar creates bioplastic cups made from oranges. >

18 Sep 19
An alternative to disposable plastic made with potatoes

Design News > Product Design

“This material is made from something that comes from the earth, and later on it can end up back in the soil, while posing no risk to nature.” >

12 Jun 19
The world is changing and green material is at the forefront

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

We look a little deeper at the materials trend that led to tangible design solutions we found this year. >

21 Dec 18
Dave Hakkens on his mission to help people fight plastic waste worldwide

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

The designer behind the award-winning project, Precious Plastic will be back at Design Indaba to talk about his latest work. >

20 Nov 18
Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.” >

16 May 18
This is the world's first biodegradable home pregnancy test

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

The lightweight, ultra-thin invention can be sent in an envelope and biodegrades in three months. >

2 May 18
Plastic-infused concrete could cut cement industry’s carbon emissions

Design News > Design Activism / Industrial Design

After water, concrete is the second most widely used material on Earth. >

30 Apr 18
LEGO is rolling out its first plant-based plastic blocks

Design News > Design Thinking

The popular toy brand is making vast strides towards a more sustainable future. >

19 Mar 18
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | January 2018

Take Five > Craft / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look! >

31 Jan 18
The Reshape initiative: Developing skills and recycling plastic for a good cause

Design News > Craft / Design Activism

A 7-day workshop that tackles the problem of unemployment and pollution in one fell swoop. >

1 Aug 17
On breaking down plastic waste for the benefit of nature

Design News > Design Thinking

A look at different approaches that challenge the ‘non-biodegradable’ barrier. >

4 Jul 17
The PET Pavilion: A communal space revival

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

An example of how derelict urban spaces can be reinvigorated for a good cause. >

26 May 17
Plastic Utopia by photographer Henri Blommers

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

This Netherlands-based photographer captures human waste within nature. >

7 Mar 17
The Smog of the Sea

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation

There is no floating garbage patch of trash in the ocean, just a whole ocean littered with trash. >

21 Feb 17
Not a plastic bag

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

India’s EnviGreen pushes 100 per cent biodegradable, edible alternatives to plastic. >

6 Jan 17
Biolux: Speculating on the future of indoor lighting

Next Generation > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Growing glowing architecture. >

17 Nov 16
Verbinder: A shelf joint for tool-less creation

Design News > Product Design

Design students created a shelf joint that allows you to build solid wooden structures without tools. >

28 Oct 16
Wool shoes to save the environment

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Introducing Allbirds: the comfortable, eco-friendly sneaker. >

19 Sep 16
The ethical company turning plastic bottles into functional travel bags

Product Spotlight > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

For Hamilton Perkins, one man's trash is literally another's treasure >

9 Aug 16
Eco-friendly construction blocks made from plastic waste

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

ByFusion uses the RePlast system to turn ocean waste into usable construction material. >

8 Aug 16
Cow's milk plastic provides a natural, eco-friendly alternative

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Product Design

Using an extract from skimmed milk, Tessa Silva-Dawson created a durable alternative to harmful plastics. >

11 Jul 16

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