Simon Stanislawski Softy Sustainable Furniture Collection Yellowtrace

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...
Fango Ibuju Collection Handwoven Furniture Natural Fibre Vine From Amazon Jungle Yellowtrace

Ibuju Collection by Fango Tackles Deforestation.

Colombian designer Francisco Jaramillo of Fango Studio has designed Ibuji, a furniture collection made from Yaré, a natural fibre vine found in the Amazon jungle. Rather than cutting down more trees and endangering the native timber, the...
Climate Crisis Font, Helsingin Sanomat | Yellowtrace

Climate Crisis Font by Helsingin Sanomat.

Nordic’s largest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat has designed a free font visualising the urgency for climate action and its impact on the environment. Using different font weights to illustrate the dwindling arctic sea extent by 2050 an...
Soapack Bottles Made From Useable Soap By Student Mi Zhou Yellowtrace

‘Soapack’ Bottles Made From Useable Soap by Mi Zhou.

Part of her Material Futures post-grad degree, Central Saint Martins student Mi Zhou has re-imagined toiletry bottles usually made from disposable plastic into sustainable and usable soap vessels. Combatting the incredible waste and...
Stories On Design: Green Architecture Curated by Yellowtrace

Stories On Design // Green Architecture.

What comes to mind when you think of ‘green architecture’? The notion may conjure images of vertical gardens, vegetated roofs or trees in interiors, but the concept is much more than meets the eye. Green architecture, or green...
Plastic Ocean by Thirza Schaap | Yellowtrace

‘Plastic Ocean’ by Thirza Schaap.

Dutch artist Thirza Schaap has an altruistic purpose behind her fragile and beautiful art pieces. She wants to draw attention to the pollution in the world’s oceans. More specifically, she wants to draw attention to the phenomenal levels...