Sydney Harbour Pavilion Made with Oyster Shells by SPRESSER + Peter Besley.SPRESSER and Peter Besley have won an architecture competition for a new permanent public pavilion on Sydney Harbour. Made of recycled Sydney oyster shells, the Pavilion references human gathering by the sea. It is designed as a democratic...
Prioritising Repurposed Materials: Bermonds Locke London by Holloway Li.Inspired by California’s Joshua Tree and the Navajo desert, Holloway Li have created Bermonds Locke, an electric, surreal and dreamlike urban retreat in the heart of South London that prioritises repurposed materials. From the...
0408: A Memorial for Beirut Made from Explosion Debris by two Lebanese Designers.After the horrific Beirut explosion in August 2020, two Lebanese designers, Cynthia el Frenn and Yara Chaker, came together around a personal project that commemorates lost lives. The resulting 0408 memory object uses pieces of glass and...
Discarded Face Masks Upcycled into Stools by Haneul Kim.South Korean designer Haneul Kim has collected thousands of used disposable face masks from his university campus and recycled them into stackable stools. Dubbed “Stack and Stack (In Pandemic)”, the project hopes to set an example for...
Supernovas Launches 100% Recycled & Recyclable Furniture Collection Designed by Odd Matter.Circular design and lifestyle company Supernovas is launching Afterlife, it's first easy-to-assemble, entirely recyclable furniture line exclusively made from recycled plastic. The collection, designed in collaboration with Dutch design...
Circula: Tomek Rygalik’s Circular Design.Circula, by Polish designer Tomek Rygalik, is a bench created to offer a symbolic and functional space for dialogue and encourage direct social interactions. Originally commissioned to encourage communication among school children, Circula...
Peta Kruger’s ‘Used’ Art Series is Made with Thread from Discarded Soft Plastics.Adelaide-based artist and jeweller Peta Kruger redefines the waste matter of our material culture in her new body of needlepoint works made with thread from discarded soft...
Adytum Library & Exhibition Space in Canberra by Pattern Studio.Pattern Studio describe their library and gallery for Canberra wellness brand Adytum, as a semi-permanent space that “honours the intellectual nourishment and repose one derives from the written word”. A library of of design, art,...
The Parchment Works House by Will Gamble Architects.A former parchment factory in Northamptonshire in the UK has been transformed by Will Gamble Architects into an exquisite home that cleverly knits together a modern intervention with a distinctive ruinous structure. The existing property...
