Melbourne’s New Furniture Studio Makes Art You Can Sit On.Melbourne's newest furniture studio blurs the line between art and everyday objects. Female-founded Escultura creates sculptural pieces using hemp cores and pigmented microcement—materials chosen for both their environmental credentials...
How Lammhults Built Sustainability into Their Design DNA Decades Before it Became Mainstream.While most furniture companies were still figuring out recycling basics, Lammhults was already reimagining entire product lifecycles. Their approach goes beyond using recycled materials—they design for disassembly from day...
Salvaged Bricks Transform Mount Coot-tha House in Peter Besley’s Material Masterstroke.Peter Besley doesn't just design houses—he solves problems. His latest project is perched on the ridge of Mount Coot-tha's numerous spurs, emerging from Brisbane's steep terrain like a series of sculptural objects. Birdwood tackles...
Tokyo Studio we+ Develops Natural Pigments from 2.7-Billion-Year Old Algae.Japanese design studio we+ continues their research-driven approach with SO-Colored, a project investigating microalgae's untapped colour potential. The initiative explores these 2.7-billion-year-old organisms as alternatives to synthetic...
HĂ© Architectuur Transform 1990s Belgian Fermette with Rrammed Earth Walls and Winter Garden.HĂ© Architectuur's OMLOOP project demonstrates how Belgium's ubiquitous 1990s suburban housing can evolve for the future. The architects transformed a typical fermette by 'cutting open' conventional layouts and introducing rammed earth...
Ergonomics Everywhere: Humanscale’s Melbourne & Sydney Events with Professor Alan Hedge and Yellowtrace.NASA & Fortune 500 advisor, Professor Alan Hedge, brought cutting-edge workplace insights to Australia through a stimulating tour, in conversation with Yellowtrace's Dana Tomić Hughes. The Melbourne and Sydney events were facilitated by...
Love Shack in Bondi Reimagines Material Reuse and Small-Scale Functionality.Second Edition's Love Shack is a small but powerful example of sustainable design principles in action. This chameleon of a space functions as a bedroom, living room, or office while championing innovative material reuse. From salvaged...
Coffee Grounds & Circuit Boards: The Unexpected Materials Behind This New Lighting Collection.Danish green-tech brand Mater launches Terra, its first lighting collection from Matek™, a patented material made from recycled electronic waste and coffee shell residue. Designed by OEO Studio, the collection includes pendant, wall, and...
In Conversation with the Material: Jorge PenadĂ©s’ Decade-Long Study Debuts at Madrid Design Festival.Spanish designer Jorge PenadĂ©s unveils 'Uprooted'—a project that delves deep into the often-overlooked narrative of olive wood in Spain's industrialised olive oil production. Debuting at Madrid Design Festival 2025, this exhibition...
