Upcycle material

The lifespan of paper money is only about 18 months—after that, it’s decommissioned and sent to be burned. As an alternative, London designer Angela Mathis created VALUE, a line of furniture upholstered with shredded dollars, pounds, euros, and other bills. The shredded notes are formed into a new textile and used to upholster the pieces— in this case, stools. The final result has a raw, graphic feel, almost like composite board meets paper mâché.

The new product, Baux Acoustic Felt, is made using up-cycled fabric offcuts and low melt polyester fibre Designed by award-winning design studio Form Us With Love, Baux Acoustic Felt is a new sustainable acoustic product consisting of

Our unhealthy practices and way of living are truly harmful to the environment and have been slowly leading to its deterioration. And the world has been changin

FabBRICK: Construction materials from recycled textile - DesignWanted : DesignWanted

French architect Clarisse Merlet and her studio show the potential of recycling textiles to create construction materials through FabBRICK.

Studio Sarmite is a materials design and research studio focussing on transforming industry wasteinto new closed-loop concepts.

Jens Praet, a Belgian furniture designer, has found a use for the huge masses of wastepaper produced in offices. And his solution is as beautiful as it is smart, recycling the paper material back into use. In his series of furniture titled Shredded, he literally has taken non-useful documents and leftover magazines and shredded them, transforming into valuable and useful objects including tables, benches, shelfs. Mixed with clear resin, the shredded material forms a heavy, resistant compound…

Converse — FutureDeluxe

The ‘Forite’ tile collection, which upcycles glass components from discarded fridges, ovens and microwaves, launches with an exhibition at Alcova during Milan Design Week 2022

After finding a discarded red chair, I knew the original woven plastic was beyond repair. But the red metal frame was in great shape. So I set about finding a

Captured by the idea that a glass of beer has a bigger story behind it than one would think, Frank

Bring nature into your space with organic materials in Organoid! Natural materials set on a number of backings to create the paneling, acoustic solution, furniture, surface, or flooring of choice. #organoid #naturalsurfaces #sustainablematerials #blue #flowers #colorfulinteriors

Social enterprise Plastic Whale en meubelfabrikant Vepa werken samen aan een volledig circulaire meubellijn van Amsterdams Grachtenplastic.

Making bricks from construction waste - Local Works Studio

The Nature Lab at RISD offers unmediated access to authentic natural history specimens and fosters creative inquiry involving fields such as biomimetics, biophilic design, ecology and climate change.

Image 2 of 40 from gallery of "Wasteland" Provides a Tactile Insight into the World of Upcycling in Architecture. © Rasmus Hjortshøj

Ottan studio is an impact startup focused on up-cycling green waste into high-quality materials to be used in interior and industrial design.

OTTAN studio is an istanbul-based studio that's developing upcycled materials without consuming precious virgin resources.