A City Designed to Finish Itself La Grande Motte
La Grande-Motte reveals Jean Balladur's vision of a climate-responsive city, where architecture, landscape and public life were designed as one system.
Rethinking How We Live, Together
Ways of Life Campus by Christoph Hesse explores experimental homes that rethink living, working and community through architecture in rural Germany.
Younghusband Woolstore and the True Value of a Building
How Woods Bagot transformed Melbourne's Younghusband Woolstore through adaptive reuse, material preservation and a low-intervention design approach.
Biomaterial Startups and the Challenge of Scale
How do biomaterial startups approach biomaterial production? Examples from Spain, Cyprus and Finland offer some answers.
Biomaterials No Longer Hide Their Process
Material Matters Copenhagen 2026 focuses on biomaterials, raw textures, and production processes that remain fully visible.
Biological material production in furniture
Patricia Urquiola works on materials and production methods. Andreu World is one of the manufacturers that progress systematically in this field, with a focus on biological material production. The company works with Philippe Starck, Jasper Morrison and Alfredo Häberli. The approach in these projects moves one step forward for the future of design.The material used here is not petroleum-based like conventional plastic (petroleum-free materials). Bio-based thermopolymers are produced from sources such as sugar and starch through microorganisms, supporting biological material production. This difference is important. Because in previous production, plastic is an industrial product, while here the production process shifts to a biological
Made in Europe Partnership EU passport
Made in Europe partnership EU Digital passport mandates sustainable manufacturing in Europe and Supply Chain Transparency
Citroën Racing Joins Formula E For Sustainable Mobility Vision 2026
Citroën Racing joins Formula E ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The brand introduces its tri-color design with a focus on sustain mobility.
Luxury Wellness Trends Material Science
Luxury Wellness Trends are durable, focusing on PVD Faucet Technology, safe Lead-Free Faucets, Smart Water Systems, and the essential Modular Workstation.