Future Materials Bank

Future Materials Bank

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Materials that inspire, promote, and support the transition towards a more sustainable artistic practice.

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Pine tree

Chicken waste

Black Walnut

Soybean, Coconut

Camellia

Plantroot

Bark

Banana fibre

Composite

Woodchip

Beeswax

Linseed

Hempcrete

Plant

Seawater

Bone, Antler

Fish bone

Coconut husk

Cow blood

Cow intestine

Banana fiber

Soil

Blood, fat, bone

Bacteria

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Egg

Poppy Seed

Bacteria

Bioplastic

Carnauba palm

Tomato

Avocado seed

Mycelium

Japanese knotweed

Raw Jute

Bacteria

Linseed

Cow Stomach

Pig waste

Human hair

Calcium Carbonate

Walnut

Mineral residue

River Coin

Indigo

Clay

Human hair

Cellulose

Milk

Rabbit Skin

Lithoplast

Citrus

Pine tree bark

Milk

Soil

Alum

Bearberry

Dandelion

Tear

Hemp, Tobacco, Grape leftover

Maqui tree

Rain

Milk

Eelgrass

Biobitumen

Pineapple

Linseed

Cellulose Medium

Cow bone

Recycled Polystyrene

Scoby leather

Chicken feather

Human hair

Metal waste

Linseed, Calcite, Bentonite

Terra-merita

The Future Materials Bank is an initiative of the Nature Research department at the Jan van Eyck Academie and supported by the Bank Giro Loterij Fonds.

futurematerialsbank@janvaneyck.nl

@futurematerialsbank

You are invited to submit your non-patented and ‘future-proof’ material to the bank.

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We publish materials and projects with permission of the maker and/or author and try to be as precise and thoughtful as possible with the information provided. However, if you do spot any mistakes or missing information, please be so kind to let us know so we can continue to improve.

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