Future Materials Bank

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

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Animal material 38
Bacteria 10
Biodegradable 138
Bioplastic 39
Bioresin 15
Board material 18
Circular 124
Cleaning 5
Composite 64
Dye 27
Fair Trade 3
Fibre 30
Glaze 11
Glue 7
Human material 9
Ink 13
Oil 7
Paint 8
Paper 13
Physical sample 59
Pigment 27
Plant-based 104
Polymer 15
Recyclable 62
Recycled 64
Recycled plastic 10
Regenerative 26
Textile 41
Vegan 58
Wax 3

Recent additions

Photo of Color is Alive

Photo of Compostable biomaterials

Photo of Wooden Textiles

Photo of The Seaweed Gatherer

Photo of smogware

Photo of A Material Exploration Project: Polynewton Tile

Photo of In The Spirit of Kamiko

Photo of Agro Biomaterials

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Photo of Mother's Milk Cheese

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Photo of The irresistible illusion of finding a solution

Photo of LIFORM: Living Megastructures

Photo of Back to dirt - A bio-inclusive process with mycelium

Photo of The Growing Pavilion

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Photo of Recoloured, a new way of recycling

Photo of Chrysalis

Photo of Remade textiles

Photo of Endèmica

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The Future Materials Bank is part of Future Materials, an initiative of the Nature Research department at the Jan van Eyck Academie with funding from Innovatielabs. Logo by Oliver Klimpel.

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