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Photo of Grass — Grass

Ottan Studio

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Jonas Edvard Studio

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Aléa

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Officina Corpuscoli

Photo of Shrimp shell — Shrimp shell

Jade Ruijzenaars

Photo of Huitillo — Huitillo

Color Amazonia

Photo of Ceramic waste, Bacteria — Ceramic waste, Bacteria

Nicole Chrysikou

Photo of Sawdust, Limestone waste — Sawdust, Limestone waste

Sakeb

Photo of Coconut — Coconut

Narayani Mahesh

Photo of Medlar seeds, Tree leaves — Medlar seeds, Tree leaves

Agostina Laurenzano

Photo of Fish skin — Fish skin

Paula Martin

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Oksana Bondar

Photo of Recycled fishing net — Recycled fishing net

Gundega Strauberga

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Officina Corpuscoli, OurOwnsKIN

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Vienna Textile Lab

Photo of Paper waste — Paper waste

Design An Mor

Photo of Urine — Urine

Arthur Guilleminot

Photo of Hemp residue — Hemp residue

LOVR

Photo of Recycled clay, Recycled plastic — Recycled clay, Recycled plastic

Claire Ellis Ceramics

Photo of Soil — Soil

Maria Roy Deulofeu

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Eurasian watermilfoil — Eurasian watermilfoil

Benedikt Trojer

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Bureau Baggerman, Jessica den Hartog

Photo of Recycled HDPE, Recycled PP — Recycled HDPE, Recycled PP

Linda Wrong

Photo of Cow bone — Cow bone

Martens & Visser

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Officina Corpuscoli

Photo of Calcium alginate — Calcium alginate

Clara Davis

Photo of Ceramic waste — Ceramic waste

Cooper Wray Siegel

Photo of Honeybee resin — Honeybee resin

Marlene Huissoud

Photo of Paperpulp — Paperpulp

Chartam

Photo of Mycelium composite — Mycelium composite

Johanne Hestvold

Photo of Corn husk, Corn cob — Corn husk, Corn cob

Apilada Vorachart

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Maria Pita Guerreiro

Photo of Chewing gum — Chewing gum

Bianca Streich

Photo of Metal waste — Metal waste

Agne Kucerenkaite

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Luisa Tovar Méndez

Photo of Salt — Salt

The Sustainable Darkroom

Photo of Soil — Soil

Emy Bensdorp

Photo of Pig waste — Pig waste

Clemence Grouin-Rigaux

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Cynthia Nudel

Photo of Wool — Wool

Eline ten Busschen

Photo of Ochre, Gelatine, Glycerine — Ochre, Gelatine, Glycerine

Soowon Chae

Photo of Orange peel, Coffee chaff — Orange peel, Coffee chaff

Biohm

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Craft Combine

Photo of Paperpulp — Paperpulp

Lasfibras Estudio

Photo of Walnut — Walnut

Natural Earth Paint

Photo of Fish skin — Fish skin

Vivianne von Arx

Photo of Clay, Iron sludge — Clay, Iron sludge

Kirstie van Noort, Lotte de Raadt

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Adrian Pepe, Pimprae Hiranprueck

Photo of Biobitumen — Biobitumen

Raewyn Martyn

Photo of Asbestos, River clay — Asbestos, River clay

Benedetta Pompili

Photo of Gin waste — Gin waste

Zhongyue Mei

Photo of Banana fibre — Banana fibre

Green Banana Paper

Photo of Repurposed fibreglass resin — Repurposed fibreglass resin

An atelier of other

Photo of Rambutan — Rambutan

Studio Hole

Photo of Mussel — Mussel

Licia Desideri

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Sheila Oconnor

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Caracara Collective

Photo of Cyanobacteria — Cyanobacteria

Alejandra Orjuela

Photo of Bauxite Residue — Bauxite Residue

Studio ThusThat

Photo of Flax fibre — Flax fibre

Studio RYTE

Photo of Soy hull — Soy hull

Ena Naito, Taísa Ferreira Ribeiro

Photo of Milk — Milk

Ekaterina Semenova

Photo of Lignin, Cellulose, Rubber — Lignin, Cellulose, Rubber

Raphaël Nahmias

Photo of Wool, Natural dye — Wool, Natural dye

Claudy Jongstra

Photo of Soil — Soil

Lucie Ponard

Photo of Nettle — Nettle

Studio laVina, Varvara Lazareva

Photo of Recycled polystyrene — Recycled polystyrene

Katie May Boyd

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

bioDigital Matter

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Emma Sicher

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Riina O

Photo of Plant — Plant

Lucila Kenny

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Marina Belintani

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Human Material Loop

Photo of Plant root — Plant root

Diana Scherer

Photo of Gelatine, Glycerine — Gelatine, Glycerine

Zümra Yağmur Çetinler

Photo of Flower — Flower

Elena Pereira

Photo of Milk — Milk

The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.®

Photo of Sunflower — Sunflower

Jess Redgrave

Photo of Slime mould — Slime mould

Tahiya Hossain

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Space Available

Photo of Indigo — Indigo

Kala Chaupal

Photo of Sucrose — Sucrose

Silke Weißbach

Photo of Huito — Huito

Color Amazonia

Photo of Latex — Latex

Magdalena Sophie Orland

Photo of Natural indigo, Buckthorn seeds — Natural indigo, Buckthorn seeds

Greta Desirèe Facchinato

Photo of Paper pulp, Egg white — Paper pulp, Egg white

Fredrick James Owen

Photo of Hay, Hemp — Hay, Hemp

Paula Cermeño Leon

Photo of Cotton waste — Cotton waste

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Rosie Broadhead

Photo of Oyster shell, Seaweed — Oyster shell, Seaweed

Markos Georgiou

Photo of Algae — Algae

Daniel Elkayam

Photo of Avocado seeds — Avocado seeds

Lucila Kenny

Photo of Coconut, Banana, Hemp, Sisal — Coconut, Banana, Hemp, Sisal

Malai Biomaterials Design

Photo of Posidonia oceanica — Posidonia oceanica

Francesco Cantini

Photo of Phytoplankton — Phytoplankton

Luis Undritz

Photo of Cow blood — Cow blood

Basse Stittgen

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Elissa Brunato

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Claire Ellis Ceramics

Photo of Beeswax — Beeswax

Unknown

Photo of Recycled denim — Recycled denim

Studio Tim van der Loo

Photo of Mother milk — Mother milk

Ine Poppe

Photo of Recycled HDPE — Recycled HDPE

Elian Beeker

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Activated carbon — Activated carbon

Marie Melcore

Photo of Ash, Clamshell, Quartz sand — Ash, Clamshell, Quartz sand

Studio Peipei

Photo of Llorón — Llorón

Color Amazonia

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Officina Corpuscoli

Photo of Silk — Silk

Linda Nurk

Photo of Cattle intestine, Pig bladder — Cattle intestine, Pig bladder

Tobias Trübenbacher

Photo of Yaré — Yaré

Fango

Photo of Linseed, Calcite, Bentonite — Linseed, Calcite, Bentonite

Natural Earth Paint

Photo of Cassava starch, Cardboard waste — Cassava starch, Cardboard waste

Teodoro Rava

Photo of Grass — Grass

Sara Martinsen

Photo of Mussel shell — Mussel shell

Carolina Pacheco

Photo of Tomato — Tomato

Canapuglia®

Photo of Potato starch — Potato starch

Laura Messing

Photo of Bone, Antler — Bone, Antler

Dictum®

Photo of Ott tree — Ott tree

Studio Seungbin Yang

Photo of Eggshell, Nutshell — Eggshell, Nutshell

Rania Mazen Elkalla

Photo of Pineapple leaves — Pineapple leaves

Nathalie Spencer

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Trajna Collective

Photo of Ott tree, Porcelain — Ott tree, Porcelain

Studio Yoon Seok-hyeon

Photo of Pineapple waste — Pineapple waste

Andrea De la Peña

Photo of Rock flour — Rock flour

Sara Martinsen

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Katesi Jacqueline Kalange

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Jane Fox

Photo of Clay — Clay

Studio Mameluca

Photo of Tea waste — Tea waste

Fulden Gencel

Photo of Posidonia — Posidonia

Studiograma

Photo of Castor oil — Castor oil

Estúdio Rain

Photo of Recycled leather — Recycled leather

Jorge Penadés

Photo of Olive woodchip — Olive woodchip

Francesca Daloiso

Photo of Volcanic ash — Volcanic ash

Dzek, Formafantasma

Photo of Paper pulp — Paper pulp

Anna Hester

Photo of Cyanobacteria — Cyanobacteria

Cinzia Ferrari

Photo of Air pollution — Air pollution

Smogware

Photo of Wool — Wool

Alma Lomholt Breun

Photo of Avocado — Avocado

Greta Desirèe Facchinato

Photo of Timber — Timber

Brodie Neill

Photo of Seashell — Seashell

Studio Mixtura

Photo of Soil — Soil

Natural Earth Paint

Photo of Giant hogweed — Giant hogweed

Atelier Schaft

Photo of Cardboard waste, Paper waste — Cardboard waste, Paper waste

HONEXT®

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Sibei Chen

Photo of Seashell — Seashell

Newtab-22

Photo of Eggshell, Coffee ground — Eggshell, Coffee ground

Johnson Tan

Photo of Sugar beet pulp — Sugar beet pulp

Sonia Jaśkiewicz

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Saumya Singh

Photo of Orange peel, Tea leaves — Orange peel, Tea leaves

Kikkis

Photo of Iron oxide, Biopolymer — Iron oxide, Biopolymer

Dorieke Schreurs

Photo of Carrageenan — Carrageenan

Carolina Pacheco, Lugae

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Alaa Abu Asad

Photo of Street posters — Street posters

Rita Osipova

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Asli Hatipoglu

Photo of Tea waste — Tea waste

Cheng Cheng

Photo of Agar agar — Agar agar

Ploy Thongchamnan

Photo of Recycled paper — Recycled paper

Bits to Atoms

Photo of Egg — Egg

Basse Stittgen

Photo of Coffee ground — Coffee ground

Coffeefrom®

Photo of Chitosan — Chitosan

Paula Camiña Eiras

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Virgile Durando

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Sofía Perales

Photo of Cardboard pulp — Cardboard pulp

Pulp it!

Photo of Algae — Algae

Tahiya Hossain

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Atelier LVDW

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Loop Biotech

Photo of Carbon black — Carbon black

Tino Seubert

Photo of Carnauba palm — Carnauba palm

Dictum®

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

GROWN bio

Photo of Blood, Fat, Bone — Blood, Fat, Bone

Shahar Livne

Photo of Turmeric — Turmeric

Kala Chaupal

Photo of Clay, Organic matter — Clay, Organic matter

Urban Reef

Photo of Achiote — Achiote

Color Amazonia

Photo of Rabbit skin — Rabbit skin

Dictum®

Photo of Paper waste — Paper waste

BY THE END OF MAY

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Aya Koné

Photo of Linseed — Linseed

Dictum®

Photo of Composite — Composite

Martina Taranto

Photo of Coffee sacks — Coffee sacks

Kate Studley

Photo of Wheatgrass — Wheatgrass

Pauline Barbier

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Jessica den Hartog

Photo of Milk — Milk

Tessa Silva

Photo of Nutshell, Pine resin — Nutshell, Pine resin

Sara Baptista da Silva

Photo of Bearberry — Bearberry

Kirjes®

Photo of Ash — Ash

Studio Mixtura

Photo of Agricultural waste — Agricultural waste

Katya Bryskina, SPACE10®, Tomás Clavijo

Photo of Cardboard pulp — Cardboard pulp

Maddie Rose Hills

Photo of Natural cork, Cement, Sand — Natural cork, Cement, Sand

Design Studio Niruk

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Nina Flaitz

Photo of Hemp, Tobacco, Grape leftover — Hemp, Tobacco, Grape leftover

HIGHSOCIETY

Photo of Eelgrass — Eelgrass

Kathryn Larsen

Photo of Chicken feather — Chicken feather

Sorawut Kittibanthorn

Photo of Aqua faba — Aqua faba

Paula Nerlich

Photo of Eggshell, Bean peel, Coffee pulp — Eggshell, Bean peel, Coffee pulp

Atelier Barb

Photo of Fish scale — Fish scale

SCALE

Photo of Rockweed — Rockweed

Jeannet Leendertse

Photo of Algae, Human hair — Algae, Human hair

Bela Rofe

Photo of Calcite grain — Calcite grain

Studio Esmee Geerken

Photo of Industrial waste — Industrial waste

Lucie Ponard

Photo of Cow intestine — Cow intestine

Studio KBB

Photo of Mango — Mango

Àmber van de Ven

Photo of Kelp — Kelp

Jing-cai Liu

Photo of PLA — PLA

Laura Messing

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

ComposTerra

Photo of Fishing rope, Rubber grain — Fishing rope, Rubber grain

Talin Hazbar

Photo of Bark — Bark

Lewis Duckworth

Photo of Fruit — Fruit

Enola Gil La Rocca

Photo of Algae — Algae

Studio Tång

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Soowon Chae

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

OurCarbon®

Photo of Biopolymer gel — Biopolymer gel

Sutherlin Santo

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

Agro Biomaterials

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

Caracara Collective

Photo of Biochar — Biochar

Carla Alcalà Badias

Photo of Banana fibre — Banana fibre

Roberta Lebed Llopart

Photo of Rice husk — Rice husk

Jui Apte

Photo of Shell, Kelp — Shell, Kelp

Valparaíso Makerspace

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Raewyn Martyn

Photo of Jute — Jute

Alexander Marinus

Photo of Poppy seeds — Poppy seeds

Dictum®

Photo of Waste plasterboard — Waste plasterboard

Byron Clark

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Mogu

Photo of Milk — Milk

The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.®

Photo of Rain — Rain

Aliki van der Kruijs

Photo of Spirulina — Spirulina

Aastha Poddar

Photo of Copper slag — Copper slag

Studio ThusThat

Photo of Algae — Algae

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Studio Nienke Hoogvliet

Photo of Wool, Earth — Wool, Earth

Liliana Carvalho

Photo of Nettle, Willow fibre — Nettle, Willow fibre

Koubo Studios

Photo of Chicken waste — Chicken waste

Giuseppe Abate

Photo of Ostrich feathers — Ostrich feathers

Pascale Theron Studio

Photo of Pine sawdust, Sodium alginate — Pine sawdust, Sodium alginate

David Cabra

Photo of Amacizo — Amacizo

Color Amazonia

Photo of Hanji paper — Hanji paper

Lee Sun

Photo of Algae — Algae

Margarita Talep

Photo of Tinder fungus — Tinder fungus

Mari Koppanen

Photo of Eelgrass — Eelgrass

Rex Skov Arkitekter

Photo of Denim waste, Mycelium — Denim waste, Mycelium

Annah-Ololade Sangosanya

Photo of Hops — Hops

Eduarda Bastian

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Long Pan

Photo of Dandelion — Dandelion

Daisy Newdick

Photo of Agar agar — Agar agar

Fleshquake Studio

Photo of Clay — Clay

Kate Studley

Photo of Bone — Bone

Emma Witter

Photo of Mycelium, Rope — Mycelium, Rope

Katya Bryskina

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Gwenllian Spink

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Mogu

Photo of Seashell — Seashell

Hors-Studio

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Romy Kaiser

Photo of Fish bone — Fish bone

Dictum®

Photo of Lichen, Wool, Cotton — Lichen, Wool, Cotton

Mirte Luijmes

Photo of Pine resin — Pine resin

Studio Sarmite

Photo of Maqui tree — Maqui tree

LABVA

Photo of Body fluid — Body fluid

Cristina Dezi

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

YLEM

Photo of Lupine fibre — Lupine fibre

Efnasmiðjan

Photo of Mussel shell — Mussel shell

LABVA

Photo of Silkworm cocoon — Silkworm cocoon

Marlene Huissoud

Photo of Palo brasil — Palo brasil

Color Amazonia

Photo of Hemp — Hemp

Hannah Segerkrantz

Photo of Mud — Mud

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Lac — Lac

Ori Orisun Merhav

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Coline Le Quenven

Photo of Rabbit faeces, Starch — Rabbit faeces, Starch

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Plasticiet

Photo of Banana peel — Banana peel

Sarah Harbarth

Photo of Alum mordant — Alum mordant

Dictum®

Photo of Lignin, Cellulose — Lignin, Cellulose

Basse Stittgen

Photo of Ceramic, Coffee ground — Ceramic, Coffee ground

Sara Baptista da Silva

Photo of Fungus — Fungus

Jesse Adler

Photo of Sawdust, Natural adhesive — Sawdust, Natural adhesive

Studio Yoon Seok-hyeon

Photo of Chicken feather — Chicken feather

YLEM

Photo of Bone, Trash — Bone, Trash

Marie Caye

Photo of Waste leather — Waste leather

Gereon Wahle

Photo of Egg — Egg

Vera Gulikers

Photo of Calcium carbonate — Calcium carbonate

Unknown

Photo of Wheat flour — Wheat flour

Sachi Tungare

Photo of Willow tree — Willow tree

Birta Rós Brynjólfsdóttir, Björn Steinar, Emilía Sigurðardóttir, Johanna Seelemann, Kristín Sigurðardóttir, Theodóra Mjöll Skúladóttir Jack, Védís Pálsdóttir

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Kuo Duo

Photo of Blue elf cup — Blue elf cup

Liene Kazaka

Photo of Pine needle — Pine needle

Lena Ringel

Photo of Garment labels — Garment labels

Lena Winterink

Photo of Food waste — Food waste

HeliceHadal

Photo of Urine — Urine

Sinae Kim

Photo of Sugar — Sugar

Yassine Ben Abdallah

Photo of Potato starch — Potato starch

Sanskriti Gupta

Photo of Coconut husk — Coconut husk

Pola Salicka

Photo of Wheat starch — Wheat starch

Laure Vigna

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Charlotte Werth

Photo of Tree bark — Tree bark

Evelina Kudabaite

Photo of Red cabbage — Red cabbage

Slow Painting Studio

Photo of Celery, Chard — Celery, Chard

Chiel Lubbers

Photo of Fique — Fique

Rosana Escobar

Photo of Cow stomach — Cow stomach

Studio Billie van Katwijk

Photo of Nettle, Ramie — Nettle, Ramie

Xue Chen

Photo of E-Waste glass — E-Waste glass

Fornace Brioni, Snøhetta®, Studio Plastique

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Living Colour

Photo of Olivine, Oyster shell — Olivine, Oyster shell

Santa Ramaherison

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