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Animal material 57
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Biodegradable 222
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Composite 95
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Glaze 14
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Plant-based 161
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Photo of Cúrcuma — Cúrcuma

Color Amazonia

Photo of Metal waste — Metal waste

Agne Kucerenkaite

Photo of Fique — Fique

Rosana Escobar

Photo of Wheat flour — Wheat flour

Sachi Tungare

Photo of Ceramic waste — Ceramic waste

Hanneke de Leeuw

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Cynthia Nudel

Photo of Chokanary — Chokanary

Color Amazonia

Photo of Beeswax — Beeswax

Unknown

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Oksana Bondar

Photo of Chitosan — Chitosan

Paula Camiña Eiras

Photo of Hay, Hemp — Hay, Hemp

Paula Cermeño Leon

Photo of Japanese Knotweed — Japanese Knotweed

Trajna Collective

Photo of Fruit — Fruit

Enola Gil La Rocca

Photo of Recycled fishing nets — Recycled fishing nets

Gundega Strauberga

Photo of Sugar — Sugar

Yassine Ben Abdallah

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 Food waste — Food waste

HeliceHadal

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Aya Koné

Photo of Avocado — Avocado

Greta Desirèe Facchinato

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

HIGHSOCIETY

Photo of Timber veneer offcuts — Timber veneer offcuts

Brodie Neill

Photo of Cattle intestin, Pig bladder — Cattle intestin, Pig bladder

Tobias Trübenbacher

Photo of Banana Leaf — Banana Leaf

Paula Cermeño Leon

Photo of Flax — Flax

CQ Studio

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

YLEM

Photo of Ceramic waste — Ceramic waste

Cooper Wray Siegel

Photo of Llorón — Llorón

Color Amazonia

Photo of Silkworm cocoon — Silkworm cocoon

Marlene Huissoud

Photo of Gelatine, Glycerine — Gelatine, Glycerine

Carolina Puppe

Photo of Rambutan — Rambutan

Studio Hole

Photo of Prickly Pear — Prickly Pear

Martina Taranto

Photo of Cow blood — Cow blood

Basse Stittgen

Photo of Potato starch — Potato starch

Every Island

Photo of Alum Mordant — Alum Mordant

Dictum®

Photo of Bone — Bone

Emma Witter

Photo of Soy Hull — Soy Hull

Ena Naito, Taísa Ferreira Ribeiro

Photo of Mycelium, Rope — Mycelium, Rope

Katya Bryskina

Photo of Rabbit feces, Starch — Rabbit feces, Starch

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Blood, fat, bone — Blood, fat, bone

Shahar Livne

Photo of Recycled Fishing Rope, Recycled Rubber Grain — Recycled Fishing Rope, Recycled Rubber Grain

Talin Hazbar

Photo of Drenthe Heath Wool, Botanical Dyes — Drenthe Heath Wool, Botanical Dyes

Claudy Jongstra

Photo of Black Walnut — Black Walnut

de Onkruidenier

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Plasticiet

Photo of Linseed — Linseed

Dictum®

Photo of Plant — Plant

Lucila Kenny

Photo of Lupine fibers — Lupine fibers

Efnasmiðjan

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

David Cabra

Photo of Flower — Flower

Elena Pereira

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Sofía Perales

Photo of Ocean Soil — Ocean Soil

Aurore Piette

Photo of Kelp — Kelp

Jing-cai Liu

Photo of Raw Jute — Raw Jute

Alexander Marinus

Photo of Castor oil — Castor oil

Estúdio Rain

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Jonas Edvard Studio

Photo of Copper Slag Geopolymer — Copper Slag Geopolymer

Studio ThusThat

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Studio Nienke Hoogvliet

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Loop Biotech

Photo of Recycled Denim — Recycled Denim

Studio Tim van der Loo

Photo of Aqua Faba — Aqua Faba

Paula Nerlich

Photo of Cigarette butt — Cigarette butt

Sachi Tungare

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

ComposTerra

Photo of Recycled Polystyrene — Recycled Polystyrene

Katie May Boyd

Photo of Volcanic ash — Volcanic ash

Dzek, Formafantasma

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Antonin Mongin

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Sheila Oconnor

Photo of Human Hair — Human Hair

Adrian Pepe, Pimprae Hiranprueck

Photo of Agar Agar — Agar Agar

Fleshquake Studio

Photo of Cardboard waste, Cellulose leftover — Cardboard waste, Cellulose leftover

HONEXT®

Photo of Gelatin Powder — Gelatin Powder

Sanskriti Gupta

Photo of Ocean Terrazzo — Ocean Terrazzo

Brodie Neill

Photo of Sugar beet pulp — Sugar beet pulp

Sonia Jaśkiewicz

Photo of Charcoal, Sodium alginate — Charcoal, Sodium alginate

David Cabra

Photo of Grass — Grass

Sara Martinsen

Photo of Tea waste — Tea waste

Fulden Gencel

Photo of Oil Palm — Oil Palm

Kyoto Design Lab, Nataša Perković

Photo of Avocado seed — Avocado seed

Fragmentario

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

Apilada Vorachart

Photo of Cyanobacteria — Cyanobacteria

Alejandra Orjuela

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Craft Combine

Photo of Mussel shell — Mussel shell

Carolina Pacheco

Photo of Eggshell, Coffee ground — Eggshell, Coffee ground

Johnson Tan

Photo of Denim waste, mycelium — Denim waste, mycelium

Annah-Ololade Sangosanya

Photo of Linseed — Linseed

Unknown

Photo of Spirulina — Spirulina

Aastha Poddar

Photo of Dog fur — Dog fur

Alessandra Tuseo

Photo of Walnut — Walnut

Natural Earth Paint

Photo of Recycled Leather — Recycled Leather

Jorge Penadés

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Claire Ellis Ceramics

Photo of Cow bone — Cow bone

Martens & Visser

Photo of Terra-merita — Terra-merita

Kala Chaupal

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

Agro Biomaterials

Photo of Milk — Milk

The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.®

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Emma Sicher

Photo of Clay — Clay

Studio Mameluca

Photo of Mango — Mango

Àmber van de Ven

Photo of Urine — Urine

Sinae Kim

Photo of Algae — Algae

Daniel Elkayam

Photo of Eurasian watermilfoil — Eurasian watermilfoil

Benedikt Trojer

Photo of Ostrich feathers — Ostrich feathers

Pascale Theron Studio

Photo of Algae — Algae

Studio Tång

Photo of Paperpulp — Paperpulp

Lasfibras Estudio

Photo of Achiote — Achiote

Color Amazonia

Photo of Soil — Soil

Maria Roy Deulofeu

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

Natural Earth Paint

Photo of Banana peel — Banana peel

Sarah Harbarth

Photo of Seawater — Seawater

Rain Wu

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

Teodoro Rava

Photo of Bearberry — Bearberry

Kirjes®

Photo of Cotton waste — Cotton waste

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Amacizo — Amacizo

Color Amazonia

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Nina Flaitz

Photo of Pine Needle — Pine Needle

Gaurav MK Wali

Photo of Cellulose Medium — Cellulose Medium

Raewyn Martyn

Photo of Orange peel, tea leaf — Orange peel, tea leaf

Kikkis

Photo of Medlar Seeds, Tree leaf — Medlar Seeds, Tree leaf

Agostina Laurenzano

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Alix Bizet

Photo of Recycled Plastic — Recycled Plastic

Bureau Baggerman, Jessica den Hartog

Photo of Algae, Human Hair — Algae, Human Hair

Bela Rofe

Photo of Hide — Hide

Dictum®

Photo of Common Reed — Common Reed

Alejandra Ortiz de Zevallos

Photo of Palo Brasil — Palo Brasil

Color Amazonia

Photo of Repurposed fibreglass resin — Repurposed fibreglass resin

An atelier of other

Photo of Maqui tree — Maqui tree

LABVA

Photo of Morning glory, Bindweed — Morning glory, Bindweed

Franklin St. Studio

Photo of Rain — Rain

Aliki van der Kruijs

Photo of Olivine, Oyster shell — Olivine, Oyster shell

Santa Ramaherison

Photo of Poppy Seed — Poppy Seed

Dictum®

Photo of Ash, clamshells, quartz sand — Ash, clamshells, quartz sand

Studio Peipei

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Mari Koppanen

Photo of Beetroot — Beetroot

Katrijn Westland

Photo of Composite — Composite

Martina Taranto

Photo of Rockweed — Rockweed

Jeannet Leendertse

Photo of Algae — Algae

Tahiya Hossain

Photo of Fungus — Fungus

Jesse Adler

Photo of Calcium Carbonate — Calcium Carbonate

Unknown

Photo of Tomato — Tomato

Canapuglia®

Photo of Wood — Wood

Buro Belén

Photo of Mycelium composite — Mycelium composite

Johanne Hestvold

Photo of Celery, Chard — Celery, Chard

Chiel Lubbers

Photo of Lichen, wool, cotton — Lichen, wool, cotton

Mirte Luijmes

Photo of Camellia — Camellia

Dictum®

Photo of Cyanobacteria — Cyanobacteria

Cinzia Ferrari

Photo of Rock flour — Rock flour

Sara Martinsen

Photo of Pine tree bark — Pine tree bark

Studio Sarmite

Photo of Iron Oxide pigment, Biopolymer — Iron Oxide pigment, Biopolymer

Dorieke Schreurs

Photo of Posidonia — Posidonia

Studiograma

Photo of Plantain, Coffee, Aluminium waste — Plantain, Coffee, Aluminium waste

Ana Cristina Quiñones

Photo of Recycled paper — Recycled paper

Bits to Atoms

Photo of Red cabbage waste — Red cabbage waste

Slow Painting Studio

Photo of Bark — Bark

Lucila Kenny

Photo of Tear — Tear

Merle Bergers

Photo of Scoby leather — Scoby leather

Riina O

Photo of Olive woodchips — Olive woodchips

Francesca Daloiso

Photo of Coconut husk — Coconut husk

Pola Salicka

Photo of Linseed — Linseed

Dictum®

Photo of PLA — PLA

Laura Messing

Photo of Recycled Plastic — Recycled Plastic

Coline Le Quenven

Photo of Paper waste — Paper waste

Design An Mor

Photo of Chicken feather — Chicken feather

Sorawut Kittibanthorn

Photo of Dandelion — Dandelion

Daisy Newdick

Photo of Citrus — Citrus

Orange Fiber®

Photo of Excavated soil — Excavated soil

Lucie Ponard

Photo of Sugar beet, Molasses — Sugar beet, Molasses

Lara Weller

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Gwenllian Spink

Photo of Sawdust, Natural adhesive — Sawdust, Natural adhesive

Studio Yoon Seok-hyeon

Photo of Egg Shell, Bean Peel, Coffee Pulp — Egg Shell, Bean Peel, Coffee Pulp

Atelier Barb

Photo of Fish bone — Fish bone

Dictum®

Photo of Japanese Knotweed — Japanese Knotweed

Maxwell Fertik

Photo of Giant hogweed — Giant hogweed

Atelier Schaft

Photo of Peapod Peel — Peapod Peel

Mari Koppanen

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Studio Sanne Visser

Photo of Chontaduro — Chontaduro

Color Amazonia

Photo of Wheatgrass — Wheatgrass

Pauline Barbier

Photo of Natural cork, cement, sand — Natural cork, cement, sand

Design Studio Niruk

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Studio Nienke Hoogvliet

Photo of Potato Starch — Potato Starch

Sanskriti Gupta

Photo of Lac — Lac

Ori Orisun Merhav

Photo of Agar-agar, gelatine, glycerine — Agar-agar, gelatine, glycerine

Valeria Pulici

Photo of Hanji paper — Hanji paper

Lee Sun

Photo of Air pollution — Air pollution

Smogware

Photo of Recycled HDPE, recycled PP plastic — Recycled HDPE, recycled PP plastic

Linda Wrong

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Living Colour

Photo of Street Posters — Street Posters

Rita Osipova

Photo of Collagen — Collagen

Mimotype Technologies, WINT Design Lab

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Elissa Brunato

Photo of Sucrose — Sucrose

Silke Weißbach

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Mogu

Photo of Human Hair — Human Hair

Human Material Loop

Photo of Bark — Bark

Lewis Duckworth

Photo of Candle soot — Candle soot

Bianca Streich

Photo of Plantain, Coffee waste — Plantain, Coffee waste

Ana Cristina Quiñones

Photo of Soil — Soil

Natural Earth Paint

Photo of Avocado Seed — Avocado Seed

Fragmentario

Photo of Chicken waste — Chicken waste

Giuseppe Abate

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

Raphaël Nahmias

Photo of Cardboard — Cardboard

EveryOtherDay

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Atelier LVDW

Photo of E-Waste glass — E-Waste glass

Fornace Brioni, Snøhetta®, Studio Plastique

Photo of Bure — Bure

Color Amazonia

Photo of Soil — Soil

Emy Bensdorp

Photo of Bacteria, Food waste — Bacteria, Food waste

Bianca Streich

Photo of Ceramic waste, Bacteria — Ceramic waste, Bacteria

Nicole Chrysikou

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Maria Pita Guerreiro

Photo of Calcite grain — Calcite grain

Studio Esmee Geerken

Photo of Lithoplast — Lithoplast

Shahar Livne

Photo of Onion skin — Onion skin

MUDRA

Photo of Shrimp shells — Shrimp shells

Jade Ruijzenaars

Photo of Posidonia Oceanica — Posidonia Oceanica

Francesco Cantini

Photo of Algae — Algae

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Potato starch — Potato starch

Laura Messing

Photo of Food waste — Food waste

Ocloya

Photo of Cardboard Pulp — Cardboard Pulp

Maddie Rose Hills

Photo of Pineapple waste — Pineapple waste

Andrea De la Peña

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Iona Turner

Photo of Clay, Organic matter — Clay, Organic matter

Urban Reef

Photo of Pig waste — Pig waste

Clemence Grouin-Rigaux

Photo of Agar Agar — Agar Agar

Ploy Thongchamnan

Photo of Pineapple leaves — Pineapple leaves

Nathalie Spencer

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Charlotte Werth

Photo of Recycled Plastic — Recycled Plastic

Jessica den Hartog

Photo of Japanese Knotweed — Japanese Knotweed

Alaa Abu Asad

Photo of Wool waste — Wool waste

Nina Havermans

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Body Fluid — Body Fluid

Cristina Dezi

Photo of Urine — Urine

Arthur Guilleminot

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

Malai Biomaterials Design

Photo of Chewing Gum — Chewing Gum

Bianca Streich

Photo of Sodium alginate — Sodium alginate

Lucrezia Alessandroni

Photo of Salsify — Salsify

Marco Federico Cagnoni

Photo of Soil, seed — Soil, seed

Adi Segal, Danny Freedman, Elisheva Gillis, Gitit Linker, Noa Zermati, Nof Nathansohn, Or Naim, Rivka Partook

Photo of Fish Leather — Fish Leather

Paula Martin

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

GROWN bio

Photo of Wool — Wool

Alma Lomholt Breun

Photo of Hops — Hops

Eduarda Bastian

Photo of Tea waste — Tea waste

Katherine Lopez

Photo of Mussel — Mussel

Licia Desideri

Photo of Biobitumen — Biobitumen

Raewyn Martyn

Photo of Charcoal — Charcoal

Greta Desirèe Facchinato

Photo of Fish leather — Fish leather

Vivianne von Arx

Photo of Ceramic, Coffee ground — Ceramic, Coffee ground

Sara Baptista da Silva

Photo of Cardboard pulp — Cardboard pulp

Pulp it!

Photo of Coffee waste — Coffee waste

Zhekai Zhang

Photo of Coffee grounds — Coffee grounds

Coffeefrom®

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Aléa

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Officina Corpuscoli

Photo of Waste plasterboard — Waste plasterboard

Byron Clark

Photo of Huito — Huito

Color Amazonia

Photo of Grass — Grass

Ottan Studio

Photo of Roots — Roots

Zena Holloway

Photo of Corn Husk — Corn Husk

Taina Campos

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Kuo Duo

Photo of Yaré — Yaré

Fango

Photo of Stinging nettle — Stinging nettle

Studio laVina, Varvara Lazareva

Photo of Garment labels — Garment labels

Lena Winterink

Photo of Calcium alginate — Calcium alginate

Clara Davis

Photo of Human Hair — Human Hair

Amna Ilyas

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Caracara Collective

Photo of Fruit waste, Banana Peel — Fruit waste, Banana Peel

Peelsphere®

Photo of Honeybee resin — Honeybee resin

Marlene Huissoud

Photo of Natural Indigo, Buckthorn seed — Natural Indigo, Buckthorn seed

Greta Desirèe Facchinato

Photo of Huitillo — Huitillo

Color Amazonia

Photo of Ott tree sap, Porcelain — Ott tree sap, Porcelain

Studio Yoon Seok-hyeon

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Saumya Singh

Photo of Cow intestine — Cow intestine

Studio KBB

Photo of Nettle, Willow fibre — Nettle, Willow fibre

Koubo Studios

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Rosie Broadhead

Photo of Waste leather — Waste leather

Gereon Wahle

Photo of Japanese Knotweed — Japanese Knotweed

Marina Belintani

Photo of Tree bark — Tree bark

Evelina Kudabaite

Photo of Eelgrass — Eelgrass

Kathryn Larsen

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Biobased Creations

Photo of Hempcrete — Hempcrete

Hannah Segerkrantz

Photo of Seashell — Seashell

Studio Mixtura

Photo of Eggshell, Nutshell — Eggshell, Nutshell

Rania Mazen Elkalla

Photo of Wood — Wood

Full Grown

Photo of Agricultural waste — Agricultural waste

Katya Bryskina, SPACE10®, Tomás Clavijo

Photo of Algae — Algae

Margarita Talep

Photo of Clay — Clay

Kate Studley

Photo of Mussel shell — Mussel shell

LABVA

Photo of Coconut — Coconut

Narayani Mahesh

Photo of Salt — Salt

Atelier LUMA, Karlijn Sibbel

Photo of Citrus — Citrus

Zest-it®

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Laura Benetton

Photo of Milk — Milk

Ekaterina Semenova

Photo of Industrial waste — Industrial waste

Lucie Ponard

Photo of Recycled Plastic — Recycled Plastic

Jessica den Hartog

Photo of Cudi — Cudi

Color Amazonia

Photo of Maritime waste — Maritime waste

Joana Schneider

Photo of Cow Stomach — Cow Stomach

Studio Billie van Katwijk

Photo of Egg — Egg

Vera Gulikers

Photo of Egg — Egg

Basse Stittgen

Photo of Bone, Antler — Bone, Antler

Dictum®

Photo of Sawdust, Limestone waste — Sawdust, Limestone waste

Sakeb

Photo of Hemp, microgreens — Hemp, microgreens

Yi-Jing Chen

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Romy Kaiser

Photo of Recycled Clay, Recycled Plastic — Recycled Clay, Recycled Plastic

Claire Ellis Ceramics

Photo of Wheat starch — Wheat starch

Laure Vigna

Photo of Seeds — Seeds

Antonia Ablass

Photo of Paper pulp — Paper pulp

Anna Hester

Photo of Plant Root — Plant Root

Diana Scherer

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