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Photo of Nutshell, Pine resin — Nutshell, Pine resin

Sara Baptista da Silva

Photo of Carrageenan — Carrageenan

Carolina Pacheco, Lugae

Photo of Sodium alginate — Sodium alginate

Lucrezia Alessandroni

Photo of Shrimp shell — Shrimp shell

Jade Ruijzenaars

Photo of Cow blood — Cow blood

Basse Stittgen

Photo of Salt — Salt

The Sustainable Darkroom

Photo of Building waste — Building waste

Mayra Deberg Alencar

Photo of Fish bone — Fish bone

Dictum

Photo of Tree bark — Tree bark

Evelina Kudabaitė

Photo of Volcanic ash — Volcanic ash

Dzek, Formafantasma

Photo of Fish skin — Fish skin

Paula Martin

Photo of Soy hull — Soy hull

Ena Naito, Taísa Ferreira Ribeiro

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

Shahar Livne

Photo of Walnut — Walnut

Natural Earth Paint

Photo of Castor oil — Castor oil

Estúdio Rain

Photo of Food waste — Food waste

Riccardo Cenedella

Photo of Tea waste — Tea waste

Katherine Lopez

Photo of Oyster shell, Seaweed — Oyster shell, Seaweed

Markos Georgiou

Photo of Sucrose — Sucrose

Silke Weißbach

Photo of Wood — Wood

Buro Belén

Photo of Giant hogweed — Giant hogweed

Atelier Schaft

Photo of Banana fibre — Banana fibre

Green Banana Paper

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

Teodoro Rava

Photo of Peapod peel — Peapod peel

Mari Koppanen

Photo of Pig waste — Pig waste

Clemence Grouin-Rigaux

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Sheila Oconnor

Photo of Fungus — Fungus

Jesse Adler

Photo of Seashell — Seashell

Studio Mixtura

Photo of Egg — Egg

Basse Stittgen

Photo of Bone — Bone

Emma Witter

Photo of Jute — Jute

Alexander Marinus

Photo of Linseed — Linseed

Dictum

Photo of Cotton waste — Cotton waste

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Food waste — Food waste

HeliceHadal

Photo of Kelp — Kelp

Jing-cai Liu

Photo of Clay, Organic matter — Clay, Organic matter

Urban Reef

Photo of Algae — Algae

Marius Melissas

Photo of Rice husk — Rice husk

Jui Apte

Photo of Avocado seeds — Avocado seeds

Lucila Kenny

Photo of Bearberry — Bearberry

Kirjes

Photo of Lignin, Cellulose — Lignin, Cellulose

Basse Stittgen

Photo of Mycelium composite — Mycelium composite

Johanne Hestvold

Photo of Salsify — Salsify

Marco Federico Cagnoni

Photo of Flower — Flower

Elena Renée Pereira

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

Mirte Luijmes

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Romy Kaiser

Photo of Silk — Silk

Linda Nurk

Photo of Linseed — Linseed

Dictum

Photo of Calcium alginate — Calcium alginate

Clara Davis

Photo of Indigo — Indigo

Kala Chaupal

Photo of Maritime waste — Maritime waste

Joana Schneider

Photo of Milk — Milk

Ekaterina Semenova

Photo of Rock flour — Rock flour

Sara Martinsen

Photo of Gin waste — Gin waste

Zhongyue Mei

Photo of Flax — Flax

CQ Studio

Photo of Cigarette butt — Cigarette butt

Sachi Tungare

Photo of Rain — Rain

Aliki van der Kruijs

Photo of Lupine fibre — Lupine fibre

Efnasmiðjan

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Marina Belintani

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Jonas Edvard

Photo of Ash — Ash

Studio Mixtura

Photo of Cow bone — Cow bone

Martens & Visser

Photo of Recycled fishing net — Recycled fishing net

Gundega Strauberga

Photo of Hemp — Hemp

Hannah Segerkrantz

Photo of Timber — Timber

Brodie Neill

Photo of Avocado seed — Avocado seed

María-Elena Pombo

Photo of E-Waste glass — E-Waste glass

Fornace Brioni, Snøhetta, Studio Plastique

Photo of Sugar beet pulp — Sugar beet pulp

Sonia Jaśkiewicz

Photo of Algae, Human hair — Algae, Human hair

Bela Rofe

Photo of Wool waste — Wool waste

Nina Havermans

Photo of Shell, Kelp — Shell, Kelp

Valparaíso Makerspace

Photo of Coffee ground — Coffee ground

Coffeefrom

Photo of Salt — Salt

Atelier LUMA, Karlijn Sibbel

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

GROWN bio

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Nienke Hoogvliet

Photo of Eelgrass — Eelgrass

Studio Kathryn Larsen

Photo of Rabbit faeces, Starch — Rabbit faeces, Starch

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Seeds — Seeds

Antonia Ablass

Photo of Plant root — Plant root

Zena Holloway

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

Tobias Trübenbacher

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

Greta Desirèe Facchinato

Photo of Copper slag — Copper slag

Studio ThusThat

Photo of Maqui tree — Maqui tree

LABVA

Photo of Sawdust, Natural adhesive — Sawdust, Natural adhesive

Studio Yoon Seok-hyeon

Photo of Chicken waste — Chicken waste

Giuseppe Abate

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

HIGHSOCIETY

Photo of Menstrual blood — Menstrual blood

Laia Tort Solsona

Photo of Dandelion — Dandelion

Daisy Newdick

Photo of Himalayan balsam — Himalayan balsam

Sophie Ferrier

Photo of Denim waste, Mycelium — Denim waste, Mycelium

Annah-Ololade Sangosanya

Photo of Citrus — Citrus

Zest-it

Photo of Rockweed — Rockweed

Jeannet Leendertse

Photo of Tea waste — Tea waste

Cheng Cheng

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

KUO DUO

Photo of Phytoplankton — Phytoplankton

Luis Undritz

Photo of Flax fibre — Flax fibre

Studio RYTE

Photo of Bauxite Residue — Bauxite Residue

Studio ThusThat

Photo of Potato starch — Potato starch

Sanskriti Gupta

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Rabbit skin — Rabbit skin

Dictum

Photo of Hemp residue — Hemp residue

LOVR

Photo of Beeswax — Beeswax

Unknown

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Adrian Pepe, Pimprae Hiranprueck

Photo of Seashell — Seashell

Newtab-22

Photo of Banana fibre — Banana fibre

Roberta Lebed Llopart

Photo of Dog fur — Dog fur

Alessandra Tuseo

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Long Pan

Photo of Calcium carbonate — Calcium carbonate

Unknown

Photo of Beetroot — Beetroot

Katrijn Westland

Photo of Wool — Wool

Alma Lomholt Breun

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Trajna Collective

Photo of Gelatine powder — Gelatine powder

Sanskriti Gupta

Photo of Milk — Milk

Tessa Silva

Photo of Pineapple leaves — Pineapple leaves

Nathalie Spencer

Photo of Camellia — Camellia

Dictum

Photo of Nettle, Willow fibre — Nettle, Willow fibre

Katarzyna Suzuki

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Nienke Hoogvliet

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

Raphaël Nahmias

Photo of Avocado seed — Avocado seed

María-Elena Pombo

Photo of Aqua faba — Aqua faba

Paula Nerlich

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Müge Yildiz

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

David Cabra

Photo of Achiote — Achiote

Color Amazonia

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Jane Fox

Photo of Coffee sacks — Coffee sacks

Kate Studley

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Elissa Brunato

Photo of Bone, Trash — Bone, Trash

Marie Caye

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

Atelier Barb

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

OurCarbon

Photo of Cyanobacteria — Cyanobacteria

Alejandra Orjuela

Photo of Sawdust, Limestone waste — Sawdust, Limestone waste

Sakeb

Photo of Asbestos, River clay — Asbestos, River clay

Benedetta Pompili

Photo of Olivine — Olivine

Lucia Giron

Photo of Mycelium, Clay — Mycelium, Clay

Lorenzo Silvestri

Photo of Red cabbage — Red cabbage

Slow Painting Studio

Photo of Waste leather — Waste leather

Gereon Wahle

Photo of Tea waste — Tea waste

Fulden Gencel

Photo of Ceramic waste — Ceramic waste

Cooper Wray Siegel

Photo of Fique — Fique

Rosana Escobar

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

Studio Peipei

Photo of Egg — Egg

Vera Gulikers

Photo of Carbon black — Carbon black

Tino Seubert

Photo of Blue elf cup — Blue elf cup

Liene Kazaka

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Officina Corpuscoli, OurOwnsKIN

Photo of Sunflower — Sunflower

Jess Redgrave

Photo of Sugar beet, Molasses — Sugar beet, Molasses

Lara Weller

Photo of Fruit waste, Banana peel — Fruit waste, Banana peel

Peelsphere®

Photo of Algae — Algae

Tahiya Hossain

Photo of Hops — Hops

Eduarda Bastian

Photo of Ceramic waste, Bacteria — Ceramic waste, Bacteria

Nicole Chrysikou

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Cynthia Nudel

Photo of Linseed — Linseed

Unknown

Photo of Body fluid — Body fluid

Cristina Dezi

Photo of Huito — Huito

Color Amazonia

Photo of Wool, Natural dye — Wool, Natural dye

Claudy Jongstra

Photo of Eggshell, Nutshell — Eggshell, Nutshell

Rania Mazen Elkalla

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

Talin Hazbar

Photo of Cow intestine — Cow intestine

Studio KBB

Photo of Paper waste — Paper waste

Design An Mor

Photo of Cyanobacteria — Cyanobacteria

Cinzia Ferrari

Photo of Soil — Soil

Maria Roy Deulofeu

Photo of Milk — Milk

The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.

Photo of Gelatine, Glycerine — Gelatine, Glycerine

Zümra Yağmur Çetinler

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

HONEXT

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Loop Biotech

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Studio Sanne Visser

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Alaa Abu Asad

Photo of Recycled HDPE — Recycled HDPE

Elian Beeker

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Brodie Neill

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

Linda Wrong

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Aslı Hatipoğlu

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Charlotte Werth

Photo of Potato starch — Potato starch

Every Island

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Alix Bizet

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Amna Ilyas

Photo of Ott tree — Ott tree

Seungbin Yang

Photo of Urine — Urine

Arthur Guilleminot

Photo of Bure — Bure

Color Amazonia

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Maria Pita Guerreiro

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Nina Flaitz

Photo of Pine needle — Pine needle

Gaurav MK Wali

Photo of Mango — Mango

Àmber van de Ven

Photo of Morning glory, Bindweed — Morning glory, Bindweed

Franklin St. Studio

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Claire Ellis

Photo of Waste plasterboard — Waste plasterboard

Byron Clark

Photo of Huitillo — Huitillo

Color Amazonia

Photo of Spirulina — Spirulina

Aastha Poddar

Photo of Oyster shell — Oyster shell

Franklin St. Studio

Photo of Garment labels — Garment labels

Lena Winterink

Photo of Tree bark — Tree bark

Lucila Kenny

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Virgile Durando

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

Biohm

Photo of Silkworm cocoon — Silkworm cocoon

Marlène Huissoud

Photo of Celery, Chard — Celery, Chard

Chiel Lubbers

Photo of Mother milk — Mother milk

Ine Poppe

Photo of Nettle, Ramie — Nettle, Ramie

Xue Chen

Photo of Pollution — Pollution

Gaia D’Arrigo

Photo of Posidonia — Posidonia

Studiograma

Photo of Microgreens, Agar — Microgreens, Agar

Raquel Ruiz-Fernández

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

Soowon Chae

Photo of Algae — Algae

Studio Tång

Photo of Grass — Grass

Sara Martinsen

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Biobased Creations

Photo of Lac — Lac

Ori Orisun Merhav

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Luisa Tovar Méndez

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Mogu

Photo of Eelgrass — Eelgrass

Rex Skov Arkitekter

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

YLEM

Photo of Clay — Clay

Estúdio Mameluca

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Rosie Broadhead

Photo of Banana peel — Banana peel

Sarah Harbarth

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

bioDigital Matter Lab

Photo of Composite — Composite

Martina Taranto

Photo of Pine needle — Pine needle

Lena Ringel

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

KUO DUO

Photo of Root — Root

Mathilde Wittock

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Gwenllian Spink

Photo of Ostrich feathers — Ostrich feathers

Pascale Theron Studio

Photo of Ceramic waste — Ceramic waste

Hanneke de Leeuw

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Jessica den Hartog

Photo of Wheat flour — Wheat flour

Sachi Tungare

Photo of Avocado — Avocado

Greta Desirèe Facchinato

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

Apilada Vorachart

Photo of Agar agar — Agar agar

Ploy Thongchamnan

Photo of Cardboard pulp — Cardboard pulp

Vincent Dassi

Photo of Mycelium, Rope — Mycelium, Rope

Katya Bryskina

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Mogu

Photo of Milk — Milk

The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.

Photo of Palo brasil — Palo brasil

Color Amazonia

Photo of Recycled denim — Recycled denim

Tim van der Loo

Photo of Tinder fungus — Tinder fungus

Mari Koppanen

Photo of Agricultural waste — Agricultural waste

Katya Bryskina, SPACE10, Tomás Clavijo

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 Seaweed — Seaweed

Officina Corpuscoli

Photo of Paperpulp — Paperpulp

Chartam

Photo of Fique fibre, Charcoal — Fique fibre, Charcoal

Francisco Jaramillo

Photo of Biochar — Biochar

Carla Alcalà Badias

Photo of Candle soot — Candle soot

Bianca Streich

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

Claire Ellis

Photo of Urine — Urine

Sinae Kim

Photo of Calcite grain — Calcite grain

Studio Esmee Geerken

Photo of Natural Dye — Natural Dye

Addoley Dzegede

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Space Available ©

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Antonin Mongin

Photo of Seashell — Seashell

Hors-Studio

Photo of Cow stomach — Cow stomach

Studio Billie van Katwijk

Photo of Olive woodchip — Olive woodchip

Francesca Daloiso

Photo of Chokanary — Chokanary

Color Amazonia

Photo of Yaré — Yaré

Francisco Jaramillo

Photo of Coconut — Coconut

Narayani Mahesh

Photo of Llorón — Llorón

Color Amazonia

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Mari Koppanen

Photo of Sugar — Sugar

Yassine Ben Abdallah

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Vienna Textile Lab

Photo of Onion peel — Onion peel

Mudra

Photo of Activated carbon — Activated carbon

Marie Melcore

Photo of Wool, Earth — Wool, Earth

Terra&Som

Photo of Cardboard — Cardboard

EveryOtherDay

Photo of Fish skin — Fish skin

Vivianne von Arx

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

Caracara Collective

Photo of Hide — Hide

Dictum

Photo of Cardboard pulp — Cardboard pulp

Maddie Rose Hills

Photo of Pectin — Pectin

Lena Giering

Photo of Food waste — Food waste

Ocloya

Photo of Cúrcuma — Cúrcuma

Color Amazonia

Photo of Coffee waste — Coffee waste

Zhekai Zhang

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Atelier LVDW

Photo of Tear — Tear

Merle Bergers

Photo of Repurposed fibreglass resin — Repurposed fibreglass resin

An atelier of other

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Francesca Zeccara

Photo of Ocean soil — Ocean soil

Aurore Piette

Photo of Grape leaves — Grape leaves

Parmeet Kaur Tesson

Photo of Microalgae, Wood powder — Microalgae, Wood powder

Laura Bordini

Photo of Pine tree bark — Pine tree bark

Studio Sarmīte

Photo of Black walnut — Black walnut

De Onkruidenier

Photo of Agar agar, Gelatine, Glycerine — Agar agar, Gelatine, Glycerine

Valeria Pulici

Photo of Banana leaves — Banana leaves

Paula Cermeño Leon

Photo of Wheat starch — Wheat starch

Laure Vigna

Photo of Bone, Antler — Bone, Antler

Dictum

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Officina Corpuscoli

Photo of Bacteria, Food waste — Bacteria, Food waste

Bianca Streich

Photo of Bark — Bark

Lewis Duckworth

Photo of Algae — Algae

Randa Kherba

Photo of Charcoal — Charcoal

Greta Desirèe Facchinato

Photo of Carpet waste — Carpet waste

Riccardo Cenedella

Photo of Coconut husk — Coconut husk

Pola Salicka

Photo of Gelatine, Glycerine — Gelatine, Glycerine

Carolina Puppe

Photo of Algae — Algae

Margarita Talep

Photo of Alum mordant — Alum mordant

Dictum

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Saumya Singh

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

Agostina Laurenzano

Photo of Ott tree, Porcelain — Ott tree, Porcelain

Studio Yoon Seok-hyeon

Photo of Ceramic, Coffee ground — Ceramic, Coffee ground

Sara Baptista da Silva

Photo of Poppy seeds — Poppy seeds

Dictum

Photo of Textile, Clothes moth — Textile, Clothes moth

Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Jessica den Hartog

Photo of Wool — Wool

Eline ten Busschen

Photo of Meat and bone meal — Meat and bone meal

Lilith Stumpf

Photo of Chontaduro — Chontaduro

Color Amazonia

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Laura Benetton

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