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Photo of Reclaimed clay, Glaze residue — Reclaimed clay, Glaze residue

Chryssa Kotoula

Photo of Phenol, Sodium Ascorbate — Phenol, Sodium Ascorbate

Giulia Principe

Photo of Biochar — Biochar

Carla Alcalà Badias

Photo of Wool, Earth — Wool, Earth

Liliana Carvalho

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Luisa Tovar Méndez

Photo of Asbestos, River clay — Asbestos, River clay

Benedetta Pompili

Photo of Clay, Iron sludge — Clay, Iron sludge

Kirstie van Noort, Lotte de Raadt

Photo of Menstrual blood — Menstrual blood

Laia Tort Solsona

Photo of Pine needle — Pine needle

Lena Ringel

Photo of Nettle, Ramie — Nettle, Ramie

Xue Chen

Photo of Seeds — Seeds

Antonia Ablass

Photo of Charcoal, Sodium alginate — Charcoal, Sodium alginate

David Cabra

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Asli Hatipoglu

Photo of Iron oxide, Biopolymer — Iron oxide, Biopolymer

Dorieke Schreurs

Photo of Mussel — Mussel

Licia Desideri

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Nina Flaitz

Photo of Urine — Urine

Arthur Guilleminot

Photo of Oyster shell — Oyster shell

Franklin St. Studio

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Gwenllian Spink

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Aya Koné

Photo of Wool waste — Wool waste

Nina Havermans

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

Greta Desirèe Facchinato

Photo of Avocado — Avocado

Greta Desirèe Facchinato

Photo of Avocado seed — Avocado seed

Fragmentario

Photo of Recycled HDPE — Recycled HDPE

Elian Beeker

Photo of Avocado seed — Avocado seed

Fragmentario

Photo of Hay, Hemp — Hay, Hemp

Paula Cermeño Leon

Photo of Collagen — Collagen

Mimotype Technologies, WINT Design Lab

Photo of Paper waste — Paper waste

BY THE END OF MAY

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Cynthia Nudel

Photo of Waste leather — Waste leather

Gereon Wahle

Photo of Mussel shell — Mussel shell

LABVA

Photo of Denim waste, Mycelium — Denim waste, Mycelium

Annah-Ololade Sangosanya

Photo of Red cabbage — Red cabbage

Slow Painting Studio

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Virgile Durando

Photo of Ceramic waste — Ceramic waste

Cooper Wray Siegel

Photo of Soil, Seeds — Soil, Seeds

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

Photo of Wool — Wool

Alma Lomholt Breun

Photo of Peapod peel — Peapod peel

Mari Koppanen

Photo of Scoby — Scoby

Mari Koppanen

Photo of Rambutan — Rambutan

Studio Hole

Photo of Clay — Clay

Studio Mameluca

Photo of Cardboard — Cardboard

EveryOtherDay

Photo of Soil — Soil

Lucie Ponard

Photo of Nutshell, Pine resin — Nutshell, Pine resin

Sara Baptista da Silva

Photo of Ceramic, Coffee ground — Ceramic, Coffee ground

Sara Baptista da Silva

Photo of Lac — Lac

Ori Orisun Merhav

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Space Available

Photo of Olivine, Oyster shell — Olivine, Oyster shell

Santa Ramaherison

Photo of Shell, Kelp — Shell, Kelp

Valparaíso Makerspace

Photo of Prickly pear — Prickly pear

Martina Taranto

Photo of Rice husk — Rice husk

Jui Apte

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Sheila Oconnor

Photo of Kelp — Kelp

Jing-cai Liu

Photo of Coffee ground — Coffee ground

Coffeefrom®

Photo of Chewing gum — Chewing gum

Bianca Streich

Photo of Eelgrass — Eelgrass

Rex Skov Arkitekter

Photo of Bacteria — Bacteria

Laura Benetton

Photo of Coffee sacks — Coffee sacks

Kate Studley

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Maxwell Fertik

Photo of Industrial waste — Industrial waste

Lucie Ponard

Photo of Soy hull — Soy hull

Ena Naito, Taísa Ferreira Ribeiro

Photo of Gelatine, Glycerine — Gelatine, Glycerine

Carolina Puppe

Photo of Sawdust, Limestone waste — Sawdust, Limestone waste

Sakeb

Photo of Algae — Algae

Studio Tång

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Saumya Singh

Photo of Wheatgrass — Wheatgrass

Pauline Barbier

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

Valeria Pulici

Photo of Food waste — Food waste

Ocloya

Photo of E-Waste glass — E-Waste glass

Fornace Brioni, Snøhetta®, Studio Plastique

Photo of Recycled paper — Recycled paper

Bits to Atoms

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

Claire Ellis Ceramics

Photo of Pineapple waste — Pineapple waste

Andrea De la Peña

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Claire Ellis Ceramics

Photo of Wool — Wool

Eline ten Busschen

Photo of Textile, Clothes moth — Textile, Clothes moth

Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia

Photo of Fish scale — Fish scale

SCALE

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

Linda Wrong

Photo of Agar agar — Agar agar

Fleshquake Studio

Photo of Hemp, Microgreens — Hemp, Microgreens

Yi-Jing Chen

Photo of Common reed — Common reed

Alejandra Ortiz de Zevallos

Photo of Eggshell, Coffee ground — Eggshell, Coffee ground

Johnson Tan

Photo of Food waste — Food waste

Hutsama Juntaratana

Photo of Wool, Natural dye — Wool, Natural dye

Claudy Jongstra

Photo of Biopolymer gel — Biopolymer gel

Sutherlin Santo

Photo of Agricultural waste — Agricultural waste

Katya Bryskina, SPACE10, Tomás Clavijo

Photo of Corn husk — Corn husk

Taina Campos

Photo of Potato starch — Potato starch

Laura Messing

Photo of PLA — PLA

Laura Messing

Photo of Gelatine powder — Gelatine powder

Sanskriti Gupta

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

Biohm

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

ComposTerra

Photo of Nettle, Willow fibre — Nettle, Willow fibre

Koubo Studios

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

Agro Biomaterials

Photo of Hemp residue — Hemp residue

LOVR

Photo of Mother milk — Mother milk

Ine Poppe

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

Agostina Laurenzano

Photo of Bacteria, Food waste — Bacteria, Food waste

Bianca Streich

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Aléa

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Biobased Creations

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Jessica den Hartog

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Bureau Baggerman, Jessica den Hartog

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Jessica den Hartog

Photo of Posidonia oceanica — Posidonia oceanica

Francesco Cantini

Photo of Cardboard pulp — Cardboard pulp

Maddie Rose Hills

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

bioDigital Matter

Photo of Repurposed fibreglass resin — Repurposed fibreglass resin

An atelier of other

Photo of Algae — Algae

Daniel Elkayam

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Human Material Loop

Photo of Salt — Salt

Atelier LUMA, Karlijn Sibbel

Photo of Milk — Milk

Tessa Silva

Photo of Cyanobacteria — Cyanobacteria

Cinzia Ferrari

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

OurCarbon®

Photo of Fique — Fique

Rosana Escobar

Photo of Oyster shell, Seaweed — Oyster shell, Seaweed

Markos Georgiou

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

Studio Peipei

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Sibei Chen

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

Peelsphere®

Photo of Wood — Wood

Full Grown

Photo of Plant root — Plant root

Zena Holloway

Photo of Chitosan — Chitosan

Paula Camiña Eiras

Photo of Phytoplankton — Phytoplankton

Luis Undritz

Photo of Olive woodchip — Olive woodchip

Francesca Daloiso

Photo of Slime mould — Slime mould

Tahiya Hossain

Photo of Eurasian watermilfoil — Eurasian watermilfoil

Benedikt Trojer

Photo of Ceramic waste, Bacteria — Ceramic waste, Bacteria

Nicole Chrysikou

Photo of Algae — Algae

Randa Kherba

Photo of Aqua faba — Aqua faba

Paula Nerlich

Photo of Citrus — Citrus

Orange Fiber®

Photo of Cotton waste — Cotton waste

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Mud — Mud

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Rabbit faeces, Starch — Rabbit faeces, Starch

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Algae — Algae

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Tea waste — Tea waste

Fulden Gencel

Photo of Algae, Human hair — Algae, Human hair

Bela Rofe

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Sofía Perales

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

Atelier Barb

Photo of Grass — Grass

Ottan Studio

Photo of Sugar beet, Molasses — Sugar beet, Molasses

Lara Weller

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

Ana Cristina Quiñones

Photo of Plantain, Coffee waste — Plantain, Coffee waste

Ana Cristina Quiñones

Photo of Calcium alginate — Calcium alginate

Clara Davis

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Mogu

Photo of Onion peel — Onion peel

MUDRA

Photo of Recycled denim — Recycled denim

Studio Tim van der Loo

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Trajna Collective

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Plasticiet

Photo of Sugar beet pulp — Sugar beet pulp

Sonia Jaśkiewicz

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Officina Corpuscoli, OurOwnsKIN

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Mogu

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

HONEXT®

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Jonas Edvard Studio

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Officina Corpuscoli

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Officina Corpuscoli

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Officina Corpuscoli

Photo of Seashell — Seashell

Newtab-22

Photo of Carbon black — Carbon black

Tino Seubert

Photo of Lupine fibre — Lupine fibre

Efnasmiðjan

Photo of Silk — Silk

Linda Nurk

Photo of Cigarette butt — Cigarette butt

Sachi Tungare

Photo of Banana peel — Banana peel

Sarah Harbarth

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed

Marina Belintani

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Loop Biotech

Photo of Seashell — Seashell

Hors-Studio

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

Malai Biomaterials Design

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

YLEM

Photo of Chicken feather — Chicken feather

YLEM

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

Caracara Collective

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Caracara Collective

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Atelier LVDW

Photo of Pine needle — Pine needle

Gaurav MK Wali

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

Soowon Chae

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Studio Nienke Hoogvliet

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Studio Nienke Hoogvliet

Photo of Shrimp shell — Shrimp shell

Jade Ruijzenaars

Photo of Hops — Hops

Eduarda Bastian

Photo of Recycled leather — Recycled leather

Jorge Penadés

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Maria Pita Guerreiro

Photo of Carrageenan — Carrageenan

Carolina Pacheco, Lugae

Photo of Mussel shell — Mussel shell

Carolina Pacheco

Photo of Posidonia — Posidonia

Studiograma

Photo of Milk — Milk

Ekaterina Semenova

Photo of Maqui tree — Maqui tree

LABVA

Photo of Woodchip — Woodchip

Woodio®

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Romy Kaiser

Photo of Soil — Soil

Emy Bensdorp

Photo of Pine resin — Pine resin

Studio Sarmite

Photo of Pine tree bark — Pine tree bark

Studio Sarmite

Photo of Biobitumen — Biobitumen

Raewyn Martyn

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Raewyn Martyn

Photo of Tomato — Tomato

Canapuglia®

Photo of Banana fibre — Banana fibre

Green Banana Paper

Photo of Salsify — Salsify

Marco Federico Cagnoni

Photo of Hemp — Hemp

Hannah Segerkrantz

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

HIGHSOCIETY

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Elissa Brunato

Photo of Recycled polystyrene — Recycled polystyrene

Katie May Boyd

Photo of Banana fibre — Banana fibre

Roberta Lebed Llopart

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