Polymer

Photo of Recycled HDPE — Recycled HDPE

Elian Beeker

Photo of Collagen — Collagen

Mimotype Technologies, WINT Design Lab

Photo of Mussel shell — Mussel shell

LABVA

Photo of Lignin, Cellulose — Lignin, Cellulose

Basse Stittgen

Photo of Castor oil — Castor oil

Estúdio Rain

Photo of Rambutan — Rambutan

Studio Hole

Photo of Pollution — Pollution

Gaia D’Arrigo

Photo of Coffee grounds — Coffee grounds

Coffeefrom®

Photo of Chewing Gum — Chewing Gum

Bianca Streich

Photo of Gelatine, Glycerine — Gelatine, Glycerine

Carolina Puppe

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

Talin Hazbar

Photo of Body Fluid — Body Fluid

Cristina Dezi

Photo of Food waste — Food waste

Ocloya

Photo of Recycled Plastic — Recycled Plastic

Coline Le Quenven

Photo of Sheep wool — Sheep wool

Eline ten Busschen

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

Linda Wrong

Photo of Biopolymer gel — Biopolymer gel

Sutherlin Santo

Photo of Potato starch — Potato starch

Laura Messing

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

Fredrick James Owen

Photo of Oil Palm — Oil Palm

Kyoto Design Lab, Nataša Perković

Photo of Cotton waste — Cotton waste

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Recycled fishing nets — Recycled fishing nets

Gundega Strauberga

Photo of Calcium alginate — Calcium alginate

Clara Davis

Photo of Copper Slag Geopolymer — Copper Slag Geopolymer

Studio ThusThat

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Romy Kaiser

Photo of Biobitumen — Biobitumen

Raewyn Martyn

Photo of Cellulose Medium — Cellulose Medium

Raewyn Martyn

Photo of Recycled Polystyrene — Recycled Polystyrene

Katie May Boyd

Photo of Lithoplast — Lithoplast

Shahar Livne

The Future Materials Bank is an archive of materials that supports and promotes the transition towards ecologically conscious art and design practices. It is part of Future Materials, an initiative of the Nature Research department at the Jan van Eyck Academie.

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Supported by Innovationlabs. The Innovationlabs programme gives an impulse to the cultural and creative sector to develop useful knowledge and new working methods that will help this sector become more agile and resilient in the longer term. On behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Creative Industries Fund NL, and CLICKNL.

Previously supported by the DOEN Foundation. The DOEN Foundation supports pioneers who are committed to a green, socially-inclusive and creative society.

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