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Recycled

Photo of Paper waste — Paper waste

Design An Mor

Photo of Avocado Seed — Avocado Seed

Fragmentario

Photo of Recycled HDPE — Recycled HDPE

Elian Beeker

Photo of Garment labels — Garment labels

Lena Winterink

Photo of Waste leather — Waste leather

Gereon Wahle

Photo of Denim waste, mycelium — Denim waste, mycelium

Annah-Ololade Sangosanya

Photo of Red cabbage waste — Red cabbage waste

Slow Painting Studio

Photo of Soil, seed — Soil, seed

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

Photo of Cardboard — Cardboard

EveryOtherDay

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

Apilada Vorachart

Photo of Excavated soil — Excavated soil

Lucie Ponard

Photo of Ceramic, Coffee ground — Ceramic, Coffee ground

Sara Baptista da Silva

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic

Space Available

Photo of Gin waste — Gin waste

Zhongyue Mei

Photo of Coffee grounds — Coffee grounds

Coffeefrom®

Photo of Chewing Gum — Chewing Gum

Bianca Streich

Photo of Eelgrass — Eelgrass

Rex Skov Arkitekter

Photo of Coffee Sacks — Coffee Sacks

Kate Studley

Photo of Human hair — Human hair

Antonin Mongin

Photo of Maritime waste — Maritime waste

Joana Schneider

Photo of Bones, Found trash — Bones, Found trash

Marie Caye

Photo of Waste plasterboard — Waste plasterboard

Byron Clark

Photo of Sawdust, Limestone waste — Sawdust, Limestone waste

Sakeb

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

Talin Hazbar

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell

Saumya Singh

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 Tea waste — Tea waste

Katherine Lopez

Photo of Textile, Clothes Moths — Textile, Clothes Moths

Chiara Tommencioni Pisapia

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

Linda Wrong

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 Dog fur — Dog fur

Alessandra Tuseo

Photo of Biopolymer gel — Biopolymer gel

Sutherlin Santo

Photo of Ocean Terrazzo — Ocean Terrazzo

Brodie Neill

Photo of Orange Peel or Coffee Chaff — Orange Peel or Coffee Chaff

Biohm

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

Fredrick James Owen

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste

Agro Biomaterials

Photo of Bacteria, Food waste — Bacteria, Food waste

Bianca Streich

Photo of Cardboard Pulp — Cardboard Pulp

Maddie Rose Hills

Photo of Ocean Soil — Ocean Soil

Aurore Piette

Photo of Paperpulp — Paperpulp

Lasfibras Estudio

Photo of Ceramic waste — Ceramic waste

Hanneke de Leeuw

Photo of Sawdust, Natural adhesive — Sawdust, Natural adhesive

Studio Yoon Seok-hyeon

Photo of Street Posters — Street Posters

Rita Osipova

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

Studio Peipei

Photo of Activated carbon — Activated carbon

Marie Melcore

Photo of Coconut — Coconut

Narayani Mahesh

Photo of Ceramic waste, Bacteria — Ceramic waste, Bacteria

Nicole Chrysikou

Photo of Fish Leather — Fish Leather

Paula Martin

Photo of Carpet waste — Carpet waste

Riccardo Cenedella

Photo of Cotton waste — Cotton waste

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Rabbit feces, Starch — Rabbit feces, Starch

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose

Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Recycled fishing nets — Recycled fishing nets

Gundega Strauberga

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

Atelier Barb

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

Ana Cristina Quiñones

Photo of Recycled Denim — Recycled Denim

Studio Tim van der Loo

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium

Officina Corpuscoli, OurOwnsKIN

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

HONEXT®

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed

Jonas Edvard Studio

Photo of Copper Slag Geopolymer — Copper Slag Geopolymer

Studio ThusThat

Photo of Bauxite Residue — Bauxite Residue

Studio ThusThat

Photo of Carbon black — Carbon black

Tino Seubert

Photo of Cigarette butt — Cigarette butt

Sachi Tungare

Photo of Banana peel — Banana peel

Sarah Harbarth

Photo of Recycled Leather — Recycled Leather

Jorge Penadés

Photo of Milk — Milk

Ekaterina Semenova

Photo of Pine tree — Pine tree

Studio Sarmite

Photo of Pine tree bark — Pine tree bark

Studio Sarmite

Photo of Recycled Polystyrene — Recycled Polystyrene

Katie May Boyd

Photo of Lithoplast — Lithoplast

Shahar Livne

Photo of Pig waste — Pig waste

Clemence Grouin-Rigaux

Photo of Cow blood — Cow blood

Basse Stittgen

Photo of Metal waste — Metal waste

Agne Kucerenkaite

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

Shahar Livne

Photo of Industrial Ash — Industrial Ash

Studio Mixtura

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.

Contact us at futurematerialsbank@janvaneyck.nl.

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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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