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Lena Giering

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Mari Koppanen

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Jing-cai Liu

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Sanskriti Gupta

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Sanskriti Gupta

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste
Agro Biomaterials

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Àmber van de Ven

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

Photo of Mycelium — Mycelium
Officina Corpuscoli

Photo of Coconut, Banana, Hemp, Sisal — Coconut, Banana, Hemp, Sisal
Malai Biomaterials Design

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Riina O

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Studio Billie van Katwijk

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The Future Materials Bank is an online archive of sustainable materials and material knowledge that supports the transition towards ecologically conscious art and design practices. The archive is free, open for submissions, and not-for-profit.

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Future Materials

Future Materials is a hybrid programme of lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and fellowships that expands the scope and activates the knowledge of the Future Materials Bank. The programme is coordinated by the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht (NL), which also hosts the Future Materials Lab.

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