About innovative and sustainable materials

We now move to Europe, to Copenhagen in the heart of Scandinavia. Natural Material Studio is a research project set up by Bonnie Hvillum and specializing in circular design. In tandem with designer Zuzanna Skurka, it has designed a series of fabrics produced using waste bricks sourced from demolition sites (hence the project’s name, Brick Textiles). The fabrics were made by combining an amalgam of crushed brick and Procel, a special protein-based compostable bioplastic with natural softener and pigments, developed by Natural Material Studio.  

Talking of reuse, “Estetiche Sommerse” is a project by Cara/Davide, a young Italian creative duo formed by Cara Judd and Davide Gramatica. In a new development of the concept of waste, they have made terrazzo and palladiana flooring using discarded printed circuit boards from which dangerous glued components have been removed. And from casting forms – the containers used in foundries and discarded at the end of the process – Cara/Davide created a coffee table, a chair, a stand and a series of candelabras. What was once waste can become a resource or an incentive to address the challenges of the day in line with the principles of the circular economy.