Designer: Studio Tjeerd Veenhoven Supplies a palm leaf alternative to leather. 

Offers jewellery of the most precious metals on earth, mined from discarded phones.

Creates buildings by finding ready-made dwelling places.

A platform that enables people to share things.

Featuring: Hair necklace by Kerry Howley, 2011 Offers products made from human hair.

Featuring: Till death do us part by Martino d’Esposito (ECAL) for Droog, 2008Providing lifelong contracts between you and your products.

A political party that stands for material wellbeing.

Featuring: Little big lamp by Studio Droog, 2012Offers products made of factory leftovers.

Digitalises all your domestic needs.

An institution that rations 10kg polyblocks that can be endlessly re-printed into different shapes. Concept by Justin McGuirk. Read his story here.

Designer: IDEO with the University of California San Francisco Lim Lab. A result of the Synthetic Aesthetics project. Engineers synthetic organisms into products.

Designer: Stefan Schwabe Supplies material grown from bacteria cellulose.

Featuring: Graffiti Network Offers material-free communication.

Featuring: Vivos™ Edible Delivery Systems by Monosol Produces edible packaging for food and drink.

A game that satisfies your need for shopping without the option of buying anything. 

Designer: Dirk Vander Kooij Reprograms abandoned machines to manufacture products using recycled