designboom spotlights the top 10 innovative material applications in 2024's design projects submitted by our readers.

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the project demonstrates how household items can serve as sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics.

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'by osmosis' explores a circular process in which waste generated by one process serves as nourishment for another.

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the design process of the 'slow' series involves collecting and recycling all leftover scraps, reducing waste, and optimizing resource utilization.

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co-obradoiro galego by paula camiña eiras intertwines a forest, a fishing community, and the hands of local weavers to revive galician heritage.

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100% biodegradable, the tiles have been designed with computational algorithms, and 3D printed, grown, and enhanced with bio-pigments.

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translating digital input into the biological realm, algae alight explores the potential of bioluminescent algae as a living medium.

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french startup ‘paradoxal surfboards’ integrates sargassum algae into its 3D-printed surfboard as an alternative to the conventional petroleum use to make the board.

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soil from mino, japan, has been filtered through unglazed clay to the same size as seaweed to craft pigmented tiles from cotton, silk, and wool.

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a spiral installation of algae-based concrete models a collaborative approach to reduce CO2 in the building industry.

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