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Sustainable costume design is still in its early days. Despite efforts to move to 'greener' processes, stage and film productions still make costumes in traditional ways with little regard for their impact on the environment or employees.
Nature’s brightest colours – like those found in peacock feathers or butterfly wings – are created through microscopically small nanostructures.
Is it possible to use trees in electricity production? Surprisingly, yes, it is! Transparent cellulose films enable greater efficiency of solar cells through their haze effect.
We need systemic and fundamental changes in the textile and fashion industry’s business model, including a deceleration of manufacturing and the introduction of sustainable practices throughout the supply chain; decreasing clothing purchases and increasing garment lifetimes.
Learn more about responsible sourcing, refining and production of active battery materials as well as efficient recycling of end-of-life batteries needed for ongoing energy and mobility transitions.
From a bio-adhesive to reed panels and cellulose foam, a unique work created in collaboration with designers and biomaterial researchers shows what natural materials can do.
Hormones and other pharmaceuticals ending up in bodies from natural waters are a globally significant environmental problem.
Construction industry consumes a lot of materials, which also often are not biodegradable, bio-based or recyclable.
If all the buildings constructed in Finland each year were made of wood, the amount of wood needed for their construction would grow back in ten hours.
Explorations on the materiality of soil and how it is interwoven with human activity.
Biochar can significantly increase the long-term capacity of cities to sequester carbon.
Imagine a decorative solar cell that could be integrated into modern buildings without compromising their aesthetics.
'Designing materials on molecular level – what does it mean for researchers, designers - and for the globe?’