News and blog posts in the ‘Sustainability’ category
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Ceramics / Metals / Natural / Shading / Sustainability / Textiles
Wellbeing and design: materials for healthy interiorsBrad Turner. January 4, 2019.
Greater efforts are being made to create not just less harmful environments but ones that are positively healthy. In this article we take a look at how the wider trend for wellbeing and wellness are manifesting in our interior spaces, and the materials and products being developed to improve the healthiness of those environments.
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Bio-plastic workshops / Bio-polymers / Sustainability
Bio-plastic workshop at the Design MuseumBrad Turner. January 2, 2018.
This summer we’ve been indulging our love of making and materials by running DIY bio-plastic workshops.
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Concrete / Materials / Natural / Reports / Sustainability / Timber
Wacky vernackyBrad Turner. June 6, 2016.
The use of vernacular and natural materials in construction is not just the reserve of hemp-wearing eco-warriors and their Hobit homes. In this article, originally published in Artworks Journal, Materials Council looks at innovative projects employing these more traditional materials in place of the glass, steel and concrete that homogenise the built environment across the globe.
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Composites / Materials / Natural / Polymers / Reports / Stone / Sustainability / Timber
Engineered nature: materials made to performBrad Turner. November 13, 2015.
In this article, originally written for Architonic and re-published by Designboom, Materials Council explore the various ways that natural materials can be engineered, making them truly super-natural and offering entirely new methods of production and construction.
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Exhibitions & Events / In the Scale of Carbon / Sustainability
In the Scale of Carbon photographyBrad Turner. November 5, 2013.
We’ve just published a selection of images from our In the Scale of Carbon exhibition during London Design Festival 2013.
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Exhibitions & Events / In the Scale of Carbon / Sustainability
In the Scale of Carbon free posterBrad Turner. September 18, 2013.
Download the free In the Scale of Carbon poster here.
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Exhibitions & Events / In the Scale of Carbon / Sustainability
In the Scale of CarbonBrad Turner. August 26, 2013.
Materials Council’s new sustainability-focused exhibition ‘In the Scale of Carbon’ takes place between 19-22 of September at Super Brands London during London Design Festival 2013. Read on to find out more about the show and its design.
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Exhibitions & Events / In the Scale of Carbon / Sustainability
In the Scale of Carbon previewBrad Turner. June 28, 2013.
Materials Council are excited to announce the follow up to their hugely successful inaugural exhibition with a new sustainability-focused concept ‘In the Scale of Carbon’, debuting at Super Brands London during London Design Festival 2013.