Materials - Page 2
Lifting the curtain: the appeal of monochrome design
White is synonymous with refinement, whether its used to project artistic sensibilities at Chanel or high-tech sophistication at Apple. This timeless color is the ultimate symbol of honest elegance. And because it speaks to virtue, evoking...
With ECO-FIL-A-GEHR Wood, Sulapac enters 3D-printing terrain
Described as a “sustainable wood filament”, Sulapac-based ECO-FIL-A-GEHR Wood was conceived for 3D-printing. Produced by German filaments supplier Gehr, this new solution will initially be used to 3D-print luxury packaging prototypes for...
How next-gen materials can accelerate luxury's green credentials
As environmental awareness grows and packaging regulations become increasingly strict, innovation around sustainable materials is garnering interest like never before. Be they derived from plants, seaweed, mushrooms, waste, or bacteria,...
Woola, LivingPackets and Releaf Paper among LVMH Innovation Award finalists
Materials companies Woola and ReLeaf and shipping specialist LivingPackets are finalists of the LVMH Innovation Awards this year. We take a closer look at how these innovations are applicable to packaging.Some 18 finalists were selected...
Blue Ocean Closures, Stora Enso partner for fiber-based tube and cap
A paperboard tube combined with a fiber-based screw cap is set to hit the market next year. The packaging, designed for cosmetics, personal care or home care, was developed by Swedish start-up Blue Ocean Closures, papermaker Stora Enso and...
Travel kits get a makeover with Trific collaborative packaging project
Trific, a project uniting FutureLab & Partners, Holmen Iggesund, Yangi and Optima Packaging Group, has created a travel kit for dry cosmetics in formed fiber shells. Developed in six months, the protoype aims to show how collaboration can...
Makeup: Analysis of a dynamic growth market where "anything goes"
Freed from the bonds of traditional beauty standards, make-up is now playing on all fronts. From millennial “clean girls” to Gen Z’s “creative girls,” consumers want cosmetics that function as fashion and skin accessories to make...
Gwilen: transforming sludge into terracotta
In Brest, on the coast of Brittany, Gwilen recovers marine sediment that accumulates in ports to transform it into objects and interior design components. A cross between terracotta and concrete, the material is obtained without firing.As...
Mycelium takes on slow design
French designers Laurence Saugé (Boutures d'Objets) and Louise Rué "cultivate" objects in volume from mushroom filaments. Their window decorations and ‘vegetal’ spheres can already be produced in small and medium runs.Early this April,...
Scalite: wood produced from fish scales
French company Scale transforms fish scales – from sardines, salmon and tilapias – into "wood". 100% biodegradable, this next-gen material offers a wealth of applications, including decoration, closures and paper.Ictyos' marine leathers,...
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