REPLACING LEATHER WITH MYCELIUM IN CADILLAC'S SOLLEI CAR
designboom speaks to biotechnology company mycoworks and cadillac on the occasion of the automotive brand's recently-unveiled SOLLEI concept car. the two have collaborated to replace parts of the car's leather interior with mycelium, a bio-based material that grows from the root structures of mushrooms. 'our technology has many levers it can pull to design new materials that can complement existing ones that are in short supply, or create new options for materials that no longer serve us because of their durability, sustainability, or circularity profile,' explains bill morris, mycoworks’ vice president of product. read our conversation in full here, and discover more recent interviews here.
A WOOL TERRAZZO ARMCHAIR MADE OF RECYCLED PLASTIC BOTTLES
in '10 nodes', kazakh product designer daniyar uderbekov upholsters a wooden frame armchair in a large, single piece of felt. while the frame is made of wooden cuttings gathered from garden tools, the chair's wool terrazzo wrapping has been shaped from recycled, 3D printed PET plastic derived from old bottles. see more submissions by our readers here, and find out how to upload your own project here.
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