Materials and innovations

A shell in bamboo-fibre, moulded in metal: Emu’s latest collection presented at the Salone del Mobile 2019 revolves around an innovative wooden fabric...

Ductile, recyclable, elegant as well as antibacterial: copper has endless physical, chemical and mechanical properties and as a result, it’s found in a diverse range of fields...

The main aim was to transform traditional Terrazzo tiles into a new, stainable material. With that in mind, the London designer Robin Grasby decided to transform the waste from marble production into Altrock...

The inspiration came to the designers Pio and Tito Toso: to upcycle the plastic crates from the Tidy&Store range (that Guzzini manufactures in several colours and sizes), to create a glamorous object that’s entirely sustainable too...

Listone Giordano, the voice of the forest and soul of the wood

The idea came to a start-up from Berlin: recycle coffee to… serve coffee. The coffee grounds in fact are transformed into extraordinary as well as practical coffee cups..

When a company starts its life with an eye towards the future, innovation invariably becomes part of its genetic makeup. This was true for Kartell, one of the most iconic brands on the contemporary Italian design scene that from 1949 has challenged and revolutionised the world of design. And it continues to do so.

An innovative project has many different aspects: a hi-tech heart, a cutting-edge process, patented functionality, an attentive choice and use of the materials...