Inspirational Case Studies
On this page, you find all the different case studies used to propose our Kingdoms Classification. They are contributions from designers all around the world, who we believe create a project starting from the material. Additional information is available at the following publications:
-Rognoli, V., Ayala-Garcia, C. (2021). Defining the DIY-Materials approach. In: Materials Experience 2: Expanding territories of materials and design. Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN: 978-0-12-819244-3
– Ayala-Garcia, C. (2019). The Materials Generation. (Doctoral dissertation). Politecnico di Milano Milano. Retrieved from institutional repository.
Case Studies for Inspiration
Hair Highway – Studio Swine – (United Kingdom & Japan)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “Hair Highway explores the potential of human …Blood Bricks -Munro Studio– (UK)
Kingdom: Recuperavit. //Description Animal blood was for a long time …Artichair – Kizis Studio – (Greece)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “The artichoke thistle is an edible plant …Bacco – Studio Natural – (Italy)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description ” Bacco is a collection made with …Hempcrete – (United Kingdom)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “Hempcrete is a biocomposite of hemp hurd …Grow a Roll – Stefan Schwabe – (United Kingdom)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “This set-up investigates how bacterial cellulose can …Terroir – Jonas Edvard, Nikolaj Steenfatt – (Denmark)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “The project contains a new material developed …Transience X – Lex Pott – (The Netherlands)
Harvest – Asif Khan – (United Kingdom)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “The project’s starting point was to explore …Eggo – Sebastian Aumer– (Germany)
Kingdom: Recuperavit. //Description The ‘eggo!’ stool uses recycled pieces of …Grow-It-Yourself – Ecovative Design – (United States)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “GIY is entitles for “Grow-It-Yourself” material. After …Agar Plasticity – Kosuke Araki, Noriaki Maetani, Akira Muraoka – (Japan)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “Agar Plasticity is an ongoing material research …Made by Bees – Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny – (The Netherlands)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “Libertiny’s “collaboration” with honey bees pushes the …Piñatex – Carmen Hijosa – (Spain)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “Develops a sustainable textile made of pineapple …The Growing Lab – Officina Corpuscoli – (The Netherlands)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “One of the main challenges of the …The Fabric Project– Valentina Maino – (Italy)
Kingdom: Recuperavit. //Description A material created by drying clothes in …Hidden Beauty – Studio Gutedort– (Germany)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “Hidden Beauty- Inner Skins asks the question …The Flax Project – Christien Meindertsma – (The Netherlands)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “Flax is a material which used to …SPF Sugar Protection Filter – Federica Dellisanti & Tinka Jongerius – (Italy, Belgium)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “The use of artificial light has led …The New Age of Trichology – Sanne Visser – (United Kingdom)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “How can we use human hair waste …Crafting Plastics – Vlasta Kubušová & Miroslav Král– (Germany)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “The cp! bioplastic was developed by the …Leather Sun clocks – Lina Patsiou – (United Kingdom)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “Greek-born, London-based designer Lina Patsiou has created …ReSurface– Helga Aversa – (Italy)
Kingdom: Recuperavit. //Description GFRP (Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer) is the …Biocouture – Suzanne Lee – (New York)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “Biocouture is building an open source ‘bioneer’ …The Unimaginary Project – Beatrice Cordara – (The Netherlands)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “The Unimaginary Project is a series of …Ruminant Bloom – Julia Lohmann – (United Kingdom)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “With Ruminant Bloom, Lohmann pushes the boundaries …Zwarthout – Pieter Weijnen and Zwarthout Team – (The Netherlands)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “Shou Sugi Ban (burned cypress) is a …Shaping Sugar – Amelia Desnoyers – (France)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “Sugar is a basic cooking product, It …Oxidation Aftermath – (The Netherlands)
Autarchy – Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin – Studio Formafantasma – (The Netherlands)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “Autarchy is a materials approach that proposes …Sugar Glass – Fernando Laposse – (Mexico)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “The project is a combination between kitchen …MYX – Jonas Edvard – (Denmark)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “MYX consist of plant fibre and mushroom-mycelium. …Algaemy – Essi Johanna Glomb and Rasa Weber – Blond & Bieber – (Germany)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “Algaemy investigates the potential of microalgae in …Monilium Vite – Carolina Peréz Rodríguez- (Colombia)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description A material made out the cultivation of …Cooked Wool – Freyja Sewell – (United Kingdom)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “As we become increasingly bombarded with information …Coleoptera – Aagje Hoekstra– (The Netherlands)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “In the Netherlands, mealworms are bred for …About a Pinetree – Sarmīte Poļakova– (The Netherlands)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “This project focuses on the relationship between …FiDu -Oskar Zięta – (Poland)
Kingdom: Mutantis. //Description FiDU – innovative forming of the future. …BioElectric – Jeongwon Ji – (Korea)
Kingdom: Animale. //Description “When life gives you mitten crabs, make …De Algarum Natura – Officina Corpuscoli – (The Netherlands)
Kingdom: Vegetabile. //Description “De Algarum Natura originated as an investigation …