A smart solution for safer periods
In conversation with REC Winners Cheuk Laam Wong & Margaret Wu
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The path to growable, compostable electronics
In conversation with REC Winners Catherine Euale & Paige Perillat-Piratoine
Shaping the future of materials with bacteria
In conversation with REC Winner Axel Gómez-Ortigoza
Can design help Delhi breathe easy?
In conversation with REC Winners Abhimanyu Singhal & Depanshu Gola
What constitutes ‘better’ design today?
Three leading strategists share the lessons they’ve learned at Secrid
How FREITAG and Secrid stay ahead of the curve
Daniel Freitag and René van Geer on 30 years of sustainable design
Kaori Akiyama & Shubhi Sachan on everyday materialities
6 questions with the founders of Studio Bycolor & Material Library of India
Open call: How can social designers spark cultural participation for climate awareness?
Inspiring climate awareness community projects
Building better with less
5 inspiring initiatives to reduce and refuse
The Purposeful Gift Guide
12 gift ideas for the conscious creative
Celebrating 10 circular design pioneers with Secrid
Highlights from our visit to Dutch Design Week 2023
Does the world really need more novelty oats?
Claire Potter on balancing the 'thin tightrope' of product design education
Knitting plastic waste with robots
The New Raw launches new collection of playful upcycled benches
‘We can use digital technologies to stimulate empathy’
Guto Requena on love, urban design and Queer Eye Brazil
‘We see circularity as part of an evolutionary process’
Secrid co-founder René van Geer joins the Make it Circular Challenge jury
The Plastic Elephant in the Room
Is it time to retire the most widely-used piece of furniture in the world?
Meet the next generation of Dutch product-makers
Plant power & circular materials take centre stage at Secrid Talent Podium
SPACE10 x Ma-tt-er launch residency exploring Mexico’s biomaterials
Open call for a six week residency in Mexico City
Bricks glazed with iron and steel
StoneCycling & Studio Mixtura bring out six new waste-based glazes
Style and sustainability for the new normal
Environmentally friendly masks with high impact on local economic activities
Shelterbags for South Africa’s homeless
New project to help people surviving COVID-19 on the streets
SafeHandFish repurposes soy sauce bottles as hand sanitising gel containers
In response to the UN’s call for creative ideas to limit coronavirus, Japan now serves sanitizer in fish-shaped soy bottles
Open-source masks, gowns and coveralls for all
Fashion designers join forces to produce much-needed protective garments
Zaaf, a life in a bag
Young Ethiopian woman entrepreneur conquers the world with leather handbags