Each month, our research team juries in new materials into our material database. Here are five of our favorite and selections from this month: SUKANO ® PHA Color Masterbatches Manufacturer: …
Material Pulse – What’s New in Bio-Based Packaging
What’s New in renewably sourced packaging innovations? Though we have covered a range of bio-based packaging types in this column, this last year has seen some advances in this area sufficient to …
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Color + Materiality in Design – A collaboration with Peclers Paris
As a designer, you know that color and materiality can have a big impact on the look and feel of a project. They can both be used to create visual interest, evoke emotion, and form a connection …
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Retail Trends to Consider for 2023
What trends will be prominent in 2023 for retail? A Deloitte report showed that 55% of consumers surveyed recently bought a sustainable product or service. Consumer demand for sustainability …
Sustainability Certifications for Packaging
Throughout the material world and the things we make from it, sustainability certifications have arisen as the most effective way for brands to demonstrate a commitment to lowering environmental …
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Top 5 Materials: December 2022
Chemical Recycled Polyurethane Foam A recycling process that converts polyurethane (PU) foam waste into polyol and reformulates it to make new open-cell PU foams with the same mechanical …
Eye on: What’s New in Sustainable Packaging
The doorbell rings, it’s Amazon delivering another one of your packages. The standard cardboard box. You cut open the tape, take out the bubble wrap and remove the book you ordered from the much too …
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Weekend Word / LED + OLED
Light-emitting diodes or LEDs are a type of semiconductor that convert electricity to energy in the form of light. LEDs are extremely small, approximately the size of a fleck of pepper. Yet, they can …
