Mindful Materials News Today

The Corian Design business of DuPont is actively moving towards circular economy principles by increasingly using recycled materials and reducing material waste in the production of its Corian Solid Surface material.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architectures Materials Lab and Interior Design Program have been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Angelo Donghia Foundation. The money will be used to reimagine how students learn about materials by reframing the Materials Lab’s existing collection...

Editors Darius Helm and Jessica Chevalier take a look at sustainability progress in flooring over the last year and offer updates on the leading flooring producers and related associations, as well as an update on the U.S. Green Building Council.

January 27, 2021 Clockwise, from top left: Laura Lane, UPS; Darnell Grisby, TransForm; Guy Grainger, JLL, Boma Brown-West, EDF; Miriam Nelson, Newmans Own Foundation; Asheen Phansey, Circular Fashion Group; Clare Shine,  University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership; Janelle Heslop, Amgen. Middle row from left: Claire Bergkamp, Textile Exchange; Steve Quarles, AWEA; Elliott Rodgers, Ulta Beauty; Maribel Bostic, SunPower; Dana Worth, Plenty. You dared to dream that some of the...