Christien Meindertsma's linoleum tiles can be remolded "like playdough"
Christien Meindertsma aimed to rebrand linoleum and establish a new visual language for the misunderstood material with her Flaxwood tiles.
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Christien Meindertsma aimed to rebrand linoleum and establish a new visual language for the misunderstood material with her Flaxwood tiles.
San Francisco-based footwear brand Allbirds is set to introduce what it claims is the first leather alternative entirely made from plant-based ingredients. The brand says that the compostable material, called Plant Leather, has a carbon impact that is 40 times lower than animal leather and produces 17 times fewer carbon emissions than plastic-based synthetic leather. The material contains natural rubber derived from the sap of the rubber tree as well as vegetable oil, citric acid and fillers like cork and rice husks plus natural pigments. Allbirds claims Plant Leather is "the world's first" e...