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Healthy Materials
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LikeMindedObjects Uses Waste to Create Sustainable Products With Personality
In addition to running her Hudson, New York studio and storefront, Elise McMahon of LikeMindedObjects has recently launched a collection of recycled pillow inserts called CRCL EARTH.
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Ceramic Tile: The Past and Future of Healthy Design
Natural, non-toxic, non-porous, and durable enough to last several lifetimes, Italian ceramic tile is the material of choice for designers with an eye on wellness.
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With Help from the Federal Government, Biobased Products are Proliferating
These three products are made of degradable, low-carbon bio-matter such as rice straw, sugarcane, and mycelium.
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Designing for Equity and Well-Being in the COVID-19 Era
Hana Kassem, principal at KPF, and Jonsara Ruth, cofounder of Parsons’ Healthy Materials Lab, outline the effects of the built environment on our well-being.
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Role Models Award Winners Lead the Way in Healthy Materials
The Parsons School of Design competition, highlights student innovation in the realm of healthy materials.
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Sustainability Glossary: Transparency
As part of the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability special issue, we asked experts to provide refreshed definitions of key sustainability concepts.
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Putting the Health Back Into Health-Care Textiles
Textiles are key to designing health and safety into our hospitals—and the industry is changing its thinking about how these fabrics should be made.
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How Architects Can Help Make the Built Environment Healthier
Metropolis’s director of design innovation, Susan S. Szenasy, led a talk at CookFox’s New York office on architecture, data, advocacy, and health.
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How New Wellness Standards Are Reshaping Architecture
This year, a new set of sustainability codes and standards addressed an often-overlooked ecosystem: the human body.
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Can Vinyl Really Be Sustainable? One Manufacturer Bets on Yes
One carpet company is expanding its product line to include vinyl tiling—and still promising to have 100% of its materials recycled or bio-based by 2020.
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With Its Silica Prints Collection, Momentum Goes PVC-Free
With the launch of the Silica Prints collection, Momentum Textiles is now a fully PVC-free company.
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Low-Tech Tool Helps Designers Create Healthier Spaces
Activist designers work to reveal the chemistry and environmental impact of furnishing products.
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Advocates Stand up for the Built Environment’s Material Health
Healthy products advocates collaborate, see a growing market
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A PVC-Free Textile Made from Sugarcane
A revolutionary biobased textile uses sugarcane as its raw material.
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It’s Show-and-Tell Time for Building Product Manufacturers
The design community gears up for an all-hands-on deck campaign for healthy products.
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Q&A: Health Care Expert Robin Guenther on Healthy Products
Concerned health care designer shares her hopes for Health Products
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Q&A:The Head of the Health Product Declaration Collaborative
Look for a slow, steady, reasoned transformation of the marketplace
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New Action Group to Expose The Ingredients of Our Building Products
Healthy building materials—and a transparent system to evaluate them—are the keys to healthy buildings.
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Radical Green: Living Building Challenge Pushes Sustainability Ahead
You think LEED Platinum is hard? The Living Building Challenge is sustainable design’s new cutting edge.