Posts Tagged 'Materials'

Sydney Design Week 2023 explores urgent social, environmental and ethical issues

When the 2023 Sydney Design Week “Amodern” launched this month, its program of talks, tours, exhibitions, workshops and films, revealed macro and micro ideas, from Eco Systems and Material Cultures to Micro Cycles, uncovering novel research shaping the future of design.

Sydney Design Week 2023 explores urgent social, environmental and ethical issues

When the 2023 Sydney Design Week “Amodern” launched this month, its program of talks, tours, exhibitions, workshops and films, revealed macro and micro ideas, from Eco Systems and Material Cultures to Micro Cycles, uncovering novel research shaping the future of design.

Turning tyres into steel

The goal of the work that we do is to appreciate the kind of resources we as human beings throw away into landfill sites. We look well and truly beyond a conventional recycling strategy where the goal is to convert plastic into plastic and glass into glass”. – Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Director , SMaRT Centre, UNSW

Turning tyres into steel

The goal of the work that we do is to appreciate the kind of resources we as human beings throw away into landfill sites. We look well and truly beyond a conventional recycling strategy where the goal is to convert plastic into plastic and glass into glass”. – Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Director , SMaRT Centre, UNSW