Designing a mosque entails challenges for architects who have to consider the strict and detailed century-old requirements. However, modern architects manage to find new ways to blend traditional architectural elements of the rich Islamic artistic heritage with new forms, materials and styles, creating contemporary places of worship.
Known for centuries, aromatherapy is the practice of using essential oils for therapeutic benefit. When inhaled, the scent molecules in oils travel from the olfactory nerves directly to the brain and especially impact the amygdala, the emotional center of the brain. Aromatic oil diffusers have become quite trendy these days, coming in all shapes, sizes, and features but these sophisticated pieces will please not only your smell but also your eyes with their well-balanced aesthetic designs.
A day on the beach will never be dull if you are building a sandcastle to build. All you need to create your masterpiece is sand, water, a few carving tools, and buckets of imagination. Sand castles are typically made by children for fun, but there are also showstopping sand sculptures and site-specific installations that are created by artists to make a statement.
In the world of innovative design, these industrial designers utilize the age-old material – clay – to create sustainable alternatives to electric appliances taking advantage of its porosity and evaporative cooling effect. Made from clay, these simple devices can preserve food and and moisten dry interior spaces in an eco-friendly electricity-free way.
Fashion designers are constantly seeking to push boundaries. In this roundup, we have collected innovative garments beautifully and meticulously engineered to forever change the way we dress.
The search for green materials has become increasingly urgent, as an estimated 92 million tonnes of textiles end up in landfills annually adding to such global problems as greenhouse gas emissions, climate change and the prevalence of microplastics. Concerned about the future of the planet, researchers and designers are working to deliver more regenerative materials to the fashion market, producing beautiful garments from discarded materials.
Human desire to consume meat and animal products runs deep in cultures globally, which is probably why some people who choose to be vegan still miss the experience of eating meat. In the past few years, designers have come up with numerous ideas for innovative alternatives to meat and eggs that not only mimic the taste and structure of the animal products but also seek to reduce food-related emissions as part of the global effort to slow climate change.
Daily we create a lot of food waste that we dispose of in sewers and landfills. Even when this waste is incinerated, it releases dangerous heavy metals into the atmosphere, which are extremely harmful to air quality and human health. However, food waste could be a valuable source, if we handle it in the right way. Some designers are now using food waste to produce sustainable items to demonstrate that there are alternatives to throwing it away.
Humans eat a lot of food that comes from plants and animals, but some parts of these get discarded and thrown away during processing. With human consumption growing with time, this organic waste keeps piling up at landfills adding to the greenhouse gases effect and thus harming the environment. Fortunately, engineers and product designers come up with ideas of utilizing food waste to create innovative and beautiful materials suitable for construction and interior decoration.
The surf community has always been in the first line to protect the oceans. However, ironically, it is their surfboards that have negative impact on the environment. A single polyurethane surfboards emit up to 272 kg of carbon dioxide over its lifecycle, while polystyrene, the main component used in conventional boards, needs over 500 years to decompose. Let’s check some sustainable solutions that are excellent in terms of performance, aesthetics and innovation.
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