In Miami, an annual art and design festival featured a bioplastic, compostable stools from Slovakia studio Crafting Plastics. The design firm created several pieces made using Nuatan, a proprietary polyhydroxy alkaloids biomaterial that is 100% biobased and compostable. “We are expecting our products and furniture pieces to endure generations,” Crafting Plastics cofounder Vlasta Kubušová told […]
In Miami, luxury carmaker Lexus and design studio Crafting Plastics have created a 3D printed, bioplastic car sculpture that changes color in response to changes in the environment, such as UV radiation and viewer proximity. Dubbed Liminal Cycles, the sculpture also expands and contracts “as if it were breathing, visualizing the relationship between technology and […]
In Miami, cultivated meat pioneer UPSIDE Foods is planning a cultivated chicken tasting on June 27, just days before a Florida ban on the product goes into effect. UPSIDE has not disclosed the location, but interested parties can contact media@upsidefoods.com for more information. Mika Leon, a celebrity chef and owner of Caja Caliente, will prepare […]
In Miami, Bezos Earth Fund has committed an initial $60 million to establish the Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein. The centers, which are part of the Bezos Earth Fund’s $1 billion commitment for transforming food, will target major technological barriers to reducing cost, increasing quality, and boosting nutritional benefit of alternative proteins by advancing science […]
