dutch design week, 17-25 oktober 2026 eindhoven

From Waste to Gold

Our world is collapsing. A New Economy of high performance material is rising. From Nature To Nature.

Hosted by The New Materialist

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The old material world is ending. Brittle supply chains Toxic by default. Broken logic. We build what comes next: high-performance regenerative materials and the resilient systems to scale them. From farm to factory. From Nature to Nature.

SOURCE. Radical Materials.

The industry defaults to toxic petro-materials.
Many spend months searching for alternatives, unsuccessfully.
We find what others couldn't in just one month.

We source existing biomaterials that old-world suppliers can't see. Our focus is performance without compromise and radical transparency , materials with measurable impact and a clear end-of-life plan, from nature, back to nature.

Within 1 month, we deliver a collection of material solutions and establish connections with relevant suppliers.

EXPLORE. From Waste to New Materials.

Global sourcing is yesterday's shortcut
Resilience is built locally.

We see local waste not as waste, but as feedstock : agricultural byproducts, invasive plants, industrial cast-offs. From this raw potential, we invent radical, tailored, local materials and the systems to support them.

Within 3 months, we deliver these material innovations implemented directly into product prototypes.

EMERGE. From Lab to Launch.

An innovative material is useless without a viable path to market.

We transform a biomaterial opportunity into a scalable industrial reality. We don’t just deliver a material; we build the entire system that makes it work , a bold, resilient supply chain from farm to factory. This means securing local partnerships, qualifying the material, scaling production, and proving its technical and economic feasibility.

Within 6 months, we lock in local partnerships, scale production, and prove the material's impact and industrial feasibility.

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programme.hosted_by.about The New Materialist

The New Materialist is a biomaterial design studio founded in 2023. We are a team of designers and entrepreneurs driving the shift to a regenerative economy. For us, performance is essential. We don't just create concepts; we launch high-performance biomaterials ready to disrupt markets and create real change.

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Sponsored by From Waste to Gold