Published 1 November 2016 by Cherise Fong

Every year in Cambodia, the Mekong River floods hundreds of hectares around Lake Tonlé Sap. A project by architect Jonathan Chhen allies ecotourism, ecodesign and social good.

Published 29 August 2016 by Caroline Grellier

This summer, Termatière, the material company project recycling agricultural waste, moved on to prototyping: a vine shoot composite panel, designed in a lab, was cut in a fablab.

Published 21 July 2016 by Cherise Fong

Reborn Kyoto breathes new life into old kimonos. The nonprofit organization trains marginalized women in Cambodia, Vietnam or Rwanda, while transforming quality silk into ready-to-wear fashion.

Published 14 March 2016 by Cherise Fong

What’s new after death? Two prototypes have been developing over the last few years to pave the way toward a 100% green burial.

Published 12 February 2016 by Caroline Grellier

Our designer and DIY columnist Caroline Grellier went into high-speed train mode in early 2016 with Termatière, her business project of 100% bio-sourced local new materials.

Published 11 January 2016 by Caroline Grellier

The Termatière project has been under development for a year, with turbulences and accelerations. Time for a first assessment for our maker columnist, and now start-uper in bio-sourced materials.

Published 8 January 2016 by Nicolas Barrial

The nice radios that can't read a smartphone playlist are no longer popular. What if we mixed state-of-the-art Bluetooth speakers, often expensive or charmless, with a disused device?

Published 7 December 2015 by Caroline Grellier

Blizzard warning on the Termatière, a cooperative project for agricultural waste upcycling into 100% bio-sourced materials, with a decisively maker approach.

Published 20 November 2015 by Caroline Grellier

In Brest, the Tricyclettes and their nomadic workshops make you roll up your sleeves by offering on a street corner initiation to screen printing or tampography, with 100% vegetable-based DIY inks.

Published 13 October 2015 by Caroline Grellier

From maker to researcher, is there only one step? Caroline Grellier discussed the subject with the National institute for agronomical research (Inra) and Sup’Agro Montpellier.

Published 7 September 2015 by Caroline Grellier

Our maker in bio-sourced materials has not been idle this summer. La Termatière completed its funding, launched a market study, wrote its R&D program and recruited a partner.

Published 13 July 2015 by Caroline Grellier

June priority for La Termatière, the bio-sourced materials agency: hunting for euros! Contests, feasibility studies allowing me to check what my vine shoot has in its fibre.

Published 29 June 2015 by Elsa Ferreira

39 degrees... so what? Makery shows you how to keep cool despite the heatwave with DIY air-conditioners that can be built in less than 15 minutes. A little sweat for lots of comfort.

Published 8 June 2015 by Caroline Grellier

Peanut shells, rice bran, cow pat and homemade moulds… Our material maker continues her inspiring immersion in Togo, at the bio-sourced local material lab.

Published 18 May 2015 by Nicolas Barrial

Furniture made of reusable pallets is the workshop proposed by the green warriors of UpCycly in Montreuil, as part of the peach wall Festival on May 24th. Makery was there.

Published 5 May 2015 by Caroline Grellier

For her agro-material design agency project La Termatière, Caroline Grellier went off to Togo to observe the activity of a research centre in local materials.

Published 23 February 2015 by Nicolas Barrial

“Chutes libres” is an upcycling workshop using the scraps from scenographies of past exhibitions at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal in Paris.

Published 16 December 2014 by Francis Mizio

66 artists took part on December 12-14 in the 6th Transformeurs upcycling challenge in Nantes, which attracted some 4,500 visitors.

Published 18 November 2014 by Quentin Chevrier

27 designers, craftsmen and curious onlookers got together for a design salvage workshop at ICI Montreuil this week-end.