Help Keep Healthy Materials Resources Free

Blog

From our Lab and beyond, here is some exciting news about the healthy materials frontier.

187 posts
September 1, 2022

Will the Material Industry Cost us Biodiversity? Insights from HML’s High School Intern

Lila Quinn
Our material world is creating divides between people and the environment, constructing a plant where species go extinct every day.
August 25, 2022

From Our Library Drawers: What does the USDA BioPreferred Program Mean?

Last post we broke down the meaning of the terms biomaterial, biobased, bioplastic and biofabricated. Of these, ‘Biobased’ is the only term that has a legal definition. So, we’re going to dig deeper into that definition.
July 28, 2022

Intersectionality: Insights from HML’s High School Intern

Lila Quinn
Every single thing is connected, from the organic strawberries wrapped in plastic and grown in Mexico you find at your local supermarket to the pro-choice rallies seen across the United States. This is intersectionality.
July 20, 2022

Forging a Post Petroleum World: Biobased, Biofabricated, Biomaterial, What’s the Difference?

What does "Bio" mean? Is Biobased the same thing as Bioassembled? And is that the same thing as a Biomaterial?
July 7, 2022

Donghia healthier Materials Library is hiring Student Researcher Assistants: Fall 2022

The New School and Parsons School of Design students, apply now to be considered!
June 23, 2022

Announcing HML’s Designing with Hemp + Lime: Open Source Detailing for Architects and Designers

Learn more about recently designed and built projects using various installation methods of Hemp + Lime.
June 16, 2022

2022 Role Models Winner’s Gallery

Announcing the outstanding winners of the 2022 Role Models student design competition!
June 1, 2022

Announcing Trace Material Season 3!

Healthy Materials Lab’s hit podcast Trace Material is coming back this summer – we’re exploring a whole new material!
March 31, 2022

Announcing our 7th Annual Healthier Design Innovation Contest!

Healthy Materials Lab is excited to announce the seventh annual Role Models Contest in Spring 2022. This is your chance to be a role model to the rest of the design world by sharing your innovative approach to design and demonstrating how your creative practice has a positive impact on personal health, and the health of the planet.
March 3, 2022

HempLime Project is a finalist and an award recipient on America by Design

Season 2 of America by Design is here, and HempLime is taking the mainstage!
March 1, 2022

Mycelium Millennium Talks | 2022

Join us for Mycelium Millennium Talks, a 2-part series that explores the potential of mycelium to shape the future of healthy materials.
February 1, 2022

Parsons Healthy Materials Lab featured in Metropolis Magazine

HML co-directors Alison Mears and Jonsara Ruth featured in a profile about Parsons Healthy Materials Lab in Metropolis Magazine.
December 8, 2021

Announcing HML’s Healthier Cabinetry Guide

Learn about healthier cabinetry options.
November 9, 2021

PA Hemp Home honored by Fast Co’s 2021 Innovation by Design Awards

Our collaborative project, PA Hemp Home, received an honorable mention in Fast Co’s 2021 Innovation by Design Awards!
November 1, 2021

We want to know you better!

We want to know how HML can improve your experience in learning about healthy materials for design, architecture, teaching and affordable housing.
October 6, 2021

The Fall of Plastics | 2021

Join us for The Fall of Plastics, a 3-part lecture series that addresses the need to radically reduce plastics in our lives.
August 16, 2021

Calling Parsons Alumni for Design TV! Season 1

Healthy Materials Lab seeks alumni to represent Parsons on the second season of "America by Design." Would you like to be a featured design alumni and have your work broadcasted to millions of homes across the United States?
August 16, 2021

Announcing HML’s Textile Guides: Designing for Positive Planetary Health

Learn about innovation in six major categories that can collectively transform the textile industry.
July 13, 2021

Parsons Healthy Materials Lab and PA Hemp Home featured on America by Design TV

Check out Healthy Materials Lab in a new series, "America By Design" on CBS and YouTube.
June 24, 2021

2021 Role Models Contest Winner’s Gallery

Read about the winners of Healthy Materials Lab's 2021 Role Models student design competition!
×

Join Our Academic Network

Get Access to our carefully researched and curated academic resources, including model syllabi and webinars. An email from an academic institution or a .edu email address is required. If your academic institution does not use .edu email addresses but you would like to join the network, please contact healthymaterialslab@newschool.edu.

Already have an account? Log in

A .edu email address is required to register. If you do not have a .edu email address but would like to join the network, please contact affordhealth@newschool.edu

×

Log In

Need an account? Join our Academic Network

A user with that email address already exists. Please log in instead.

  • A user already exists with that email address. Please log in instead.
↑  Glossary