Archive of (other) archives

The Archive of Archives is a growing collection of material libraries from around the world. It serves as a source of information about sustainable materials and helps you locate labs equipped with the facilities you need. By exploring these diverse references, you can discover ingredients, recipes, making tutorials, and much more.


A Better Source
Different natural and man made packaging materials from a metal can, to bottle, to eggshells
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Sarah Natsumi Moore/A Better Source

Online location
https://abettersource.org/

Color Amazonia
Screenshot of the website.
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Color Amazonia

Physical location
Colombian Amazone, (9000 km)

Online location
https://coloramazonia.com/en/amazonia-home-english/

EMMy (Ecological Material Mini Library)
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Physical location
Aachen, Germany (255 km)

Online location
https://emmy.rb.rwth-aachen.de/en/

ETH Zurich Materials Hub
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ETH Zurich

Physical location
Zürich, Switzerland (181 km)

Online location
https://ethz.ch/en/campus/getting-to-know/learning-and-working/collections-and-archives/eth-materials-hub.html

Future Materials Bank
Photo of the Future Materials Lab.
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Jan van Eyck Academie

Physical location
Maastricht, The Netherlands (283 km)

Online location
https://www.futurematerialsbank.com

Goods Index
Screenshot of the online material archive.
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Goods Index

Physical location
Oslo, Norway (1223 km)

Online location
https://index.goods.no/

Institute of Making
Screenshot of the website.
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Institute of Making

Physical location
London, United Kingdom (667 km)

Online location
https://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/materials-library/library

KIT Materialbibliothek
Photo of the material archive at KIT.
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KIT Materialbibliothek

Physical location
Karlsruhe, Germany (2 km)

Online location
https://nb.ieb.kit.edu/

Laboratorium
Screenshot of the Laboratorium website featuring the color database.
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Laboratorium

Physical location
Ghent, Belgium (403 km)

Online location
http://laboratorium.bio/database.html

Material Archiv
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Online location
https://materialarchiv.ch/de?type=material

Material District
Screenshot of the material collection on Material District.
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Material District

Physical location
Naarden, The Netherlands (432 km)

Online location
https://materialdistrict.com/

Phytophilia
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Physical location
Copenhagen, Denmark (794 km)

Online location
https://www.phytophilia.dk/library-index

Sitterwerk
Drawers with different material samples.
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Sitterwerk

Physical location
Sankt Gallen, Switzerland (190 km)

Online location
https://www.sitterwerk.ch/en

Syntropic Materials
Screenshot with materials on the website.
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Syntropic Materials

Online location
https://syntropicmaterials.eumo.it/library

Waste Not
Screenshot of the materials on the website.
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Waste Not

Online location
https://wastenot.world/