What should a material do once its job is done?
Other Matter® makes completely naturally-derived bioplastic sheet materials for signage, interior surfaces and upholstery. Our patented formulations use a polymer extracted from algae and are non-toxic, closed-loop, and made to be taken back and remade.
Image: OM Signage Film installation designed by Little Troop at Ace Hotel Sydney. Photo by Andrea Veltom.
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?
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Retail, exhibition or event signage
OM Signage Film↗
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Privacy film, sheet material
OM Surface Film↗
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Leathery upholstery material
Other Matter Leather↗
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↗The record behind the material.
5,500 m²
PVC displaced since incorporation
21 tennis courts
area of PVC displaced
188 kg
phthalates eliminated from public spaces
RECOGNITION
D&AD Future Impact — 2026
Dezeen Awards 2025 — Surface Design of the Year
Dezeen Awards China 2025 — Bespoke and Collectible Design of the Year
FRAME Awards 2025 — Best Use of Light
Australian Good Design Awards — Best in Class
INDE Honourable Mention — The Object 2025
Australian patent granted — 2026
International patents filed — 2026
CSIRO Award — Most Promising Advancement in Achieving the Ending Plastic Waste Mission Goal — 2024
IN THE PRESS
Material Matters with Grant Gibson - Algae, sustainability and systems design with Rebecca Lawson of Aesop and Jessie French of Other Matter
FRAME Magazine - “The real misconception is thinking about materials through a binary of good and bad at all”
Australian Financial Review - Material Girl - One woman’s quest to eradicate plastics with algae
Design Anthology - Melbourne’s Other Matter Cooks Signage Film Offcuts Into Algae-Based Leather
Design Milk - At 3daysofdesign, Aesop Tests Out a Bioplastic Window Decal Alternative
Monocle on Design - Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design and how to innovate materially with Jessie French
Dezeen - Other Matter launches bio-leather made from single-use signage