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 pateneted 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.
01 OM SIGNAGE FILM
CIRCULAR
02 OTHER MATTER LEATHER
UPHOLSTERY
03 OM SURFACE FILM
SPECIFY
IMPACT
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, sustainabilty 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