Graphenstone UK chosen as preferred paint supplier for the Eden Project
October 2022: Graphenstone UK has secured a new supply deal with the Eden Project, one of the UK’s leading educational charities, eco-park and visitor attraction. The collaboration has evolved as a result of both companies’ shared visions and ethos over…
BETSY SMITH; GRAPHENSTONE COLOUR CONSULTANT
Graphenstone is delighted to announce Betsy Smith as our new colour consultant who will be responsible for colour curation and direction for the world's most certified eco paint brand. For 25 years, Betsy Smith worked with Sir Terence Conran, as…
Kevin’s Green Heros
Green Hero! Graphenstone are proud recipients of this prestigious badge of honour, a selection of uniquely ecological brands personally chosen by design guru and Grand Designs presenter, Kevin McCloud. Celebrating the best conceptual and eco-friendly construction ideas, Kevin personally selects…
WHAT EXACTLY IS A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY?
There are many ways to define sustainability. It is simplest to say that a sustainable society is one that can persist over generations; one that is farseeing enough, flexible enough, and wise enough not to undermine either its physical or…
DECOREX ’21 – ROSE UNIACKE & GRAPHENSTONE
A wonderful fusion of Rose Uniacke’s stunning fabrics and her new co-branded range of certified ecological paints, in collaboration with Graphenstone. A beautiful display. We're genuinely proud to have worked with Rose Uniacke on the creation of this beautiful new…
PLASTIC RAIN FROM SPRAYED ACRYLIC PAINTS
Plastic rain is now falling across the globe, sourced in part from sprayed acrylic & vinyl paints https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaz5819 This highlights another critical environmental issue, which calls for an urgent response from the coatings industry worldwide. Here’s what they discovered; Eleven billion…
How The World might look in 2040
London Mayor Sadiq Khan proposed the challenge -- how does London become a designated National Park City. WATG, London-based landscape team, headed by Demet Karaoglu, accepted the challenge. Perhaps the Mayor should consider incorporating Graphenstone’s CO2 absorbing, lime based…
Einstein; ‘Everything should be as simple as possible, but no simpler.’
“…as simple as possible, but no simpler” suggested Einstein. The “no simpler” element for Graphenstone, is the addition of pure inert carbon based ‘graphene’. Why is this needed in our paints? The graphene serves to make the paints stronger and…
Graphenstone paints saves about 2Kg of Co2 per litre, in production
Solingesa have certified Graphenstone paints with an embedded carbon value of 0.5Kg CO2e. In the case of our pure lime ranges, due to the reabsorption of CO2 in the curing process (around 5.5Kg per 15 litre pot of Biosphere exterior…