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Voxel Chair: a 3D printed chair made by a robot

Published 7 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

From 3D printing living cells to full-size buildings, additive manufacturing is everywhere. Furniture is no exception in this matter, like this chair that was 3D printed by hand. Manuel Jiménez García and Gilles Retsin from ...

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Creative Heroes Award celebrates creativity with 60 nominees

Published 7 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

The nominees for the Creative Heroes Award 2017 have been announced! The new award does not judge aesthetics, but puts the people behind a special project or collaboration in the limelight. From the 60 nominees, ...

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LightCatcher: bringing more daylight into your building

Published 7 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

Lately, much attention is given to the health benefits or natural light. Since many people work in offices or other buildings, using many windows can provide the necessary light, but making extra windows is not ...

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Wikkelhouse: Tiny house made of cardboard

Published 7 years ago by Sigrid | no responses

Lately, more and more people are choosing to downsize the space they live in, by moving into so-called tiny houses. As the name implies, tiny houses are, in fact, tiny, usually somewhere between 9 and ...

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Animal free leather on World Meat Free Day

Published 7 years ago by Sigrid | one response

Today (12 June) is World Meat Free Day to draw attention to the bad effects eating so much meat has on the planet. Producing meat produces a lot of carbon emissions and takes up a ...

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Apparition: soft and transparent cow-skin leather

Published 7 years ago by Sigrid | one response

Creating transparent and supple cow leather has been a challenge. It has been possible with smaller hides of goats and sheep, but this leather was hard like parchment, so not suitable for garments, and could ...

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