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IKEA 10 + 1 = MATERIAL SUSTAINABILITY
In this design series, Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Ina Klepper looks to solve the problem of unrecyclable ceramics – which have no second life once fired – in order to produce more with less material. During ...
Read more >Legacy Lab @ Prototyping 2015
A fascinating material concept to bring light into the depths of a room via glass fibres is currently on show at Prototyping 2015, Kortrijk (October 28-29). This concept was developed by students of the Technical ...
Read more >DDacha: A Biobased Living Concept
Biobased materials form an important part of our material library, so we were very interested to see DDacha at Dutch Design Week 2015. DDacha is a biobased living concept, offering a compact house made from primarily ...
Read more >Balustrade by Vincent de Rijk @ Prototyping 2015
Vincent de Rijk is not necessarily well known by name, but his architectural models for clients like MVRDV and OMA are hard to miss. One of his models, a balustrade for a loft, is currently ...
Read more >RoboFold Super Origami
RoboFold‘s super origami illustrates the beauty that can be found through a combination of design and industrial processing. The patented RoboFold process brings together the power of industrial robots with control from a suite of custom software. ...
Read more >3D Metal Forming by Explosion at Prototyping 2015
Explosive forming is the forming of sheet metal using explosive materials. The results are dynamic and ideal for unique architectural and design expressions. Explosion forming experts 3D Metal-Forming are joining Materia at the Prototyping 2015 event in ...
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