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Studying Fish to Design New Materials
A research team at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is using 3D printing techniques along with principles of biomimicry to design of new materials based on fish scales. The reason? Fish scales offer both strength ...
Read more >Material Masterclass: OMA’s Fondazione Prada
The new Fondazione Prada Art Gallery and complex in Milan has recently opened after being under development for the past seven years. The project includes a former industrial complex to which three additional new buildings – ...
Read more >Pulp Paper Inspires at the Coachella Music Festival
Demonstrating the structural and design potential of recycled paper pulp, Los Angeles based architects Ball-Nogues recently constructed this experimental pavilion for the 2015 Coachella Music Festival. Light and self supporting, the so-called ‘Pulp Pavilion’ is ...
Read more >Recreate the Northern Light with Glass and Film
Thanks to electrically charged solar particles colliding into the earth’s atmosphere, the Aurora borealis gifts the northern skies with dancing colours. And this local phenomenon has provided inspiration for the glazing at the University of ...
Read more >Unstainable: Please Spill Coffee On This Material
Thanks to the latest in nanotech coating technology, the most elegant white surface or shirt can stay that way. This so-called ‘Unstainable White Shirt’ by Elizabeth & Clarke works by disrupting the hydrogen bond that ...
Read more >Polyurethane Leather: Is synthetic better?
Polyurethane leather and innovative companies such as Ultrafabrics are taking industry by storm, particularly in the automotive industry where polyurethane leather is the interior finishing material of choice for manufacturers such as Range Rover. As ...
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