Articles
Self-healing ‘blood’ polymer
We’ve heard about self-healing materials and we can all imagine their uses. Now, a team from the US has developed a new self-healing polymer that works similar to the way clotting blood forms a healing ...
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Reinventing the Wheel(chair)
It’s every designer’s dream: to actually reinvent the wheel. Though usually a pipedream, there are a few cases in which the wheel gets a real makeover. Perhaps this is one of those times. Faced with ...
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New knitted materials
Material innovation is all about addressing a physical problem from a new angle. In this case, the problem is how to give novelty to knitting. These fabrics demonstrate the wide range of techniques that can ...
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Building with air
Lightweight materials are an important class of construction materials, as can be seen here and as we often hear from manufacturers and designers. Increasingly, lightweights are combined with air cushions for added effect. We’ve reported recently ...
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Cutting Edge
Cutting edge aims to be exactly that: a high-end piece of furniture using high-tech design. The sofa is carved from a block of polymer material using electric hotwires. The idea is based on the foam-cutting ...
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Floating shelves
At this year’s Salone del Mobile, one piece of furniture stood out for its aesthetic recognisability. It shouldn’t surprise you to learn that the design is from the offices of Zaha Hadid. The curvy forms ...
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