Articles
The Smog Project
Smog, a portmanteau of ‘smoke’ and ‘fog’, is unfortunately becoming more and more common in our industrialised world. It’s known to be composed of filthy and harmful fine dust particles. Beijing is notorious for high ...
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Natural oil for plastic revolution
Oil from the castor bean is commonly used in medicine, food, hygiene and heavy industries. It can now also be used to create a more sustainable and healthier type of plastic. This is a development ...
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The art of magnetism
One of the biggest challenges to designers is making an object stay up. This is true whether it’s a lampshade or a skyscraper. While we’re getting pretty good at building solidly, some creatives take the ...
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Smart world
It’s no surprise that when you’ve been around the world of innovative materials as long as Materia creative director Els Zijlstra, only the really inspiring materials continue to amaze and challenge. This is exactly what ...
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Super silver screen
A team at MIT have published details on how to make a transparent screen. This is an exciting development as it can be used to turn ordinary glass panels into projection screens. The solution uses ...
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Light fantastic
How do you make a run-of-the-mill public space into something special? If you’re anything like these designers, you turn it into a bright focal point. This train station outside Kyoto (Japan) is a prime example. ...
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