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Material Futures
Where materials are heading. Speculative and experimental work, early-stage research, biomimicry and nature-inspired design, and the cultural shifts that decide which materials we will be specifying in ten years' time.
2 Oct 2026
Nacre-Inspired Coating Could Protect Wind Turbine Blades From Rain Erosion
29 Sept 2026
Colour-Changing Material Enables Invisible Security Markings
Smart & Responsive
28 Sept 2026
Next Venue takes a stake in MaterialDistrict; twentieth edition moves to Midden Nederland Hallen
Circular+1
28 Sept 2026
3D Printing With Ice Creates Self-Supporting Structures
New Making
16 Sept 2026
Concept Stroller Explores Biomaterials From Sawdust And Orange Peel
Bio-based materials
8 Sept 2026
3D Printed Titanium Lattice Floats Even After Severe Damage
New Making
7 Sept 2026
Scissor Linkages Transform From Lines Into Curved Surfaces
4 Sept 2026
Reusable Underwater Adhesive Bonds in Ten Seconds
6 Mar 2024
MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2024
Acoustic+2
11 Sept 2024
MaterialDistrict Expo: Super Skins
Biophilic & Human-Centred
10 May 2023
MaterialDistrict Expo: Materials for Manufacturing
Sustainable
11 May 2023
MaterialDistrict Expo: Super Skins
Bio-based materials
18 May 2022
MaterialDistrict Expo: Mix ‘n’ Match Materials
16 Sept 2020
MaterialDistrict Expo: Fantastic Future
20 Apr 2022
MaterialDistrict Expo: Fantastic Future
1 Jun 2022
MaterialDistrict Expo: Fantastic Future
Dennis Hauer
Dennis Hauer – Scaling up mass-timber through innovation
Luciana Dos Santos Duarte
Luciana Dos Santos Duarte – The Fabric of the Forest: how innovative rubber materials are produced in the Amazon for fashion companies
Anett Papp
Anett Papp – Weaving the Unseen: Crafting Materials That Think, Grow, and Transform
Dirk van Deursen
Dirk van Deursen – System change in use of materials (NL)
Anouk Groen
Anouk Groen – 4 sustainable design trends – to implement right now!
Anouk Groen
Anouk Groen – CMF Design Inspiration 2025+ (Design trends from a 3D perspective)
Erik Tempelman
Erik Tempelman – Materials and Greenwashing: (don’t) get SCAMMED!
Irene Petrillo