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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.
14 Oct 2026
Fibres, Fabrication and New Textile Structures at Dutch Design Week 2026
Bio-based materials
12 Oct 2026
Local Resources and New Building Methods at Dutch Design Week 2026
Sustainable
12 Oct 2026
Zeolite and Bamboo Biochar Improve Concrete Strength and CO₂ Uptake
6 Oct 2026
Lignin-Based Nanolayers Create Nearly Invisible, Light-Responsive Coatings
Bio-based materials
5 Oct 2026
Temperature-Responsive Windows Could Reduce Building Energy Use
Energy & Resilience
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
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ACEMRLAnn Arbor, United States
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ADVANSAHamm, Germany
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Amarins BokmaNetherlands
Amphibio LtdLondon, United Kingdom
Amphibio is a transdisciplinary team of designers, engineers and scientists, purpose built to create radical material solutions to tackle the climate crisis. Brought together by a passion for sustainable design, they deliver nature-inspired innovations with an aim to mitigate pre and post-consumer waste ending life in landfill or incineration whilst empowering consumers to reduce their […]
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Analia SegalBrooklyn New York, United States
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Anastasiya KoshcheevaBerlin, Germany
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Ara-Coatings GmbH & Co. KGErlangen, Germany
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Basse StittgenAmsterdam, Netherlands
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
Indrė Mikuckė
Indrė Mikuckė – New Materiality: Interweaving Creative Experimentation and Dialogue with Nature
Jannis Kempkens
Jannis Kempkens – Biobased Material Research – A Design Perspective
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
Philippe Gaud
Philippe Gaud – Le Labo 1.0 By Baguette Studio: What If We Owned Raw Materials Instead Of Objects?
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