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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.
18 Jun 2026
Programmable Monomaterial Brings Circularity to High-Performance Sports Footwear
16 Jun 2026
Wearable Textile Harvests Drinking Water From Air
11 Jun 2026
Nature-Inspired Petal Structure Could Lead to New Reflective Materials
2 Jun 2026
Graphene And Aerogel Enable Climate-Adaptive Sleeping System
27 May 2026
CeraShingle Explores The Future Of 3D Printed Ceramic Façades
Biophilic & Human-Centred+1
27 May 2026
3D Printed Y-Zipper Opens New Possibilities for Adaptive Design
25 May 2026
Aalto University Transforms 17th-Century Shipwreck Wood into Textile Fibre
Bio-based & Living Materials+1
12 May 2026
Earthquake-Resistant Design Inspired By Butterfly Wing Structures
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 & Living 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