Our mission
Our Mission
Accelerating the adoption of sustainable material innovations. The future of the built environment depends on better material choices.
Why MaterialDistrict exists
Around the world, manufacturers, researchers and designers are developing materials that can help make buildings and interiors healthier, more circular and less harmful to the environment.
Yet even the most promising innovation creates no impact until it is discovered, understood, specified and applied.
That is why MaterialDistrict exists.
Since 1998 we have connected material innovation with the architects, interior designers, developers, engineers, contractors, public authorities and other professionals shaping the built environment.
From innovation to application
Innovation alone does not change the built environment. Application does.
MaterialDistrict bridges the gap between the people developing new materials and the people selecting and specifying them. We make relevant innovation visible, accessible and understandable, so that professionals can make better-informed material choices.
Every material that finds its way into a real project is a step towards a better built environment.
What we mean by sustainable
Sustainability is a word that can be made to mean almost anything. We have narrowed it to three themes, and we apply them to everything we select, publish and exhibit.
