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- Geckskin is an adhesive inspired by geckosResearchers of University of Massachusetts Amherst in the US developed Geckskin, a synthetic adhesive made with stiff fabric, which was inspired by geckos. Geckos…
- Building the Local reimagines bricks with local waste materialsResponding to the threat of globalisation to small-scale industries, UK designer Ellie Birkhead started Building the Local, a project that explores the values of…
- This washable fabric has electronic devices built into itResearchers at MIT embedded high-speed optoelectronic semiconductor devices, including LEDs, within fibres that, when woven, produce soft, washable smart fabrics. Traditionally, optical fibres are…
- The dark side of animal materials part 1: WoolIn a time in which small environmental footprints and ethical work conditions are being demanded from manufacturers, more and more designers and material clients…
- Radical Matter: materials for a sustainable futureGlobal warming, plastic soup, deforestation and resource depletion, with all the doom and gloom in the news, it is clear that we can no…
- Wonderful footwear made of wool and woodThere is little worse than wearing uncomfortable or ill-fitting shoes, especially if you have to walk a lot. The company Allbirds created a solution…
- 3D printed Cora Ball catches microfibres when doing the laundryPlastic is everywhere, and clothes are no exception. Microfibres are tiny pieces of plastic that come out of clothes made from plastic material, such…
- LeatherweavesDiamond, which give different styles of grain and handle in a wealth of colours. They also offer embossed, b-colour and haired leathers, together with reptiles, exotic skins, leather weaves and tiles. The high level of hand crafting involved in the preparation provides opportunities for creativity by playing on sizes, number, colours and kind of leather weaved.
- FlaxcompositesThese lightweight composites are made of flax and biobased resin. It is partly biobased polyester and full biobased PLA (Polylactic Acid). Flaxcomposites blends PLA natural resin with natural linen (flax) yarns to obtain a meltable flexible thick sheet that can be moulded into various shapes. You simply need a source of heat to put in shape the textile (few minutes with a powerful hair dryer!).
- Legacy Lab @ Prototyping 2015A fascinating material concept to bring light into the depths of a room via glass fibres is currently on show at Prototyping 2015, Kortrijk…
- Tropical SplashTropical Splash hides are a mix of hair-on cowhide and finished leather that have
- HollandfeltHOLLANDFELT is one of the brand names of the wool wholesale of Richard Wernekinck. Over 35 years now his wholesale operates at the top…
- LoopsLoops textile designed by Marianne Kemp is made from horsehair weaving; a combination of orange, grey, black and red horsehair in a natural plain weave of linen. The weaving process of Loops manipulates the bunches of hair through a special looping process. The horsehair is sourced from live horses overseas, mainly from the Far East, Mongolia.
- Melatone polycarbonateMelatone polycarbonate panels are translucent panels with integrated natural elements such as fibres, hairs, leaves and wood.
- ādara® woven fabricādara® woven fabric is a textile developed from keratin based fibres derived from human hair, engineered to perform as a durable interior material while offering a lower impact alternative to conventional fibres. Functionally, the material benefits from the inherent properties of keratin.
- Ko-SIKO-SI is a Slovenian company with a long tradition of processing natural fibres into high-quality technological products. KO-SI produces padding components and filling components…
- Optically transparent wood to replace glazingResearchers at the University of Maryland (USA) developed a way to transform wood into a transparent material with less chemicals and the power of…
- 3D printing with waste mussel shellsPhD candidate Marita Sauerwein at Delft University of Technology developed a way to create a 3D printing filament made from a major waste stream…
- Flytrap-Inspired LensesImagine paint that adheres to a surface but releases on command, or road signs that change their reflectivity with changing weather conditions. These are…
- A handwoven large-scale moving block made of fluorocarbonFor the project EGO, artist Lonneke Gordijn of Dutch Studio Drift teamed up with opera director Monique Wagemakers and choreographer Nanine Linning to design…
- Acoustic panels made of tumble dryer lintFor her project Pursue Play, designer Lisa McLaughlin developed acoustic and insulating panels made of waste foam, cork and tumble dryer lint. The Pursue…
- Electrical wires inspired by bacteriaResearchers of the University of Antwerp, the University of Hasselt and Delft University of Technology discovered that centimetre-long bacteria from the seafloor contain fibres…
- TaOk 3D tilesThese handcrafted tiles feature geometrical ornaments, which are the result of repeating digitally developed graphic patterns and are fired using an ancient Japanese firing technique. TaOk enables tiles to become freestanding objects in the game of dimensions. The basic ideas are a rounded square and petal-shaped cut-outs, which are staggered and superimposed in two planes, so as to reveal each other.
- VeSta & KuQua tilesThese handcrafted tiles feature geometrical ornaments, which are the result of repeating digitally developed graphic patterns and are fired using an ancient Japanese firing technique. Together with the architects Loeliger Strub the VeSta tile wit floral pattern was produced for a high-rise building in Zurich. The four-part series of the pattern KuQua is based on blending a sphere with a square.
