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  1. MaterialCarpetlight CL21The Carpetlight CL21 is a new generation of fully flexible and ultra-bright LED soft lights. The patent-pending light source design with all its new features is the result of research and latest textile and power supply technologies. The Carpetlight lighting system/material is lightweight, flexible, versatile, efficient and can be rolled, folded, wrapped and stretched to adapt to any desired form or function.
  2. ArticleMedia FaçadeFor advertising, art, or the corporate message: the façade increasingly plays a role as attention getter. In the past years we witnessed the emergence…
  3. ArticleMaterial illumination'LightCloth' is a new interactive fabric that illuminates at the touch of an infrared pen. Made from diffusive optical fibres, designers are able to…
  4. ArticleNature-Inspired 3D Printing Enables Flexible, Durable Multi-Material ComponentsResearchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a groundbreaking 3D printing technique that mimics nature’s ability to combine soft and hard…
  5. ArticleTwo halves of a whole lampArtisanal crafts are slowly becoming more recognised throughout the world of design. Glass blowing has been around for about two thousand years, and you…
  6. MaterialTex-tilesTranslucent porcelain tiles with LED lighting incorporated behind the tile. The hand-shaped tiles’ variation in thickness makes any imprint very clear. The tiles come in standard sizes of 15x15cm and the lighting incorporated into the panels is and array of long-life LED lights.
  7. ArticleDesigning for Atmosphere at Dutch Design Week 2025At Dutch Design Week 2025 (18–26 October, Eindhoven), sensory experience and emotional connection take centre stage. Designers move beyond functionality to explore how light,…
  8. MaterialTrespa® Meteon® Lumen Diffuse L9000With Trespa® Meteon® Lumen panels, available in 3 textures across multiple colours (in this case Metropolis Black), light can be creatively manipulated and used as a design element. Trespa® Meteon® Lumen changes the way designs are perceived by reflecting, refracting and muting how light plays upon a panel with three different finishes: Diffuse, Oblique & Specular.
  9. MaterialWonder PeachThis techno-fabric has an extraordinary stretch and at the same time offers lightness and breathability. Wonder Peach is soft, light, compact and ultra flat. It envelopes the shapes it covers. The fabric consists of 80% Polyamide and 20% Elastane. Thanks to the special ‘peach fuzz’ finish, Wonder Peach feels particularly soft.
  10. ArticleInteractive lampIs it art? Is it a machine? Whatever it is, it is glorious. It’s hard to describe Studio Toer’s light installation properly. But it…
  11. MaterialReflective fabricsThese fabrics are coated to make them reflective in different ways. The 'anti-paperazzi' coating is composed of retro-reflective glass beads bonded to a soft cloth backing. Rainbow reflective fabric appears black in daylight, while at night, when illuminated by light, it shows different reflective colours at different angles. It is also possible to make coloured reflective fabrics or perforated reflective fabrics.
  12. MaterialVersato MystVersato Myst is a filter on reality, absorbing light to create both diffuse and sharp contrasts simultaneously. Through its surface, the image remains visible,…
  13. ArticleMaterial Xperience 2017 exhibits transparent solar panels LumiductThe Lumiduct transparent solar panels are one of the special items exhibited at Material Xperience 2017. Lumiduct enables transparent glass façades to generate more…
  14. MaterialMaterials by FeralRather than sourcing existing industrial materials, FERAL formulates its own compositions to investigate light diffusion, organic pigmentation and soft structural behaviour. Produced in adaptable sheet formats, the system allows variations in opacity, density and chromatic intensity, enabling diverse spatial atmospheres and nuanced levels of light filtration.
  15. ArticleTiffany Façade Beijing Showcases Sculptural Glass and Recycled DesignThe Tiffany & Co. flagship store in Beijing’s Taikoo Li Sanlitun district features a façade made up of vertically arranged glass fins. Designed by…
  16. ArticlePolyurethane staircase creates whimsical patternsEspecially for children, French studio Artificial Architecture designed a spiral staircase made with the soft material polyurethane foam, which is slowly covered in whimsical…
  17. ArticleSea salt lamps inspired by the seaThe sea has long since inspired humans, and for materials it’s no different. The sea brings us seaweed and other algae, sand, fish leather,…
  18. ArticleSelf-folding origami from photocurable polymers leaves your hands freeIf you ever tried your hand at origami and thought it was too complicated, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Peking University…
  19. MaterialTennâge Wood VeneerTennâge wood veneer is the patented, flexible and durable wood veneer sheets which make it possible to sew and form in just about any shapes. Since Tennage is thin enough to transmit light, yet flexible and durable enough to fold, bend, and sew, it is used for lighting products, electronic devices such as computers and mobile phones, handbags, stationeries, and much more.
  20. MaterialOkatechThe metal insert softly disperses the light into the interior while simultaneously offering protection against the sun and glare leaving a good view to the outside. Okatech is available with various types of expanded metal or attractive wire mesh in the cavity between the panes. As soon as artificial light is turned on the designs of stainless steel rods and wires allow deep glimpses into the interior.
  21. Material3D Textiles by Gaetano RossiniThese tridimensional woven garments and fabrics are for cars, furnishing and fashion. The latter is a fabric built on specific characteristics such as size, height and thickness. 3D fabric has the ability to be variable in thickness and softness. All the characteristics of 3D products are understood and explored; lightness, breathability, elasticity and abrasion resistance, making it possible to create complex structures.
  22. Article‘Selfie’ façade with ballsA kinetic façade built like a giant pin-bed machine can reproduce portraits in a huge matrix of LED lights. The pavilion is located at…
  23. MaterialConcrete-SiliconeA combination of concrete with silicone rubber, creating a material of opposites: heavy and light, translucent and opaque. The rough meeting of the two materials fuses soft and hard. The effect is enhanced by placing a light source behind the material.
  24. ArticleTea And Coffee Waste Become 3D Printed Design ObjectsThe exhibition After the Last Sip explores how used tea leaves and coffee grounds can become materials for furniture, lighting and sculptural objects. Presented…