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- Design spotlight: wood-textile combinationDuring the recent visit to Parqueteam in Tel Aviv, we had a chance to explore some recent innovative work by some top-level Israeli design studios.…
- Wood lookDue to a special print method, WOOD LOOK has a surface structure that can hardly be distinguished from real wood or veneer. The reproduction on paper replaces real wood and thus protects natural resources.
- A tower made of self-shaping woodThe Institute for Computational Design and Construction and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design at the University of Stuttgart worked together to…
- LignoLoc: the first collated nails made of woodIn the Netherlands, today it's the Day of Sustainability, and one of the most sustainable materials is wood (provided that it is sustainably sourced).…
- Metallic woodThe metallic wood consists of thin-gauge Grip Metal mechanically bonded to the wood veneer. It is a new class of high-performance composite material developed with metallic wood technology and created without the use of adhesives. This material is created in a collaboration of two companies, Grip Metal and Corruven.
- Sustainable Chestnut WoodChestnut wood that can be used as an alternative to hard wood. Untreated, chestnut wood is a sustainable and renewable material. It’s grown in special forests in England and France. During production and the use of chestnut wood, no soil pollution is generated.
- Spring wood designsOne of the hottest items at Material Xperience last week was a series of flexible wooden designs. Carved out of solid wood, the springy…
- Fusion Wood PanelsThe Fusion range of wooden panels consist of solid wood exterior on an mdf substrate. The solid wood is handmade from solid wood that comes from reclaimed wine barrels, general wood veneer or laminate surface. Sizes are approx 1,2 m by 2,4 m standard.
- Alpine Woodcraft Inspires Future-Ready Wood PanelsResearchers from Empa and ETH Zurich are taking inspiration from age-old Alpine shingle-making techniques to develop innovative, sustainable wood-based materials that could shape the…
- A 3D print filament made out of wood components onlyResearchers from Rice University in the US developed a 3D print filament made up of only wood’s natural components, allowing to print ‘truly’ wooden…
- 100% renewable transparent woodResearchers at the Swedish KTH Royal Institute of Technology developed the first transparent wood without the need for fossil-based materials that is 100% renewable.…
- Passively cool your house with woodResearchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado in de US harnessed nature’s nanotechnology to create a type of engineered wood…
- Transparent wood could lead to more energy efficient homesResearchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden developed a sturdy transparent wood material that is able to store and release heat. The…
- New metallic wood has the strength of titanium and the density of waterResearchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Illinois, the University of Cambridge, and Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, engineered a…
- 3D printed block of digital wood has an internal grainResearchers at Columbia University used a voxel printing techniques to create digital wood, complete with internal grains and external colour textures. The block of…
- Navel guitar is made with 50,000 year old kauri woodDesigner Lorenzo Palmeri designed Navel, a series of three types of electric guitars, one made of beech wood, one with a self-healing surface, and…
- PLAW combines the properties of plastic with the aesthetic of woodDesigner Sohma Furutate developed PLAW, a material that combines the properties of plastic with the aesthetic of wood. Plastic is typically a symbol of…
- Toyota’s Wood Car Captures Material Beauty Over TimeThis week, Toyota is presenting for the first time Setsuna, a new roadster concept crafted in wood. It will be on show throughout Milan…
- Self-Assembling Wood? Weather Activated Clothes? MIT says yesCreated by the MIT Self-Assembly Lab, programmable materials made from wood or carbon fibres could radically transform the way we interact with materials in…
- Moisture-responsive wood veneerMoisture-responsive wood veneer is a material that shows a repeated dynamic bending response under changing humidity levels. It is made from oak wood veneer with a wood glue coating on one side. Through a specifically designed manufacturing process, the natural curvature response of wood to moisture is enhanced.
- Burned WoodBurned Wood offers hand-burned wood, based on ancient Japanese technique Yakisugi, which preserves wood by burning the surface. The company offers various types of wood, including Radiata Pine, Accoya, Ash, and Douglas, from all black to craquelé.
- Hyper WoodHyper Wood does not intend to substitute a material, but rather create a whole new material range that borrows the language from the natural world. The raw material production reclaims discarded fibre from paper mills and mixes it with binders obtained from discarded cassava root peels.
- Furniture and flooring made of engineered hemp ‘wood’Developed by US-based company Fibonacci, HempWood is a wood-like alternative to tropical and domestic hardwood and suitable to make floors and furniture with. While…
- Building sustainably with wood and mycelium at DDWWith two pavilions at Ketelhuisplein in Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week (19-27 October 2019) The Embassy of Circular and Biobased Building challenges the building…
