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- 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…
- 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…
- Coming Soon: Transparent WoodSee-through wood sounds like a fiction, but researchers in Sweden claim they have in fact developed a transparent timber that could replace glass panes in…
- Esel Introduces Urban E-Bike With Wood-Composite FrameAustrian bicycle manufacturer esel has presented its latest model, the eUrban, alongside a rebranding of the company. Formerly operating under the name My Esel,…
- Stitched Wood Laminates Improve Strength And Expand Design PossibilitiesResearchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have developed a technique that reinforces wood laminates using industrial sewing. By stitching layers of wood…
- 3D printing wood that looks like the real dealUS-based start-up Forust developed a method to 3D print sawdust into objects which look and feel as if they were cut from the actual…
- Sustainable bikes made of recycled plastic, bamboo and woodWhile bicycles made of steel are still the norm, bike using alternative and more sustainable materials are up and coming. We listed a few…
- This wood-based textile fibre is made without chemical solventsFinnish fibre technology company Spinnova developed a method to convert wood pulp directly into textile fibre, without the need for chemical solvents. The semisynthetic…
- Woody Collection extends the limit of wood’s curvatureDesigner Philippe Starck designed a collection of chairs called Woody, demonstrating the possibilities of wood combined with plastic. The wood is machined with a…
- Safer Thermal Paper Made From Wood-Based MaterialsResearchers at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) have developed a safer thermal paper coating made from wood-based materials. The new formulation replaces commonly…
- A stool made with 3D printed waste wood ‘textile’In a project called WoodenWood, researchers at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology developed a process to 3D print a rattan like textile from…
- Wander Wood pavilion is robotically fabricatedStudents from the University of British Columbia designed the Wander Wood pavilion, an installation with an adaptable design-to-fabrication system which was constructed by a robot.…
- Loacker Galaxy: Wood and Steel Define New Flagship StoreTo celebrate 100 years of its hazelnut wafer, Loacker asked MoDusArchitects to redesign its flagship store in Heinfels, Austria. The project, called Loacker Galaxy,…
- Early Detection of Wood Coating Deterioration Boosts Sustainability of Wooden StructuresWood has been a trusted material for construction for millennia, from the revered Japanese cypress to the sturdy ponderosa pine. Today, amid the growing…
- Adhesive-free joining of wood and polymersResearchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in Austria developed not one but two adhesive-free methods to bond (metal) polymers and wood together.…
- Building with Lego bricks made from reclaimed woodGerman company TRIQBRIQ developed a timber construction system that consist of micro-modular wooden building blocks, which can stacked quickly to create loadbearing walls. The…
- A modular hospital made of wood and metal “Velcro”Canadian architect Tye Farrow used a Velcro-like metal material called Grip Metal by Canadian company Nucap to design a wooden modular template for temporary…
- Shimmering sequins made of wood celluloseWith her project Bio Iridescent Sequin, designer Elissa Brunato developed a bio-based alternative to petroleum-based plastic sequins, made of wood cellulose. The textile and…
