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- Ignorance is Bliss project repurposes waste metal as pigmentsWith her ongoing Ignorance is Bliss project, designer Agne Kucerenkaite repurposes metal waste from industries as pigments to make new valuable products, including ceramic…
- Transitions II: the second Baars & Bloemhoff exhibition for the Dutch Design WeekAfter the success of last year’s Transitions exhibition, Baars & Bloemhoff, a supplier in the Netherlands specialised in decorative sheet material, has announced to hold a…
- Iridescent Fiber Pattern Lamps inspired by Dragonfly wingsAtelier Robotiq uses an Aerospace fiber weaving technology to make lightweight Fiber Pattern Lamps. With an industrial robot the thin fibers are precisely woven…
- Latho Relief PanelsLatho relief panels consist of an MDF base plate finished with a natural veneer, Alpi technical veneer or a foil. Using specially developed techniques unique structures are applied to the panels. Latho is built up on both sides of the panel with several layers of wood veneer or a technical Alpi wood veneer, which can be pressed in a wide variety of structures under high pressure.
- ScrustedScrusted is a handmade cement coating with a very coarse structure. The heavy cement structure is created through a specialised application technique, and can be modified through the addition of rapid-hardening artificial resin. Scrusted is suitable for indoor usage, water resistant and available in almost every colour.
- Woven light textilesWoven light is collection of colour changing and light emitting textiles.
- GlassKoteThe Glasskote process is basicly a permanent, colour fixing process for glass. The process utilizes current paint colour-matching computer technology combined with an additive that can be efficiently applied to almost every type of glass.
- Bottle canopyA canopy made of everyday drinks bottles has a splash of colour added, and this simple twist really turns the design around. Over 1,500…
- Bacterial Pigmentation Offers A Biological Alternative To Textile DyeingThe textile industry is looking for ways to reduce the environmental impact of dyeing, one of the most resource-intensive stages of textile production. OXMAN's…
- Digital Fabrication And Metal Materials Shape Interactive Public InstallationsComputational design and digital fabrication are transforming how architects and designers work with materials. These technologies allow designers to create structures made from thousands…
- KEIM Lignosil-VeranoKEIM Lignosil-Verano is a silicate colouring stain for limited dimensionally stable and non-dimensionally stable exterior wood components. KEIM Lignosil-Verano simulates a greyed, patinated surface, as it results from several years of weathering on natural wood. KEIM Lignosil-Verano is subject to natural ageing and thus equalises the visual differences that can arise from uneven weathering of exposed and protected surfaces on uncoated wood.
- Preserved Pillow and Flat mossAfter harvesting, the moss is carefully dried, preserved, and coloured using eco-friendly methods in Moswand.eu's own production facilities. This makes it permanently soft, elastic, dirt-repellent, and fire-retardant, while ensuring it is no longer living. Treated using an immersion technique, the preservation process penetrates the entire moss structure rather than just the surface, guaranteeing an exceptionally long lifespan.
- Acoustic Ceiling Spray-on SolutionsA high quality, seamless and sustainable acoustic spray-on system, composed of cellulose fibres, made of recycled paper. This innovative sound absorbing solution is directly sprayed onto any possible surface, creating an attractive texture.
- Dyeing with bacteriaAustrian designer Julia Moser is working with pigment-producing bacteria to dye textile without harmful chemicals and pollution. Fashion colours change each year, yet one…
- CUSTOMIZESometimes a standard, pre-existing product just won’t suffice in an interior design. What’s more, unique and personalized interiors and interior materials can communicate an…
- Recycled plastic waste upholsteryAs part of its dedication to researching new alternatives and exploring future materials with an eye to sustainability, Vescom has gone back to the…
- Designing living productsAssociate professor Elvin Karana and her team at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft in the Netherlands are exploring the potential…
- Diaphanous materialsMaterials that are light-permeable are usually called ‘transparent’ or ‘translucent’, although it might be more accurate to call them ‘diaphanous’ – of such fine…
- ObexObex four part entrance system is developed to fulfill needs by offering highly effective mats and matting in coordinated colours and design. Simple and easy to work with where ever you need primary matting to fit in a matwell or secondary matting in the reception or high traffic walking zones.
- After Milan: more material innovation we have seenThe Milan Design Week attracted this year 400,000 visitors, a new record, and focused mainly on colour and exuberance after all the gloomy natural…
- Self-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…
- KerAionUsed worldwide for decades, the KerAion facade system offers – besides low weight and special fastening technique – alternatives to the otherwise quite usual…
- KeraTwinWith its variety of colours, formats and surfaces, KeraTwin offers the architect an enormous freedom of design. And as diverse fastening alternatives ensure technical…
- Serpentine 2015: plastic fabric creates dramatic architectural effectsThe 15th Serpentine Pavilion in London will be a ‘chrysalis-like’ structure clad with colourful, transparent, fluorine-plastic fabric (ETFE). The very first images of the…
