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- Glass teahouseIt’s always surprisingly enjoyable to see an object or a design re-imagined in a new material. It’s not always just for fun either. This…
- A ceiling made of paper tubesIndia-based architectural studio Sanjay Puri Architects designed the 27th floor of a new office tower in Mumbai, India, using paper tubes in the ceiling.…
- Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: a glass structure supported by a brick warehouseThe new concert building in Hamburg (DE), the Elbphilharmonie, is quite a sight to behold. Standing at the shore of the river Elbe, it…
- Cardboard cathedralSoaring, inspiring and prominently featuring cardboard as a building material, is the world’s first ‘Cardboard Cathedral’ by Shigeru Ban a material revolution or simply…
- Media FaçadeFor advertising, art, or the corporate message: the façade increasingly plays a role as attention getter. In the past years we witnessed the emergence…
- Reimagining Waste: A Cardboard and Rope Chair with Circular AmbitionsA new open-source furniture project by India’s Dhammada Collective rethinks design through the lens of sustainability, repairability, and accessibility. Called the ‘Paper Tube’ Chair,…
- Seeing the upcycling lightUpcycling makes a lot of sense: who wouldn’t want to add value to raw materials while giving them an extended life? Especially when the…
- CRT: Cathode Ray… TilesFancy a computer screen on your bathroom wall? These glass tiles are made from recycled (or upcycled) cathode ray tubes. Some readers may never…
- WeightThe evolution of architecture involves not only improvements in construction, insulation, building methods or aesthetics, but equally in materials and especially in the range…
- What not to miss at the Milan Design Week 2018 (part 2)The Milan Design Week is the most famous design event in the world. This year, the event will take place from 17 to 22…
- Strong, Lightweight, and Carbon-Storing: Hollow Wooden Profiles for IndustryA series of German research projects is opening new opportunities for wood in industrial applications. These range from construction and interiors to automotive and…
- 13 cat shelters for homeless cats designed by architectsFor the event Architects for Animals, several Los Angeles-based architectural firms designed cat shelters for homeless cats, which were auctioned to raise money for…
- Four examples of German material designIn various projects, students from the department Textile and Surface Design at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin have designed products from a whole…
- Learning from the yachting worldThe Materia Xpert Series meeting for the Leisure and Hospitality theme was devoted to sailing, floating and drifting. Examples ranged from the luxury yachts…
- Blue Planet AquariumThe Blue Planet Aquarium, in the Danish town of Kastrup, makes good use of materials in order to create the mood, atmosphere and experience…
- Tritium lightsMilitary technology is transferred to the world of building materials. Tritium has been used is several military applications. Nowadays more and more the product…
- Products made with rapid liquid printingPatrick Parrish Gallery, in collaboration with MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab and Christophe Guberan, presents a manufacturing facility based on rapid liquid printing., which prints various…
- Material Xperience part 4: Meet the future of products!We keep counting down! Only three more weeks until Material Xperience 2018! The trade fair will take place in Rotterdam Ahoy, the Netherlands. This year, we…
- Using plants to light the wayWhat if, instead of turning on the lights when it gets dark, you could read by the light produced by your plant? Not one,…
- Colour-Changing Aluminium Façade Defines Urban Revivo’s Beijing FlagshipMVRDV has completed the new flagship store for fashion retailer Urban Revivo in Beijing's Sanlitun district. The 4,120 m² retail project combines contemporary materials…
- Geolectric: Low-Carbon Geopolymer Ceramics for Embedded ElectronicsDesigners across architecture, interiors and product development are looking for materials that support embedded electronics without relying on carbon-intensive plastics or high-fired ceramics. Geolectric,…
- Passive Hydrogel Panel Extracts Drinking Water from Air — Even in DesertsMIT engineers have created a compact, window-sized device that passively extracts clean drinking water from the air — even in places as dry as…
