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- Beetle shell plasticBeetle shells are not the first thing many people think of when talking about material development. But one designer has certainly seen the potential…
- A cabin made from beetle infested wood and concrete 3D printingLeslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic, both assistant professors of architecture at Cornell University in the US and co-principals of design firm HANNAH, designed a…
- Cooling ceramics inspired by beetlesResearchers at the City University of Hong Kong developed a passive radiative cooling ceramic material, which was inspired by a beetle. Passive radiative cooling…
- Blue-stained Pine is FineBeetle-kill wood is dyed a kind of grey-blue and is softened when beetles attack it. From i-Phone cases and lamps to high tech building…
- The Beetlechair: A Scalable Solution for Climate-Conscious DesignThe Beetlechair is an innovative response to contemporary environmental challenges, particularly the ecological impact of climate-related forest diebacks. Designed by Studio Alexander von Dombois…
- Pulling Drinking Water Out of Thin AirA new material being developed by scientists at Harvard University could achieve the feat of creating harvesting drinking water literally out of the air.…
- Beetlecrete – MPBWCMountain Pine Beetle Wood Concrete (MPBWC), or ‘Beetlecrete’, is a wood concrete composite, using the trees killed by the mountain pine beetle. The result is a hybrid material that is shaped with molds. Beetlecrete can be worked with woodworking tools. It is moisture and fire resistance, and weighs half of ordinary concrete.
- Nature is a design toolThere is a beetle that can detect fire from 80 km away. That’s 10,000 times further than current fire detection systems. Spider web silk…
- Architecture inspired by ladybug wingsResearchers and students from University of Stuttgart developed a large-scale architectural structure inspired by the folding mechanisms of ladybug wings, made of carbon and…
- T3 first modern tall wooden building of USAWooden high-rising buildings become more and more popular. Examples of (planned) constructions are HoHo Wien in Vienna, Baobab in Paris, Canopia in Bordeaux, Dalston…
- Isolcell and IsolkenafBoth Isocell and Isokenaf are soundproofing and thermal materials The first is made of recycled paper, the latter from Kenaf. For strengthening purposes polyester fibres are added together a natural fireproof ingredient. They contain no protein substances, so no treatment necessary against insects, moths or beetles. Available as a roll or panel.
- Spruce Bark Hut: Turning Forest Waste Into A Living Architectural SkinUlf Mejergren Architects (UMA) designed the Spruce Bark Hut in Grödinge, Sweden, to explore spruce bark as a bio-based building material. The team collected…
- Capturing water from the air inspired by natureThe Dutch start-up Sponsh, a spin-off company of Eindhoven University of Technology, developed a temperature-sensitive smart textile that absorbs water from the air at…
- GlossEdit March 2017: This material is no longer available We use a material because it can perform a function. This may be a technical…
- 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…
- Bio-inspired 3D printed cement structures become stronger when they crackResearchers at Purdue University developed bio-inspired 3D printed cement paste structures that become stronger under pressure. The researchers took inspiration from the shells of…
- New material changes colour under the influence of moistureWhat if you could just breathe on something and it changed colour? Researchers at the Technical University Eindhoven in the Netherlands created a material…
- Shell Mycelium: using mycelium to build and destroy constructionsNo building lasts forever. While there are solutions in the make, such as giving the materials a passport during construction for reuse later, a…
- Appreciating wooden skyscrapers on Skyscraper Appreciation DayToday (10 August) is Skyscraper Appreciation Day, so let’s appreciate skyscrapers! Not just any skyscraper, but skyscrapers made from an innovative material… Wood! Building…
- Textiles ‘INSECTED’This textile by designer Barbara Medo is inspired by skeletal structure of dragonfly wings. The material consists of a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with a core of polyester. This yarn is knitted by hand or by machine. The whole is placed under tension and then pressed with heat, giving the material is given its final shape.
- Elytra Filament Pavilion Features New Robot-Fabricated Building MaterialThis week, the robot-fabricated Elytra Filament Pavilion opened at the Victoria & Albert museum in London. It's unusual structure is made from a super…
- New York, New York: Manhattan Trades Steel For Wood BuildingMahattan may be known as building jungle of steel and concrete. But a new 10-story building built almost completely out of wood might begin to break…
- A stool ‘designed’ by plastic-eating mealwormsBritish designer William Eliot used plastic-eating mealworms to eat through polystyrene. The resulting design for a stool was then 3D printed in black-coloured sand.…
