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- Biobased SelectionDuring Dutch Design Week (18-26 October), Materia will be present with a selection of 60 biobased materials that will be on show in the…
- Vlisco: The Beauty of ‘Leftover’ MaterialsSince 1846, Dutch textile brand Vlisco has created colourful wax printed fabrics popular in Central and West Africa. Because of Vlisco’s high quality standards,…
- Welded Loop: Mono-Material Sneakers Made from Recyclable TPUDutch designers Suzanne Oude Hengel and Joris de Groot have developed an innovative sneaker crafted entirely from a single material: thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). Their…
- Broken Ceramics Bring Sustainability: Circular Innovations in Bricks and TablewareEvery year, significant amounts of ceramic waste are incinerated in the Netherlands, while simultaneously there is a growing demand for raw materials in industries…
- The People’s Pavilion is made from borrowed materialsFor the Dutch Design Week 2017 (21-29 October), the temporary People’s Pavilion is erected, made only from borrowed materials. Because these materials have to…
- Innovation Lab Stage Lecture Programme at METS 2015This week at METS 2015 (November 17-19), we will be presenting an inspiring lecture series in addition to our exhibition of innovative materials for…
- MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2022: once again a great successFrom Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 April, the leading material innovation event for R&D and design professionals took place: MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2022. With a…
- MaterialDistrict Expo: Fancy FashionMaterialDistrict is partner of Fashion? Future design for the present, an exhibition curated and organised by Marina Toeters. MaterialDistrict will be present with the…
- Material Xperience part 5: Meet the Future of MobilityOnly one and a half week until Material Xperience 2018! The annual material trade fair will take place in Rotterdam Ahoy, the Netherlands. This year, we…
- 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…
- The 30 minute wooden bikeA new design for a bicycle which comes in a flatpack has been presented at the Dutch Design Week. The so-called ‘Sandwichbike’ is made…
- Soil Stones Combine Recycled Cork and Mineral FinishesDutch artist and designer Natasja van der Meer has introduced Soil Stones, a collection of sculptural objects positioned between art, design and functional furniture.…
- DDacha: A Biobased Living ConceptBiobased materials form an important part of our material library, so we were very interested to see DDacha at Dutch Design Week 2015. DDacha is…
- Precious WasteThese textiles are handmade in Mexico from used plastic shopping bags. Designer Michelle Baggerman developed the process of making fine yarn from plastic bags…
- Anett Papp – Naturing_Matter in Motion: The intersection of plant nature and the textile-creating system. The story of collaborationTextile and structure designer. She graduated as a woven fabric designer and wrote her Doctoral thesis in collaboration with plant textiles. Her main areas…
- Flaxwood®Flaxwood® is a biobased architectural tile developed by London-based design studio Dzek in collaboration with Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma. The material is derived from linseed oil obtained from flax and is based on the traditional linoleum production process, which was first developed in the 19th century.
- World First: 3D Printing Robot Uses Rotterdam WoolA 3D printed bench made from Rotterdam wool will be unveiled at this year’s Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. The piece is produced by…
- From Flat-Pack to Functional Art: The SPRING Chair and Its Minimalist Material ApproachGovert Flint, the Rotterdam-based designer from Enrichers, has spent the past 1.5 years exploring how furniture design can align with the principles of a…
- The future of wood- and cellulose-based materialsStudents from Chemarts, a collaboration between School of Chemical Engineering (CHEM) and The School of Arts, Design and Architecture (ARTS) of Aalto University in…
- A fold-out energy tower for more sustainable festivalsResearchers of Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, in collaboration with 9 companies, developed a 21-metre (69-feet) high fold-out tower with solar collectors…
- Kaumera: from wastewater to raw materialEnergie- & Grondstoffenfabriek, an initiative of all Dutch water authorities, developed Kaumera, a raw material derived from wastewater. To show its versatility, 3 Dutch…
- All-glass Facade Continues to Sparkle in AmsterdamLast week, the Crystal Houses located on Amsterdam’s P.C.Hooftstraat generated much excitement thanks to this Chanel flagship store’s facade of clear glass brick. Following…
- Lava WellnessThis week at Dutch Design Week 2015, Jasper Rombouts gives a new perspective on this material with ‘Lava Wellness,’ a collection of tiles for…
