Search
46 results for “senses”
- Designing With Our Five Senses: SightSight. Sound. Smell. Touch. Taste. Our five senses have a much bigger influence on the way we perceive our built environment than one may…
- Designing With Our Five Senses: TouchIn line with our theme of 'The Five Senses' at Material Xperience 2015, we will be breaking down the Five Senses by looking at different senses each…
- How do materials that stimulate your senses improve the built environment?Sight. Sound. Touch. Smell. Taste. Through better inclusion of all our five senses in design, can patients recover more quickly? Will office workers become…
- Designing with our Five Senses: SmellAs part of our Material Xperience theme exploring the ‘Five Senses’ in design, we’ve looked so far at sight, touch and taste. Today we are…
- Designing With Our Five Senses: SoundToday we are looking at our final sense in our series about the influence of The Five Senses on our built environment. So far…
- MaterialDistrict Talks: The Elements and the SensesOn 11 October, The Hub in Belgium, in collaboration with MaterialDistrict, will host MaterialDistrict Talks: The Elements and the Senses, about materials and experience,…
- Designing with Our Five Senses: TasteOur next sense as part of our ‘Five Senses Theme’ this week is Taste. And while you may not immediately associate taste with buildings…
- MaterialDistrict Expo: The Elements and the SensesThe Hub in Belgium and MaterialDistrict present MaterialDistrict Expo: The Elements and the Senses, about materials and experience, the senses, the effects and importance…
- Jeanne Dekkers: Sense & Care at Material XperienceJeanne Dekkers will be at Material Xperience 2015 on Friday, February 13 @ 14:00 to lecture about the results of Sense & Care: a…
- Zuzanna Skurka – Immediate prototyping and naive material translation: How can we make senses and understand materials around us betterZuzanna Skurka is a designer, craftsman, researcher, and material translator. Graduated from The Royal Danish Academy, School of Architecture, Design and Conservation, currently working…
- TextureOf all sensorial qualities of a material, texture hits our tactile sense strongest. Our tactile sense is the first we activate, and it is…
- GlossEdit March 2017: This material is no longer available We use a material because it can perform a function. This may be a technical…
- Organoid® SKELETTBLÄTTERThe Organoid® SKELETTBLÄTTER features hand-picked, skeletonized rubber tree leaves on a translucent self-adhesive film. This natural, lightweight surface creates unique lighting effects, bringing a sense of harmony and lightness to interior design. Its delicate leaf structure serves as an exquisite statement piece when applied to glass or light sources.
- Smart laser cutter system detects different materialsResearchers at MIT developed a smart laser cutter system called SensiCut that can differentiate between 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces and workshops. Laser…
- Wall++: Turning walls into enormous touchpadsWalls generally don’t do much but stand, keeping your roof up and separating rooms. But since everything is becoming smart, why not your walls…
- Material Xperience 2015Material Xperience is the leading trade event for (interior) architects and creative professionals focused on materials, innovation and inspiration. In 2015, the content and…
- Organoid® KORNBLUME BLAUThe Organoid® KORNBLUME BLAU features bright blue cornflower petals in full, premium coverage. With no added colorants, the petals provide a calming and unique natural texture for interior design. Available on various backings, it enhances well-being and creates a serene atmosphere with a striking natural effect in any space.
- Living materials inspired by kombucha teaEngineers at MIT and Imperial College London developed a new way to generate tough, functional materials, using a mixture of bacteria and yeast similar…
- Smart, compostable thin film packaging materialSan Francisco-based biomaterials company Primitives developed biobased thin film packaging material that can sense and respond to the environment, enabling the monitoring of quality,…
- The future of interiors: an interview with Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der LubbeThis year’s ambassadors for the sector Interiors of our annual trade fair MaterialDistrict Rotterdam (formerly Material Xperience) are Niels van Eijk and Miriam van…
- Could Fragrance Make the Built Environment Safer?Because our sense of smell is linked to the limbic system of the brain, certain fragrances can amplify feelings and memories. Scent therefore exerts…
- Touch the ‘365 Quickshift’ Door HandleIn the 'Touch' series by Studio Rene Siebum, the ‘365 Quickshift’ door handle explores the question of how commercial production methods can extinguish our…
- Laminate Edition 1Edition 1 material stands for floor creations that have been developed by international designers producing free variations on the flooring theme without restrictions, a firework display of design statements and optical effects. We choose "Senses" by Rakim Rashid and "Driftwood" by Ben van Berkel.
- Turmeric as ‘mood booster’Turmeric has a full ocher yellow colour. Scientific research shows that colors can influence the psyche of a person. Yellow stands for optimism, the summer and a new beginning. This colour can improve your concentration, your memory and your mood. By 'catching' turmeric in interior products, Ortsen wanted to use its colour and let it be a ‘mood booster’ for all who look at it.
