Publications
Materia regularly publishes articles in relevant journals and on our own website.
Below you will find all the relevant articles and columns; for inspiration, information and entertainment.
Do you know of interesting articles we should include here? Let us know on info@materia.nl
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Turning Dead Airplanes into Furniture |
California-based MotoArt, founded by artist Donovan Fell III, takes decommissioned airplanes and turns their parts into beautiful, functional, unique furniture pieces. BTW: The receptionist's desk below was once a cowling from a... |
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Kaarsrecht by Pascal Smelik |
Dutch graduate designer Pascal Smelik has made an aluminium table cast from hot wax poured into cold water. Smelik squirts hot candle wax into water using a large syringe, then drains the water and fills it with gypsum. He then... |
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Humpback whales inspire next generation wind turbine technology |
Scientists were inspired by a unique series of bumps called tubercles on the fins of humpback whales that enable the 45-foot animal to better maneuver when capturing food. Tubercles affect the flow of air over the blade... |
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Print or Paint your own solar cells |
Imagine if homeowners could print out plastic sheets of solar cells on inexpensive printers. Imagine further that the solar sheets could be plastered over the roofs of houses and generate electricity – acting in a sense like ... |
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Forms by Storms |
German designer Johannes Hemann generates forms by storms, not the destructive forces of the winds, but energy-generating, as they can be seen in sand dunes or snow drift. an interference - plates, glasses, bottle and books -... |
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