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Composites Evolution Ltd
Biotex

SpathisPhilp Inc.
Stretch Maille

GreenCore Composites Inc.
NCell™ Natural Fiber reinforced Thermoplastics

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Cast Aluminium

Project made with Cast Aluminium. The MAS-hand has been produced based on a copy of a human... Read more

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22 December

11 November

New York design office Leong Leong has completed a temporary, foam-covered concept store for menswea Read more

23 June

Trigger points a project from Touchy-Feely encourages leaning against the wall by providing warmed p Read more

25 August

Always irritated by those curtains blown trough an open door? Now there is a solution for that. Mume Read more

13 May

Visitors to the Olympics in Beijing this summer can look forward to more than just history's largest Read more

4 March

The outer envelope of the Theatre Agora is made of flat steel panels, corrugated aluminium, and alum Read more

24 January

Cepezed's Westraven wins Daylight Award: “a metamorphosis of a sick building to a clear, transparent Read more

17 January

Materia celebrates its 10th Anniversary this month! Founded for and by architects and designers, Mat Read more

19 November

The themes of the graduation show of the Design Academy Eindhoven were the transformation from langu Read more

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Related materials

NedZink Noir

NedZink B.V.

The titanium zinc NedZink Noir gets its look through a patination process. The uniform anthracite bl... Read more

NedZink NOVA Pro-Tec

NedZink B.V.

NedZink NOVA Pro-Tec is a prepatinated titanium zinc with a protective coating on the backside. This... Read more

Soft-Touch Coatings

P.S. Oberflächen GmbH

Soft-Touch Coatings can be applied on any paintable substrate. The coating itself is transparent and... Read more

Dichroic film foils

ChameleonLAB BV.

The basic material for Chameleon is a multilayered polymeric film with a polyester surface. The Cham... Read more

Ripietra

Angelo Grassi & C. snc

Ripietra tiles look like natural stone, but are completely made of recycled material. The composite ... Read more

Xorel

Carnegie Fabrics

Xorel is a woven textile, with all the high performance characteristics emanating from the yarn. The... Read more

Reflexions

Duropal GmbH

The glittering effect of Duropal Reflexions reminds of natural stone or granito. The HPL elements ar... Read more

An-Jing Paper

Paper Connection International, LLC

The An-Jing Paper is based on the traditional Chinese Xuan paper. These papers are handmade from bas... Read more

Lokta paper

Paper Connection International, LLC

Lokta paper products are made of bast fibers that are grown in the Himalaya Mountains, Nepal. The he... Read more

Mother of Pearl Tiles

ShellShock Designs Ltd.

The Mother of Pearl Tiles are made of freshwater shells and seashell mother of pearl. The material i... Read more

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Related publications

Portable Light

The Portable Light Team at KVA MATx has developed a portable textile that uses sunlight to harvest e Read more

Material World 2, Innovative materials for architecture and design

Featuring over 150 materials, sequel to the Material World and a comprehensive catalogue of resource Read more

Moulding, Assembling, Designing: Ceramics in Architecture

This book includes all of the designs presented by the Catedra Ceramica (the ceramics department of Read more

Translucent Materials Glass, Plastics, Metals

Translucent materials give architects far more possibilities to exploit the sensual interplay of lig Read more

Lightness: The Inevitable Renaissance of Minimum Energy Structures

Isn't it strange that something as obvious as lightness as a means of reducing energy consumption ha Read more

Super Cilia skin

SCS is an interactive membrane that allows two people to communicate over a distance by manipulating Read more

Zenith

At night the orange Zentih Europe in Strassbourg becomes an ever-changing light sculpture, the inne Read more

Blob Wall

Somewhere between sculpture, interior design, architecture, and science fiction is the Blob Wall fro Read more

Se Mi Sei Vicino

Se Mi Sei Vicino (If you are close to me) from Sonia Cillari actualizes emotional structures of inne Read more

Spaces that speak

Ane Lykke’s wall installation Mind the Gap demonstrates new paths for textile design with its acryli Read more

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Inspiration

Sense & Sensibility

We experience our surroundings via our senses. Besides form, the haptic characteristics of materials... Read more

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