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Coatings for Metal

Project made with Euramax 1. Benoy Architects Ferrari World Abu Dhabi_UAE EuraBuild PVDF 4L Lum... Read more

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3 September

With his proposal called "Hortus ex Machina", architect André Günther from andArchitecture has won t Read more

30 August

At the 26th of August the Danish organisation of the Bella centre in Copenhagen opened the permanent Read more

30 August

The DOEN | Materiaalprijs was created in 2009 to promote sustainable design practice where the core Read more

30 August

Heavy Metal? What about soft aluminum, flexible stainless steel, foamed aluminum, copper coatings an Read more

3 August

'Fossils' is a production method for casting concrete, developed by recent industrial design graduat Read more

3 August

Materia showed a special exhibition of 300 material samples in the historical Exhibition building du Read more

26 July

The focus of the Cilicon Faytory's Coco collection is the use of unique newly invented natural cocon Read more

26 July

IsoTruss grid structures offer a lightweight and efficient alternative to traditional wood, steel, Read more

25 June

Modern orb-weaving spiders have evolved well-designed adhesives to capture preys. This adhesive is l Read more

23 June

The Bio Robot Refrigerator is four times smaller than a conventional refrigerator and cools biopolym Read more

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Latest materials

Silk wallcovering

Vescom B.V.

The Silk collection comprises 6 designs produced in over 80 colours.
The designs are displayed by ... Read more

Softwall & Softblock

Molo Design Ltd

A 100% polyethylene non-woven textile material with a lightweight paper-like look and feel. A modula... Read more

The Yarn

Greetje van Tiem

Recycling Daily News; Today’s news, tomorrow’s textile. Hand spun yarn created from a memory. ... Read more

Amur

B.D.S.R.

These ceramic tiles come in 4 different sizes, each tile is in a square pattern with an off centered... Read more

Mica laminates

Panelite

A natural, non-hazardous and biodegradable mineral product composed of natural mica splittings bound... Read more

Cast Polymer

Panelite

Cast polymer are self-structural panels produced by casting translucent fiberglass facings directly ... Read more

Laminated series

Panelite

Laminated series are Lightweight, self-structural panels produced by laminating translucent fibergla... Read more

Non-woven wallcovering

Vescom B.V.

The Non-woven collection comprises 6 designs in approximately 70 colours.
Glow is a geometric desig... Read more

Customised Wallpaper Collection

Elli Popp

A non woven paper used from sustainable forests printed with organic solvent inks. Standard prints a... Read more

Glass Polymer

Eastman Chemical B.V.

This raw material made from Glass Polymer offers innovative design and application possibilities. It... Read more

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Latest publications

Re-Creation

Studio-Re-Creation aims to preserve and re-shape your personal belongings and memories towards your Read more

Fragile Future

DesignTide in the Clouds

This year’s main exhibition space of Designtide Tokyo has again attracted much attention, surprising Read more

Golden Bike

Crisis ? Get the ultimate Christmas gift! A 24-carat gold bike with Swarovski crystal encrusted fro Read more

Forms by Storms

German designer Johannes Hemann generates forms by storms, not the destructive forces of the winds, Read more

Portable Light

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

Ball Nogues Studio

Creating spaces with a minimum of material, is the aim of the Los Angeles based architects of Ball N Read more

Buddhist Beer Bottle Temple

Fifty years ago the Heineken Beer company looked at reshaping its beer bottle to be useful as a buil Read more

Wooden Carpet by Elisa Strozyk

The carpet is made from wood veneer offcuts bonded to a textile backing. Elisa Strozyk, a design stu Read more

Charred Wood, Terunobu Fujimori

Terunobu Fujimori, uses charred Cedar wood to create the most beautiful projects that are exercises Read more

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Inspiration

Concept

Innovation involves 10% inspiration and 90% transpiration. A great deal of effort has been expended ... Read more

Curious

Wow! Strange, shocking, inspiring, out of the box… sometimes we come across things which are so rema... Read more

Ecology

We are all of us responsible for looking after the environment, both for ourselves and the generatio... Read more

Innovation

A creative force which is influenced by constantly-changing surroundings is a good conductor of inno... Read more

Manufacture

Craftsmanship or industrialisation? Individualisation or mass production? Every industry has its pro... Read more

Process

Who, what, where, and how is something created? What is the cooperation between the various parties ... Read more

Sense & Sensibility

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

Smart

Intelligence: in materials, in processes, in design. What is smart? And how you use it to its best e... Read more

Technology Transfer

There is a whole world of opportunities before us which have been developed by various branches and ... Read more

Trend

What is happening on the market, what determines whether or not something will be a hit? Social and ... Read more

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