This is the Materia Newsletter for April 2010, packed with new materials, events and information. For your inspiration, read on!
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Events
Materia Inspiration Centre Amsterdam!
Materia is looking for partners to realize the biggest material library ever, opening in 2011. Are you a manufacturer of innovative materials and products and would you like to have a showroom in this inspiring buzzing centre in Amsterdam?
Please contacte.zijlstra@materia.nl
In the spotlight
Get inspired bij Móz Hand crafted & naturally inspired metals! Móz Metals combines hand-etched patterns with translucent colors on metal. By choosing a pattern, color and protective finish for a base material, various options are possible to create a dynamic and visually environment.
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News
'Memory' is a chair of unlimited forms. Its design is completed through the alteration of its silhouette. For the project, designer Tokujin Yoshioka developed a special fabric made with recycled aluminum,which he has used to create a chair that transforms and memorizes its shape upon use.
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Inspiration
Engineers from the University of Cincinnati devise a foam that captures energy and removes excess carbon dioxide from the air — thanks to semi-tropical frogs. The researchers are finding ways to take energy from the sun and carbon from the air to create new forms of biofuels, thanks to a semi-tropical frog species.
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