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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
Latest news
1 February
Recently a lot of furniture designs show the use of cork. Green thinking might well be a reason for Read more
1 February
After three days ‘World of Inspiration’, the event Material Xperience 2012 ended on Friday 27 Januar Read more
12 January
Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel shapes stools using magnetic fields and the force of gravity. The Read more
11 January
Xavier de Kestelier of Foster+Partners is one of the speakers at the Material Xperience 2012. The ev Read more
11 January
Material Xperience 2012, that takes place from 25 till 27 January at the Rotterdam Ahoy, will presen Read more
21 December
‘World of Inspiration’ is the theme of Material Xperience 2012, to be held from 25 to 27 January in Read more
20 December
Materia was asked by the German DEUBAU, the trade show for the building industry, to put together an Read more
20 December
Material Xperience goes to China! The materials event for creative professionals will have its first Read more
29 November
Materia has announced the winners of the 3D Printing Jewellery Contest. Dutch designer Gerard Mekenk Read more
23 November
Scientists at UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and Caltech claim to have made the lightest material on Ea Read more
Latest materials
Mogul Moscento
Mogul Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti.
Mogul Moscento is a nonwoven fabric with the addition of scent. Since the scent effect does not last... Read more
Mesh Backed Mother of Pearl Mosaics
ShellShock Designs Ltd.
The material used for the decorative layer of the tiles is freshwater shell and mother of pearl. The... Read more
Perforated Dichroic Film
ChameleonLAB BV.
Chameleon is a multilayered polymeric film with a polyester surface. The raw material used by Chamel... Read more
Chameleon Black Dichroic Film
ChameleonLAB BV.
Chameleon is a multilayered polymeric film with a polyester surface. The raw material used by Chamel... Read more
Noraplan unita
Nora flooring systems BV
Rubber and granite are combined in noraplan unita. The rubber material is very tough, yet permanentl... Read more
River Shell Convex Patterns
ShellShock Designs Ltd.
For the River Shell Convex Patterns range, Freshwater Shell and Seashell Mother of Pearl is used. Th... Read more
Unfinished Freshwater Mother of Pearl Tiles
ShellShock Designs Ltd.
The Unfinished Freshwater Mother Of Pearl range has clean symmetrical lines and a natural vibrance. ... Read more
Puro
Hulshof Royal Dutch Tanneries
Through the replacement of non-sustainable chemicals by sustainable products, and through the adjust... Read more
Natura
TCI Tang Chen International Corp.
Water hyacinth or water lilies are free-floating perennial aquatic plants, abundant in the Philippin... Read more
Norament 926 crossline
Nora flooring systems BV
Norament 926 crossline is a rubber product with a craftwork-like carving structure. Depending on the... Read more
Latest publications
Re-Creation
Studio-Re-Creation aims to preserve and re-shape your personal belongings and memories towards your Read more
Fragile Future
Designed by Lonneke Gordijn, 'Fragile Future' is about the amalgamation of nature and technology. Read more
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
Inspiration
Innovation involves 10% inspiration and 90% transpiration. A great deal of effort has been expended ... Read more
Wow! Strange, shocking, inspiring, out of the box… sometimes we come across things which are so rema... Read more
We are all of us responsible for looking after the environment, both for ourselves and the generatio... Read more
A creative force which is influenced by constantly-changing surroundings is a good conductor of inno... Read more
Craftsmanship or industrialisation? Individualisation or mass production? Every industry has its pro... Read more
Who, what, where, and how is something created? What is the cooperation between the various parties ... Read more
We experience our surroundings via our senses. Besides form, the haptic characteristics of materials... Read more
Intelligence: in materials, in processes, in design. What is smart? And how you use it to its best e... Read more
There is a whole world of opportunities before us which have been developed by various branches and ... Read more
What is happening on the market, what determines whether or not something will be a hit? Social and ... Read more