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Grass & Leaves

Paola Lenti Srl
Kauri

Chris Brussel
Brussels Glass

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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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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

26 July

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

23 June

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

21 June

We already published flooring made of old wine casks (by Cubo coverings) but if you like your drinks Read more

3 June

Walking in Zone C of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo of Shanghai you can’t miss the huge, roughly skinn Read more

19 May

Grompies is the result of a workshop done at the Architectural Association , School of Design in Lon Read more

18 May

Twin brothers Richard and Ian Abell of studio Based Upon create surfaces like a work of art using me Read more

17 May

Tokujin Yoshioka’s second chandelier design for the Swarovski Crystal Palace is a living crystal gro Read more

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Rubber Rug

Annemette Beck

This is collection of rubber rugs from the Design Studio of Annemette beck. These rough rugs are mad... Read more

3D Textiles

Lauren Moriarty

Sensual materials. Lauren Moriarty designs and manufactures products which explore the potential of ... Read more

Timbercrete

Timbercrete Products

Timbercrete contains more than 50% by volume of recycled sawmill waste. Homes made of this pro... Read more

Moss & Lam Finishes

Moss and Lam Office

Moss and Lam works closely with interior d... Read more

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Re-Creation

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

Fragile Future

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

Charred Wood, Terunobu Fujimori

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

AG4 Media Facades

The book "ag4 media facades" gives a review of ag4's work within the last six years and is an inspir Read more

Materials, Form, and Architecture

After a century largely dominated by discussions of space and form, there is now renewed interest in Read more

Glass: Materials for Inspirational Design

This book features more than 75 examples of glass, one of the oldest and most traditional of materia 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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