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14 October 2008

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This is the Materia Newsletter for September 2008, packed full of new materials, events and information.

For your inspiration, read on!

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Architextile.
Extreme 3D weave technique and unusual combination of materials results in this highly acoustic fabric called Architextile. This stretchy material is attractive on both sides which offers a wide range of applications in architecture, fashion, decoration and any other application that requires both acoustic and esthetical properties. read more

News

Imagine the possibilities of being invisible… Free shopping and never a parking ticket again. Researchers in the US developed a new metamaterial that bend light backwards so it is invisible for certain wavelengths. To make a real invisibility cloak like Harry Potter’s, only one other step has to be made: to find the material for visible wavelengths. read more

Your project here

Concrete curtains:
Always irritated by those curtains blown trough an open door? Now there is a solution for that. Mumex architectural design from Vienna made curtains out of concrete elements, gathered on a flexible mesh of geo-textile (see movie here). read more...

Events

Materialica 2008 presents raw materials, construction materials, semi-finished products and components. Innovative manufacturing, test and production methods, as well as specialist congresses covering the topics of composites, lightweight construction, design and surface will take place at the four trade fairs Composites, Metal Light, Surface and Ceramics at Materialica. read more...

Inspiration

Susana Solana Exhibition.
Fragile, strong, recyclable, creative and cheap. This exhibition made up of five layers of recycled paper has it all. Spanish/Mexican architects Cadaval & Solà-Morales applied ecological and sustainable principles to an exhibition design, made on Susana Solano’s work, one of the most important Spanish artists (MOMA has several pieces of her). read more..

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