Articles By: Blaine Brownell

Washi Laminated Glass

Washi laminated glass panel is a combination of two glass sheets with handmade Japanese washi parchment and one interlayer of plastic (PVB). The hybrid material is used for both security and decorative applications, and demonstrates the marriage of a five hundred year old handcraft-based tradition with...

June 3rd, 2011 | feature, paper | Read More

3D-Printed Wellboard

Wellboard is a lightweight, cellulose-based material pressed into a variety of profiles for use in exhibition, shop and furniture design applications. 3D-Printed Wellboard employs an image-transfer process developed by Okalux entitled Okacolor. This innovative printing method allows digital images to...

May 27th, 2011 | digifab, feature | Read More

Reynobond with EcoClean

Reducing air pollution by way of photocatalysis is not limited to concrete. Alcoa Architectural Products has recently partnered with Toto to develop a titanium dioxide coating for their exterior-grade aluminum panels. According to Alcoa, the hydrophobic coating is the world’s first coil-coated, smog-reducing...

May 20th, 2011 | feature, metals | Read More

Xposed

Xposed is a refined cement-based eco-composite made from natural minerals and up to 25% post-industrial recycled content. Standard slab materials are available and can be fabricated into countertops, table tops, surrounds, or display tops using ordinary natural stone fabrication tools and equipment....

May 13th, 2011 | concrete, feature | Read More

Self-Repairing Matrices

The fact that structural damage can go undetected in many materials means that some products are often over-engineered. However, substances that can provide information about their internal stresses—as well as trigger reliable self-healing properties—allow manufacturers to be more confident in using...

May 1st, 2011 | feature, plastic | Read More

Songwood

Engineered Timber Resources focuses on the use of by-product wood fibers in the production of decorative wood products with the intent to limit deforestation. Songwood is a 100% recycled, FSC-certified raw material made from by-product from the furniture manufacturing and pulp industries. The wood fibers...

April 22nd, 2011 | feature, wood | Read More

G Series

EverGreene’s G Series glass coating system is composed of 100% recycled glass suspended in a natural binder, then hand applied to achieve a jewel-like, luminescent surface. This environmentally friendly material is semi-translucent and visually dynamic. Because it is not constrained by strips or paneling...

April 15th, 2011 | feature, glass | Read More

SOUND Wall

The NONdesigns SOUND Wall, designed by Scott Franklin and Miao Miao, is a modular system of interactive tiles used to create wall surfaces that alter their texture and light qualities based on environmental stimuli. With every sound produced by its audience, the SOUND Wall responds by opening its “skin,”...

April 8th, 2011 | feature, textile | Read More

Reddex

The Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan has announced its development of Reddex, the first non-toxic fire resistant composite material technology to simultaneously offer ignition resistance and fire protection in one system, effectively reducing the risks associated with structural fires....

March 25th, 2011 | feature, paint | Read More

Órgano

Órgano is a sculpture designed by the Spanish artist Eusebio Sempere and built in Madrid, Spain. Composed of a three-dimensional array of polished stainless steel pipes, the installation rotates to filter and reflect sunlight dynamically. Recently, researchers at the Institute of Materials Science in...

March 18th, 2011 | feature, metals | Read More