Archive for the ‘fiber’ Category

Maplex

Maplex
Maplex is an environmentally responsible alternative to traditional wood building materials. Maplex P (Performance) is a high-density fiberboard with twice the bending and tensile strengths of birch plywood of the same thickness. Maplex C (Contour) is a medium-density board, ideal for forming and bending...
August 31st, 2009 | fiber | Read More

UltraTouch

UltraTouch
Bonded Logic, Inc., makes insulation out of recycled blue jeans. UltraTouch is a Class-A building material made from postindustrial recycled natural cotton/denim fibers that are treated with a Borate (boric acid) solution. UltraTouch meets the highest standards for fire, fungi, and corrosion resistance. UltraTouch...
August 27th, 2009 | fiber | Read More

Circulation

Circulation
Designed by Monika Piatkowski, the Circulation rug and wall surface is comprised of circular wool felt pellets set within a honeycomb structure. This simple configuration allows the surface to be smooth and resilient while simultaneously being soft and comfortable. Circulation is edged with Hessian webbing...
August 15th, 2009 | fiber | Read More

Cell

Cell
Designers Yvonne Laurysen and Erik Mantel developed Cell while exploring alternative methods of fabricating carpet for LAMA Concept. Unlike conventional carpets, Cell is not produced with a loom, knitting machine, tufting technique, or textile printing. Cell carpet is made of 100 percent industrial wool...
August 7th, 2009 | feature, fiber | Read More

Ingeo

Ingeo
In a notable departure from petroleum-based textiles, Ingeo derives its fiber from corn, an annually renewable resource. Bacterial fermentation is used to convert corn from a starch to a sugar and then to polylactic acid, which in turn is processed like most thermoplastics into fiber. Ingeo is a closed...
June 5th, 2009 | feature, fiber | Read More

Fiber Wall

Fiber Wall
Designer John Hoiby characterizes green composites as fully biodegradable and consisting of plant fiber and plant-based resin. Developed as a collaborative thesis between the Department of Architecture and Department of Textile and Apparel at Cornell University, Fiber Wall was designed to combine properties...
February 28th, 2008 | fiber | Read More

Soft Shelf

Soft Shelf
Typical shelving systems retain the same configuration when fully utilized or when empty. Developed by Lateral Architecture, Soft Shelf adapts and changes with its contents and can be expanded or compressed to fit a variety of spaces. The basic shelf unit is composed of two strips of industrial gradefelt,...
February 15th, 2008 | fiber | Read More

Casula

Casula
Italian fashion designer Nanni Strada was invited to design a liturgical robe for Koinè, an International exhibition for church furnishings and religious objects held in Verona, Italy, in April 2005. Strada’s Casula became the search for a shape for lyric expression evoking immaterial qualities by...
March 2nd, 2006 | fiber | Read More
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