Archive for the ‘ceramics’ Category

Northern Lights

Northern Lights
Northern Lights is a glass product that can change its appearance due to a change in temperature. Human touch, a change in the ambient air temperature, hot or cold water, or any relatively warm or cool source will trigger a thermochromic response. Northern Lights material may be designed in any size...
January 22nd, 2010 | feature, glass | Read More

Swisspearl

Swisspearl
Swisspearl panels were specially designed for the ventilated facade system. Made from a high quality cement composite, the incredibly durable panels are integrally colored with a delicate vein texture, which imparts a monolithic appearance. Swisspearl panels possess excellent color fastness, and custom...
January 4th, 2010 | concrete | Read More

Electroboard

Electroboard
Electroboard is an interior finish material that pairs flat-wire technology with a fire resistant gypsum core. It provides an electrified low-voltage surface accessible with a proprietary connector that one pushes into the face of the wall. As an alternative to traditional track-based lighting systems,...
December 18th, 2009 | feature, mineral | Read More

24K Blown Glass

24K Blown Glass
Suzan Etkin Enterprises combines refined metals with glass to create exotic material hybrids. Gold is fused to the glass in its molten state, allowed to cool, and then re covered with another layer of glass so that the gold is embedded in the material—creating objects with an internal glow. 24K Blown...
November 27th, 2009 | feature, glass | Read More

Ductal

Ductal
Ductal is a new material technology that offers ductility, strength, and durability while providing moldable products with a quality surface. Compressive strengths reach up to 30,000 psi (200 MPa) and flexural strengths reach up to 7,000 psi (50 MPa). With Ductal, it is possible to create thinner sections,...
November 25th, 2009 | concrete, feature | Read More

Luna

Luna
Luna is a unique cast glass building material that contains a phosphorescent chemical, absorbing light during the day and glowing for hours at night. Luna is manufactured using glass recycled from car windshields and is ideal for bar fronts, tops, feature walls, flooring applications, or any interior...
November 18th, 2009 | feature, glass | Read More

HoloPro

HoloPro
Originally developed at the Institute for Light and Building Technology, HoloPro is a transparent rear projection surface that is almost completely unaffected by surrounding ambient light, and may even be used in daylit environments. HoloPro consists of Holographic Optical Elements (HOE), which are exposed...
November 14th, 2009 | feature, glass | Read More

Light-Sensitive Concrete

Light-Sensitive Concrete
Light-Sensitive Concrete is a technology that allows concrete to be sensitive to ambient light levels. It senses the luminosity distribution throughout a concrete surface and sends the data to a computer. By converting this data to various values within custom-designed software, one can control sound,...
November 6th, 2009 | concrete, feature | Read More

Bubble Glass

Bubble Glass
Developed by Penny Herscovitch and Dan Gottlieb, Bubble Glass contains perfect grids of tiny bubbles and a variety of bubble patterns. Bubble Glass originated during PadLAb’s 2004 architectural glass commission for a residence on the coast of Brazil. While attempting to create a colorful mesh pattern...
October 29th, 2009 | feature, glass | Read More

Kapilux

Kapilux
Kapilux is an insulating glass with an integrated capillary slab consisting of a large number of honeycomb-structured thin-walled transparent or white capillaries. This capillary slab can be integrated into different kinds of insulating glass, and it diffuses light effectively. Energy transmission, light...
October 24th, 2009 | glass | Read More