Archive for the ‘ceramics’ Category

Luminescent Gravel

Luminescent Gravel
S. Lövenstein BV integrates luminescent particles within gravel floors in order to enhance the emergency-exit signage within a building. The particles can be masked and evenly distributed throughout the surface of the seamless floor, or grouped in patterns like circles, lines, or arrows. They may also...
March 17th, 2008 | feature, mineral | Read More

Vector Glass

Vector Glass
Vector Glass combines the the precision of digital fabrication with the serendipity of handmade, kiln-formed glass. PadLAb works with architects and clients to translate vector patterns, drawings, text, and logos into custom-made panels of glass that contain controlled air-bubble imagery. The process...
December 29th, 2007 | feature, glass | Read More

Tactile Ceramics

Tactile Ceramics
Ikuko Iwamoto’s work is influenced by the microscopic world, and she is infatuated with cells, spores, and pollens. Iwamoto’s Tactile Ceramics are simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary in nature. They are vehicles to make visible an invisible, microscopic realm. According to the artist, her art...
December 21st, 2007 | mineral | Read More

Underlit Flooring

Underlit Flooring
Underlit Flooring is a polished concrete-and-glass flooring system suitable for interior applications, such as kitchens and bathrooms, and various external applications, including gardens and terraces. Available by the square meter and in custom sizes and colors, the concrete tiles can be laid directly...
December 9th, 2007 | concrete | Read More

Kerrigan Architectural Tile

Kerrigan Architectural Tile
Kerrigan ceramic architectural tiles are the result of Chicago-based designer Bryan Kerrigan’s methodical exploration of dimensionality and texture of the ceramic tile. Designed and manufactured using high-temperature-fired stoneware clay, the tiles are very durable for both interior and exterior...
October 14th, 2007 | mineral | Read More

Cast Glass Facades

Cast Glass Facades
Shanghai Kang Yu Jie Sen’s Cast Glass Façades exhibit superior clarity, the highest refractive index of any architectural glass, and are suitable for use in interior or exterior applications. Cast Glass Façades are superior to stone in terms of weather resistance, staining, and background radiation....
October 6th, 2007 | glass | Read More

Concrete Canvas Shelter

Concrete Canvas Shelter
The Concrete Canvas Shelter is a rapidly deployable hardened shelter that requires only water and air for erection. It can be deployed by two people without any training in approximately thirty minutes and is ready to use in twelve hours. The shelter consists of a cement-impregnated fabric (Concrete...
September 7th, 2007 | concrete | Read More

Clay Paint

Clay Paint
Green Planet Paints offers a clay paint with soy-based resin. Soy replaces the acrylic ingredient used in most conventional paints, which is typically derived from petrochemical sources. Natural mineral and clay-based pigments are added to the soy resin, in addition to titanium dioxide, for odor and...
August 3rd, 2007 | mineral | Read More

Fusionstone

Fusionstone
The Fusionstone proprietary process involves ultra-clear glass permanently fused to exotic stone slabs to achieve superior surface protection while retaining and showcasing the beauty of natural stone. It eliminates adhesion lines, and the material appears entirely translucent from edge to edge. As a...
August 3rd, 2007 | mineral | Read More

Advantic

Advantic
Advantic is a syntactic foam made by mixing or combining hollow glass microspheres with an epoxy resin. This high-strength composite solves many of the problems associated with other common tooling materials. Cornerstone Research Group (CRG) Industries’s proprietary mixing process minimizes the number...
June 24th, 2007 | glass | Read More
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