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Recycled Crystal Glass

Recycled Crystal Glass
Fernando Miguel Marques collects post-industrial waste glass from Atlantis, the largest Portugese producer of lead crystal glass. Marques has developed a technique that allows the repurposing of the glass into tiles, panels, and other shapes. Recycled Crystal Glass may be used for architectural surfaces...
November 12th, 2010 | feature, glass | Read More

SolPix

SolPix
SolPix is a patented solar-powered media wall for medium- to large-scale installations in new construction or existing buildings. Developed by Simone Giostra, SolPix is a completely integrated system for power production and sun shading, and also acts as a digital screen. SolPix allows for dynamic content...
November 5th, 2010 | feature, metals | Read More

Helicone HC

Helicone HC
Unlike commonly known inorganic-effect pigment technologies such as interference and metallics, Helicone HC is based on a purely organic polymer. It is made from customized fine chemicals that are then transferred into a liquid-crystal polymer film, and subsequently milled into an effect pigment flake. Helicone...
October 22nd, 2010 | feature, paint | Read More

Shelf Space

Shelf Space
The result of an experimental four-month collaboration with an aerospace machinery manufacturer, the fluid form of Paul Loebach’s Shelf Space pushes the limits of wood engineering and advanced machining technology. There have been vast developments in the evolution of CNC-machining technology in the...
October 15th, 2010 | feature, wood | Read More

NanoSphere

NanoSphere
NanoSphere is a self-cleaning finish technology composed of nanoparticles that form a fine structure on textile surfaces. Water or substances such as oil or ketchup simply run off the NanoSphere surface, and any residue can easily be rinsed off with a little water. Textiles with NanoSphere treatment...
October 8th, 2010 | feature, textile | Read More

PIXA

PIXA
PIXA, designed by Abhinand Lath, utilizes Sensitile Systems’ light-piping technologies to enable the placement of a precise grid of light guides within a concrete matrix. These light guides optically connect the two surfaces of the material and mate directly to an LED screen or projection system on...
October 1st, 2010 | concrete, feature | Read More

Vault-Structured Metal

Vault-Structured Metal
Numerous phenomena can be observed in nature that are the result of controlled self-organization. Bionic vault-structuring is a method to generate a three-dimensional pattern in metallic sheets. Thanks to the controlled self-organization arrangement, a minimum of plastic deformation is required for forming...
September 24th, 2010 | feature, metals | Read More

Kaynemaile

Kaynemaile
Kaynemaile is a seamless mesh composed of polymer rings. The advantage of the Kaynemaile process is its ability to create multiple elements and assemble them into a three-dimensional structured mesh at the same time, as opposed to molding components first and assembling them later. Every single component...
September 17th, 2010 | feature, plastic | Read More

Litmuscreen

Litmuscreen
Jordan Geiger developed Litmuscreen as an architectural and product design material based on the performance and properties of litmus paper. Litmuscreen is a simple modification to an old technology—the adaptation of chemical properties found in lichen to indicate acid/base imbalances in a liquid....
September 10th, 2010 | feature, fiber | Read More

Unrepeatable Carpets

Unrepeatable Carpets
A collaboration between visual artist Marcel Kronenburg and software engineer Marten Teitsma, Unrepeatable Carpets are the result of a process designed to create unique carpet patterns throughout buildings. A reaction against the repetitive monotony of standard carpet tiles, Unrepeatable Carpets apply...
September 5th, 2010 | digifab, feature | Read More
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