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It

It
Jakob + MacFarlane, the Paris-based architects known for their Georges Restaurant at the top of the Centre Pompidou, have designed a form of seating called “It” which is inspired by organic structures. Made from hand-shaped and fire-lacquered resins with a high-gloss finish, It seating has...
June 9th, 2011 | plastic | Read More

Self-Repairing Matrices

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

Pneumocell

Pneumocell
Pneumocell is an assembly-kit consisting of inflatable building elements analogous to biological cell-structures, which can be connected in numerous combinations to form complete constructions. By specifying a common polygonal edge length for all of the cells, designer Thomas Herzig has ensured that...
November 26th, 2010 | feature, plastic | 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

Bio-Based Foams

Bio-Based Foams
The Center for Composite Materials has synthesized flexible/rigid polyurethane foams from soybean oil polyols. The advantage of these foams is that they can replace petroleum-based materials (synthetic polyols) and can be used for many applications. The morphology of the foams can be controlled by several...
July 16th, 2010 | feature, plastic | Read More

Flowerfall

Flowerfall
Michelle Brand designed Flowerfall specifically to address our ever-growing amount of plastic thrown away each year. Flowerfall is an eco-contemporary “curtain” made of the bases of discarded PET bottles and articulated tagger ties, the plastic ties typically used to connect a price tag to an item....
June 18th, 2010 | feature, plastic | Read More

Terocore

Terocore
Henkel’s series of Terocore foams consist of heat-activated or two-component epoxy foam products for structural applications such as reinforcement, durability and crashworthiness. They are effectively being used in automotive and other industries to achieve competitive, lightweight and high-performance...
March 26th, 2010 | feature, plastic | Read More

Living Surfaces

Living Surfaces
With the aim of developing interactive environments, Gianfranco Barban and Gregg Brodarick of B.lab have created a series of tabletop surfaces and floor tiles, which are made of layers of plastic sheets encapsulating nontoxic liquids. These liquids move and bubble in various ways based on touch, depicting...
January 7th, 2010 | feature, plastic | Read More

Adaptive Fritting

Adaptive Fritting
Hoberman Associates developed Adaptive Fritting in order to imbue an established architectural treatment with expanded functionality. Similar to standard fritted glass, this invention utilizes a graphic pattern surface treatment in order to control heat gain and modulate light, while allowing sufficient...
December 4th, 2009 | feature, plastic | Read More

Plug.table

Plug.table
Matthias Demacker’s design for the Plug.table represents the ultimate reduction of an object to its essence. The table is made of three parts, a high-pressure laminate tabletop and two stainless steel legframes, and it may be assembled and modified without any tools. Plug.table may be configured to...
November 28th, 2009 | plastic | Read More
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