Tropical Veneer Collection consists of handcrafted veneer materials from South America, featuring rapidly renewable and commonly occurring materials, such as coconut and totumo shell, plantain bark, tagua seed, and pearlstone. These products are combined with medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and resins to create stable panels. Different colored resins can be used [...]
To make Organics, 3form laminates various organic materials between sheets of partially recycled polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) obtained from postindustrial sources. The company collaborates closely with artisans in Nepal, Vietnam, and Indonesia to select and process materials such as bamboo and banana fibers. These materials are first prepared using techniques [...]
The devastating power of hurricanes has had a memorable impact in recent years, and damage caused by windborne debris has destroyed many commercial structures. Alcoa has developed a new hurricane-resistant panel made with DuPont Kevlar—a material five times as strong as steel by weight. Reynobond with Kevlar adds a thin [...]
Wood.e is essentially electrified wood. Furniture made of Wood.e, with an electrical current of 12V, permits one to easily plug in different applications (plug and play). Wood.e is a built-up composite comprised by plywood and two integrated conducting layers. These layers allow for unprecedented possibilities for sound, light, and motion [...]
Terrazzo Lumina Slabs and Tiles are refined concrete surfaces designed to propate and emit light. Illumination travels within the concrete via embedded light-guides and is emitted in pixelated form. The manufacturing process is quite flexible and various geometries and configurations of light terminals are possible. The placement of the light [...]
ExoSkeleton is a quilted concrete panel made from organic duck cloth canvas and cast concrete. Two layers of the canvas are quilted using reinforced stitching in a structurally stable configuration. The reinforced stitching is engineered to withstand the fluid lateral forces specific to the amount of uncured concrete relative to [...]
Livinglass Curves is the first decorative laminated glass made in curved profiles. Available in an array of interlayer patterns and textures, Curves allows designers to specify the panel length, width, thickness, and radius. It can be specified with 100% recycled resin and 100% recycled glass, and is available as a [...]
Jagorta is a wood veneer panel that transmits light. It consists of select veneers such as cherry, maple, or oak mounted to a translucent core with a specially developed adhesive. As light passes through the thickness of the veneer, the natural surface structure of the wood is revealed. The panel [...]
Washi laminated glass panel is a combination of two glass sheets with handmade Japanese washi parchment and one interlayer of plastic (PVB). The hybrid material is used for both security and decorative applications, and demonstrates the marriage of a five hundred year old handcraft-based tradition with modern technology. Contact: Precious [...]
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 lighter weight materials. Self-Repairing and Sensing Matrices can also [...]
Kiln Glass Textures05/17/2013
Catalyst05/10/2013
EVA Collection05/03/2013
Tropical Veneer Collection04/26/2013
DoubleFace04/19/2013
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