Posts Tagged ‘interior’

Intelliwhite

Intelliwhite is an intelligent solid-state lighting system that features variable color temperature and can produce cool to warm gradients of white light in the range of three thousand to sixty-five hundred kelvin. Intelliwhite applies Color Kinetics’ Optibin technology to ensure consistent color from...

August 9th, 2009 | light | Read More

Cell

Designers Yvonne Laurysen and Erik Mantel developed Cell while exploring alternative methods of fabricating carpet for LAMA Concept. Unlike conventional carpets, Cell is not produced with a loom, knitting machine, tufting technique, or textile printing. Cell carpet is made of 100 percent industrial wool...

August 7th, 2009 | feature, fiber | Read More

Body Index

Designed by Sean Ahlquist, Body Index is intended to capture multiple body positions within a single form. The design utilizes software technology that generates physical fabric simulations defined by a geometrical surface and assigned certain cloth characteristics such as stiffness, stretching, and...

August 5th, 2009 | metals | Read More

Parans

Parans Daylight AB has developed a sunlight transmission system for buildings that consists of three parts: the light-collecting panel, SkyPort; the light transporting cable, SunWire; and the lightemitting luminaries, Björk. The patent pending SkyPort is Parans’s primary innovation. Two layers of...

August 2nd, 2009 | feature, light | Read More

YUM!

Developed by Alex Schweder and Dieter Janssen and manufactured by the Stinehour Press, YUM! is a scratch-and-sniff wallpaper that smells faintly of fresh bread. The artists developed the wallpaper for a gallery installation, seeking to explore the relationship between color and scent with the goal of...

August 1st, 2009 | feature, paper | Read More

Gore Tenara KT

Gore Tenara KT is a three-dimensional moldable fabric made from 100 percent knitted polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Developed in a collaboration with fabric artist Jens J. Meyer and the Denkendorf Institute of Textiles and Process Technology, the fabric is immune to UV rays and is weather resistant,...

July 31st, 2009 | feature, textile | Read More

Paper Softwall

The Paper Softwall is a lightweight freestanding wall that can be arranged into almost any shape or easily compressed into a compact sheaf and stored away. Softwall dampens sound and can both absorb and transmit light. The product is made from four hundred layers of honeycombed translucent white, fire-retardant...

July 26th, 2009 | paper | Read More

Squak Mountain Stone

Squak Mountain Stone is a paper and cement-based composite developed by Ameé Quiriconi as a solution for reusing waste paper. Its proprietary composition makes Squak Mountain Stone lighter than concrete and stone, and it eliminates the need for rebar or other reinforcing steel. The result is a product...

July 22nd, 2009 | feature, paper | Read More

Line

Part light fixture, part timepiece, part art installation, James Clar’s Line is a linear information display that utilizes the full-spectrum possibilities of tricolor LEDs. Since Line is a programmable device, it is provided with two factory-preset functions. The first function is a clock, which attributes...

July 19th, 2009 | light | Read More

Syndecrete

Syndecrete is a precast concrete material developed by architect David Hertz at Syndesis, Inc., as an alternative to limited or nonrenewable natural materials such as wood and stone, as well as petroleum-based synthetic solid and laminating materials. Syndecrete is an advanced cement-based composite...

July 17th, 2009 | concrete | Read More