Posts Tagged ‘product’

Decato

According to Preform Manufacturing, Decato is the most environmentally sensitive interior partition product available on the market. Over 80% of the product is from recycled, bio-based, or sustainable materials, and is virtually 100% recyclable. Core materials are totally non-toxic. Furniture component...

April 8th, 2006 | metals | Read More

Les Tuiles

Les Tuiles is a system of textile bricks designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Kvadrat. Les Tuiles was conceived as a “immersive quilt” that erodes the fixed character of common spatial delineators like walls, doors, and passageways. The soft textile bricks form a continuous surface that may...

April 6th, 2006 | textile | Read More

Cellbond

Cellbond manufactures translucent honeycomb panels comprised of an aluminum honeycomb core sandwiched between toughened glass or polycarbonate skins. The use of a bonded sandwich results in a high strength-to-weight ratio and provides excellent resistance to deflection. The honeycomb core also provides...

March 28th, 2006 | plastic | Read More

Auto Door

Cleanliness, efficiency, compactness, cool-factor – for a variety of reasons, automatic doors have become a standard feature of Japanese shops. While the typical sliding star-trek style design has proven itself, the Tanaka Auto Door aims to improve upon a good concept. This new design entails strips...

March 20th, 2006 | metals | Read More

POP

POP is a form-pressed-plywood panel system featuring three-dimensional convex impressions in a variety of wood and other finishes. POP is manufactured in Finland in two sizes: 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches (20 x 20 centimeters) and 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (40 x 40 centimeters). Wood-finish options include birch,...

March 16th, 2006 | wood | Read More

Sunlight Tubes

Scientists are developing a technology to save energy by transmitting sunlight into buildings through tubes. Indoor electric lighting is the largest consumer of electricity in commercial buildings, according to researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Their new system,...

March 14th, 2006 | feature, light | Read More

LED-Flex

The LED substitute for neon lighting has arrived. After two years of research and development, Mule Lighting has developed a product that looks like traditional neon but is more versatile. To make LED-Flex, Mule Lighting incorporated light emitting diode (LED) technology into a flexible and durable package...

March 13th, 2006 | light | Read More

Plastic Logic

Plastic Logic develops licensable manufacturing solutions for printing thin and flexible active-matrix displays. When combined with an electronic-paper imaging film, Plastic Logic’s backplane technology enables highly portable, readable and power efficient displays. The initial application focus...

March 10th, 2006 | interactive | Read More

Geoweb

Presto’s perforated Geoweb cellular confinement system features an engineered pattern of perforations in the cell wall. This hole pattern provides increased frictional interlock with coarse aggregates, crushed rock and concrete. In vegetated systems, the perforations increase root lock-up, creating...

March 8th, 2006 | plastic | Read More

EL wire

ElectroLuminescent Wire consists of a concentric series of layers, each performing a different function. In the center is a solid copper conductor, which is coated with an electroluminescent phosphor. Two very fine wires are wrapped around the phosphor. A clear or colored plastic sheath comes next, and...

March 6th, 2006 | feature, light | Read More