Posts Tagged ‘product’

Portable Light

Portable Light is an interdisciplinary design and engineering project initiated by KVA MATx to provide decentralized, sustainable lighting and electrical power to more than two billion people. Based on a marriage of low-cost LEDs and flexible textiles, Portable Light is a fully autonomous, off-thegrid...

August 17th, 2009 | feature, light | Read More

Circulation

Designed by Monika Piatkowski, the Circulation rug and wall surface is comprised of circular wool felt pellets set within a honeycomb structure. This simple configuration allows the surface to be smooth and resilient while simultaneously being soft and comfortable. Circulation is edged with Hessian webbing...

August 15th, 2009 | fiber | Read More

PixelSkin01

Developed by Sachin Anshuman of Orangevoid, PixelSkin01 is an intelligent cladding system intended to bring information display technology to light transmitting building facades. Conventional visual communication, such as advertising, obscures light and views for building occupants when applied to the...

August 14th, 2009 | feature, interactive | Read More

Aero

Aero consists of tightly corrugated anodized aluminum sheets that are flexible and formable. Crisp, exacting folds characterize each sheet and cast deep shadows that contribute to the dimensionality of the material. Variations in thickness, depth, and return edges (either rounded or square) produce unique...

August 11th, 2009 | metals | Read More

Faswall

Faswall forms are used for building insulated reinforced concrete structures for both residential and commercial construction. The recycled wood chip–based cement form provides a four-hour fire rating. The forms contribute zero percent to flame spread, smoke development, and fuel contribution. Because...

August 10th, 2009 | concrete | Read More

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

Featherpanel

Due to more stringent governmental regulations, the exhaustion of natural resources, and enhanced economic objectives, stone is being replaced by alternative materials in architecture and design. Stonelab has developed a lightweight architectural stone called Featherpanel, which is cast in highprecision...

August 4th, 2009 | concrete | Read More

Paravision

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is an automated identification process based on the storage and retrieval of data using transponders or RFID tags. These tags are often associated with objects that may be quickly inventoried, such as product palettes, library materials, or passports. Keio University...

August 3rd, 2009 | interactive | Read More