Posts Tagged ‘recombinant’

Meshglass

Meshglass is a flexible tiling system comprised of stained-glass and mirror pieces connected to a fiberglass mesh backing. Designed to overlay complex, curvilinear surfaces, Meshglass is fabricated using specially developed software that allows custom patterns to be generated directly via the company’s...

July 7th, 2006 | feature, glass | Read More

Abacá

Named for a species of banana harvested primarily for use as fiber in the production of rope and twine, Abacá employs residues from banana harvesting and recycles them into a high-pressure decorative laminate with 40 percent postindustrial recovered content. The fibers are sprinkled over an array of...

May 26th, 2006 | plastic | Read More

Heat Treated Carpet

Carpet is typically used for 7-10 years (residential) or 5-8 years (commercial), and re-carpeting accounts for 55% of all carpet sold. Moreover, carpet has been estimated to require up to two hundred and fifty thousand years to biodegrade. Heat Treated Carpet is a sheet material produced from polypropylene-based...

April 13th, 2006 | feature, plastic | Read More

Litracon

Litracon, a light-transmitting concrete developed by Hungarian architect Áron Losonczi, evoked a tremendous response within the international design community at the time of its unveiling. A combination of optical fibers and fine concrete, Litracon may be produced in panel form as well as prefabricated...

April 12th, 2006 | concrete, feature | Read More

AIR-board

Design Composite’s unique bonding technology enables the combination of a rigid, translucent honeycomb core with transparent thermoplastic top sheets, resulting in a panel with exceptional optical features. AIR-board’s common properties include excellent light transmission, outstanding thermal insulation,...

April 4th, 2006 | plastic | 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

Casula

Italian fashion designer Nanni Strada was invited to design a liturgical robe for Koinè, an International exhibition for church furnishings and religious objects held in Verona, Italy, in April 2005. Strada’s Casula became the search for a shape for lyric expression evoking immaterial qualities by...

March 2nd, 2006 | fiber | Read More

CoreTough

CoreTough is a composite panel that gets its strength from a structural honeycomb of various polymers. Manufactured by Transportation Systems Solutions using a proprietary core-forming process, CoreTough is lighter than most other structural panel materials and stronger than many honeycomb composites....

February 2nd, 2006 | plastic | Read More

Polyal

Polyal is produced from manufacturing overruns that were once discarded directly into landfills. The extra polystyrene and aluminum (hence the name Polyal) from the production of yogurt containers are heated and compressed into a solid sheet. As the sheet hardens, the aluminum slivers begin to stratify...

January 18th, 2006 | plastic | Read More

Trespa

Trespa Meteon is an extremely weather resistant panel material, unaffected by sunlight, rain – including “acid rain” – or moisture. The phenolic-based material is also highly impact resistant, and the surface of the panel has a closed structure, which does not attract dirt and makes deliberate...

January 10th, 2006 | plastic | Read More