Posts Tagged ‘specialties’

NovaCork

NovaCork panels are ideal for tackable surface applications located in high-traffic areas. The combination of post-consumer recycled cork and a post-consumer recycled Homasote substrate provides a durable and environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional cork boards. NovaCork panels are also...

November 17th, 2009 | fiber | Read More

Origins

Origins one hundred percent postconsumer recycled polyethylene panels provide an alternative to virgin polyethylene versions. Origins panels possess virtually identical properties compared with virgin panels, and they are available in numerous colors and patterns, including custom patterns. Origins material...

November 16th, 2009 | plastic | Read More

Moveable Walls

Waste resulting from the traditional construction, demolition, and renovation of buildings contributes to twenty-five to thirty-three percent of the total waste stream in North America, and fifteen percent of that amount is drywall waste. Overburdened landfills and the consumption of virgin resources...

October 5th, 2009 | metals | Read More

PINnacle

PINnacle is a recycled-paper panel supplied with a velvetlike sanded surface for a more elegant appearance than conventional tackboards. Both PINnacle 440 and Class A fire-rated PINnacle NCFR panels may be used wall covering. The panels are easy to maintain, and their uniform thickness makes them a...

September 30th, 2009 | paper | Read More

E Ink

Electronic ink consists of an electronically coated optical film used in the manufacturing of high contrast, sunlight-readable, ultra-low–power electronic paper displays. The principal components of electronic ink are millions of tiny microcapsules, which are about the diameter of a human hair. In...

September 26th, 2009 | digital | Read More

Body Brush

Body Brush is a real-time body-driven immersive experience. It captures spatial human motion data and transforms it into a rich variety of 3D visual forms that are visualized through a stereo projector and has 3D sound. The Body Brush process is achieved with the development of a low-cost computer-vision–based...

September 10th, 2009 | feature, interactive | Read More

Lighttex

When used as a window and skylight covering, the polyester-based Lighttex panel blocks and redistributes direct sunlight more effectively than vertical or horizontal blinds and creates diffused interior daylight with improved uniformity. Lighttex walls and space partitions enable daylight penetration...

September 8th, 2009 | 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

Prism Screen

The aggregation of thin, triangular aluminum prisms, which are transformed into intriguing structures that resemble eccentric space-frames, makes up Prism Screen. Inspired by organic growth patterns, Korban/Flaubert developed Prism Screen as a reconfigurable system evoking web formations and branching...

July 14th, 2009 | metals | Read More

HyperGrills

HyperGrill metal tiles are inspired by cellular constructions found in nature. The HyperGrill process approximates the efficiency of cellular compositions in biological surfaces, as well as creating a codified system of patterns that can generate endless tile shapes from a fixed number of sequences. The...

January 2nd, 2009 | metals | Read More