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UltraTouch

UltraTouch

Sep 10, 2006Comments off

Natural cotton fiber insulation Bonded Logic, Inc., makes insulation out of recycled blue jeans. UltraTouch is a Class-A building material made from postindustrial recycled natural cotton/denim fibers that are treated with a Borate (boric acid) solution.

Swissflam

Swissflam

Sep 06, 2006Comments off

Intumescent glazing system SGG Swissflam is a fire resistant and fully insulated glazing system produced from sheets of multi-laminated safety glass, separated by clear intumescent layers. In the event of a fire, the intumescent layers turn

Intelliwhite

Intelliwhite

Sep 02, 2006Comments off

Intelligent solid-state LED lighting system 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

Viaro

Viaro

Aug 29, 2006Comments off

Intelligent infrastructure for power, data and display systems Designed by Danny Hillis, Bran Ferren, and Sheila Kennedy, Viaro is intended to catalyze a new generation of radically flexible interior spaces. By combining its open, modular building

GKDMetalFabrics

GKD Metal Fabrics

Aug 25, 2006Comments off

Woven metal fabrics Woven metal fabrics have been developed for use as decorative and functional design elements in architecture. The French National Library in Paris was the first architectural project where GKD, in cooperation with French

Durra

Durra

Aug 21, 2006Comments off

Lightweight wheat straw and paper construction system Durra Building Systems manufactures engineered acoustic wall, roof, and ceiling systems for venues such as theaters, airports, convention centers, and other spaces that have high acoustic demands. The Durra

Living Glass

Living Glass

Aug 18, 2006Comments off

Tables and objects with fractured glass surfaces Gianfranco Barban and Gregg Brodarick of B.lab have created a series of tabletops, panels, and floor tiles they call Living Glass. To create the product, they seal a sheet

Uti & Inni

Uti & Inni

Aug 14, 2006Comments off

Textured porcelain tile Italyís Gruppo Majorca has crafted a new line of porcelain tiles in five colors and five atypical textures for use in vertical and horizontal applications. The tiles have integral color, and their edges

Elumin8

Elumin8

Aug 10, 2006Comments off

Electroluminescent lamps Elumin8 technology consists of applying electricity to copper dipped in zinc sulfate ink, which then emits light. This is applied using a silkscreen process to an indium tin oxide–splattered substrate. In essence, a LEC,

Tetra

Tetra

Aug 06, 2006Comments off

Reconfigurable steel sculpture Tetra is a sculptural concept which explores the three dimensional extrapolation of simple growth systems in nature. It is a chain structure of multiplied modules; expressive forms and configurations may be developed from