Category Archives: materials
Lithuanian designer, Marija Puipaite, explores & experiments with the tactile quality of materials. To this end, she calls herself a materialist. See Blogroll for a link.
Bench: Materials: maple, modeling foam, rubber / Wood – Material Experiments / Hair: Material Experiments: artificial hair & plastics / Embracing Touch: jewellery: silver, brass/bronze / Embracing Touch: materials: birch plywood, […]
Experimental Creations’ innovative materials are developed by 6 Japanese designers – rusted metal & resin, knitted porcelain, washi paper with vegetable resin, wax, rice & sawdust. See Blogroll for a link.
Rust & Basis Metal / Rust Collecting by Studio Yumakano / Yuma Kano. Iron, brass, copper, cutting sheet & acrylic resin. Process: Controlled the rusting of metallic material using rust preventive […]
Hélène Lefeuvre, textile designer, France, develops large scale fabrics for industry, including Serge Ferrari composite materials. See Blogroll for a link.
Beckmann N’Thepe – Saint-Denis / Serge Ferrari Textiles – Architecture / Serge Ferrari Textiles – Batyline
The beautiful, warm-surfaced brassware of a master craftsman, Ruka Kikuchi (Lue), whose studio is in Okayama. See Blogroll for a link.
StoneCycling, The Netherlands: their handmade & machine-made bricks made mainly from waste. See Blogroll for a link.
Nougat, Sliced, Machine-made. 60% waste / Nougat, Punched, Machine-made. 60% waste / Truffle, Raw, Handmade. 60% waste / Truffle, Sliced, Machine-made. 60% waste / Truffle, Punched, Machine-made. 60% […]
Textiles that enhance wellbeing: Young Dutch designer, Floor Van Doremalen’s explorations of tactile materials using rubber, texiles, leather & synthetic skins. See Blogroll for a link.
Text taken from Floor Van Doremalen’s site / Concrete Skin: ‘An imprint of skin, a bite, wrinkle, scare or scratch. Traces that appear and disappear. These are some characteristics of […]
Known for her wooden carpets & wooden light, Elisa Strozyk, Germany, has worked with the flexibility of pre-formed glass & produced her woven-glass pendant lamps. See Blogroll for a link.
Text taken from Elisa Strozyk’s site / Woven-glass / Pendant-lamps: ‘To reach the same effect (flexible for weaving) colored glass stripes need to be pre-formed in the kiln to allow […]
Interior designers, Robot 3 Design, heed the luminous & reflective quality of their selected materials in the design of their 2 restaurants in China.*
*Images are from the World Architecture & Gooood HK sites. Currently the Robot 3 Design site has a warning of malware but I hope to include it under Blogroll when […]
Natural stone as an intricate decorative architectural element: Odyssey Stone’s deep knowledge & mastery of stone. They are in Noida, India. See Blogroll for a link.
From the Ishi Kiri collection / From the Kinetic collection / Kinetic sculpture / From the Crosta collection / From the Foliage collection / From the Aqueous collection / Puritsa […]
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