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Materialworks in the Trendbook Interior Trends 2009
For the fifth time, the Trend Book of the international furniture and interior design fair imm cologne shows which developments in the interior design sector will determine the coming season. The Trend Book enjoys great success with interior designers, architects and designers and has become a benchmark for the entire industry. The publication presents a vivid, practice-oriented and lavishly illustrated summary of the interior trends identified by the design experts. In concise, emotional sketches, the Trend Book establishes connections between furnishing trends, lifestyle and general social issues.
The Materialworks Material Editions were presented to designers and architects during the workshop. Several material samples has been selected and are shown at the four different trendboards within the Interior Trendbook.
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Materialworks Zoom:
Shaped using the zip principle - Zip-Shape by designtoproduction
This time, the subject in our new Materialworks Zoom issue is the development of variable and cost-saving structures for the implementation of complex shapes with the help of information technology. Using an innovative technology, Swiss company designtoproduction enables sheets of material to be shaped in such a way that surfaces bent on one side are created.
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Materialworks Zoom:
Aesthetics and function in museum architecture - Kapipane by Okalux
We report on Kapipane, a light-diffusing capillary inlay by the company Okalux. Steven Holl Architects used this translucent material in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, United States filling the new building with daylight while protecting the sensitive works of art against UV light.
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„Translucency 1“
The new Materialworks Material Edition is ready!
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The Materialworks Material Edition "Translucency 1" is devoted to a property that occurs in highly differing materials. This is why such emphasis was placed on selecting a broad scope of materials that would show the complexity of translucency, its diverse application areas and gradations.
When we use the term "translucency" we describe a material’s partial perviousness to light. It is a property that numerous natural materials already possess or can attain in a number of ways. For instance, translucency can be achieved through perforation, matt finishing, corrosion, engraving, adhesion, printing or the addition of certain materials. The best-known translucent materials are the human skin, leaves, paper, frosted glass or wax. Since time immemorial translucent materials have played a pivotal role in architecture and interior design.
In addition to modulating light many translucent materials have long since assumed further functions relating to the lightness of the construction, insulation, but also providing UV, cold, heat or noise protection. New technologies have even enabled the manufacture of translucent stone or concrete.
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The Materialworks Material Edition "Translucent materials 1" brings together over 60 different foils, corrugated panes, acrylic glass panels, glass, paper, non-wovens, wovens and metals in diverse versions and grades between translucent and opaque by more than 20 different manufacturers:
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Materialworks in Sweden!
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Materialworks is now present in the Swedish capital Stockholm via its partner Materialbiblioteket.
Visitors now have an opportunity to get professional advice on materials and their manufacturing and processing techniques in the creative environment of the former Ericsson premises. Further- more in the showroom an extensive shelving system provides a mine of information on new and innovative materials.
Materialbiblioteket has thus established itself as an important information forum for the creative scene in Scandinavia.
As with the Materialworks Material Editions, Materialbiblioteket provides an opportunity to experience directly just what the large variety of materials actually feel like. The Material Editions in the showroom provide an overview of particular themes - for example, sandwich materials, and as such are an important part of the information about materials.
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