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Cool Repurposed Material: Graffitied Steel Railcar Panels
"Train cars typically have a lifespan of approximately 30-50 years," explains Repurposed Materials, a...
July 10
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Industrial Designers Shawna and Matt Heide: The Eameses of Concrete
What plywood was to the Eameses, concrete is to industrial designers Shawna and Matt...
July 10
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Clever Materials Use: How to Clear Standing Water on a Flat Roof Using Rope
No pump necessary
June 10
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An Easy Way to Recycle Your Firm's Material Samples
Swatchbox's Second Life Samples program
May 29
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The Best Use of Damascus Steel Turns Out to Be In Your Backyard (or in the Wilderness)
This one weird trick made me reconsider the baroque material.
May 16
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Freitag Creates a Completely Monomaterial and Recyclable Bag Line
The straps, zippers, buckles, thread, fabric are all one material
May 15
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Joe Doucet's OLO Table Gives New Life to Old Refrigerators, Keyboards and Computer Mice
Created in collaboration with the Good Plastic Company
May 12
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The Spherene Side Table, by Peter Donders
The Belgian designer stretches material optimization to extremes
May 6
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Explaining a Video That Seemingly Shows "Checkered Paint" Being Applied
This video is making the rounds and blowing people's minds. Have a look, and...
May 5
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Beautiful and Well-Considered Aluminum at the Hydro Exhibit in Capsule – Milan 2025 Takeaways
Norwegian aluminum producer/energy company Hydro exhibited a commissioned set of designs at Capsule that...
May 1
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Lightweight Stone-Like Furniture by Karim Rashid and Zachary A. Design
The Polli line
April 24
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The Basic Types of Stainless Steel: What Do Those Numbers Mean?
A primer for the new industrial designer
February 6
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An Impressive Exploration of Material: This Monomaterial Bamboo Projectile Weapon
Here's an impressive demonstration of investigating a material, the kind of thing ID students...
January 6
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Material Science + Fear-Based Marketing: A Stab-Proof Jacket
Material science combines with fear-based marketing in this Armor-Tex jacket. The Chinese-made garment is...
November 18, 2024
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Furniture Design History: Willy Guhl's Loop Chair
What the Eameses did with plywood, Guhl did with fiber cement
November 15, 2024
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Industrial Designer Figures Out How to Recycle Plastic Into Stone-Like Sheets
Design Declassified's materials are targeted at furniture designers
October 25, 2024
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Injection Molded Paper?
Model Group and Arburg are using Paper-Pearls rather than nurdles
October 17, 2024
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Dumbbells Made with Nike Grind Rubber
These new Nike Grind Dumbbells are made using Nike Grind Rubber, waste material generated...
October 10, 2024
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New LOVR Material: Leather Made from Industrial Hemp Waste
LOVR = Leather-free, Oil-free, Vegan and Residue-based
October 1, 2024
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Smart Design Applications for Thermoplastic Rubber by Rinseroo
Entrepreneur Lisa Lane hits product gold
August 6, 2024
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Paper Made From Recycled Stone
Karst Stone Paper is "creamy, velvety, silky" to draw on
July 17, 2024
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An Architectural Material Called "Bamboo Charcoal Wood Metal Plate"
If you'd like to see the MSDS, you're out of luck
May 28, 2024
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