Sourced: fabricarchitecturemag.com “With art and excelling design, concise and pure appearance, as well as eco-friendly technology, the Water Cube is definitely a classic of architecture…
Tag: sustainable
Sonic shade of light
Source: loop.ph “By day, Sonumbra offers shelter from the sun; by night, it sheds light for the local community using the energy collected in solar…
Protective textile technology
Source: transmaterial.com Most protective resistant materials fail when exposed to the energy of an explosive blast. However, new technologies by Auxetix in woven textiles actually become thicker…
Future of Grand format printing
Sourced: Fabric Structures Association (FSA) One such advancement in Grand format printing technology is greener inks. Sawgrass Technologies Industrial Division leads the wide format printing…
More than just emergency shelter
Sourced: HaitiSOFTHOUSE The HaitiSOFTHOUSE is a flexible and sustainable approach to emergency shelter. The SoftHouse isn’t just about keeping people warm & dry for the moment,…
Beyond the Morning Pick-me-up
Fabric made from Coffee!? That is exactly what a textile manufacturer in Taiwan has fashioned. S.Café® is a technical composite fiber which incorporates used coffee…
Valerie “Poly Georgette” has a passion for textiles and construction. She enjoys developing solutions utilizing a number of different substrates to dress a space. She has ten years of experience creating custom solutions and tracking down a plethora of amazing textiles, consistently dreaming up new ways to use them.
Lobel Frames
Sourced: grasshopper3d.com Alain Lobel, an Architect from France, developed a triangulated modular system which forms geodesic structures based on a single universal connector. No matter how the triangles are…