A market leader in precast terrazzo, Agglotech combines traditional craftsmanship with advanced production capabilities to create high-performance surfaces for contemporary architecture. From airports to luxury hospitality, their materials offer durability, design flexibility, and refined aesthetics—making terrazzo a timeless yet innovative choice for large-scale projects.
#terrazzo #terrazzodesign #material #innovation #materialities #architecture #interiordesign #surfaces #detaildesign #architecturaldetails #productdesign #agglotech #materialdesign
Rooted in Italian tradition, @cotto_etrusco transforms natural clay into timeless terracotta surfaces defined by warmth, texture and authenticity. Through the use of mixed oxides, crystalline finishes and glazes, an infinite range of unique shades, colour and patterns emerge - each piece subtly distinct. Their materials celebrate the beauty of imperfection, aging gracefully through rich tones and tactile finishes. Bridging heritage craftsmanship with a contemporary architectural language where earth becomes a lasting design statement.
#terracotta #naturalmaterials #materialities #materiality #interiordesign #architecture #tile #pattern
LCD Textiles is a unique textile collection that blurs the line between material experimentation, design research, and artistic expression. At its heart is a deep exploration of how light, technical fibres, and metal can come together to redefine what textile materials can be. Both natural and technical fibres, such as copper filaments, rubber, fishing lines, raffia, and even horse hair are used, woven on jacquard looms to create textiles that interact with light in striking ways.
@lcdtextile
#materials #materialities #interiordesign #lcdtextileedition #architecturalmaterials #interiors #textile #design
Vandersanden have made Pirrouet® the first carbon-negative facing brick.
These innovative bricks looks like ordinary one but they are cured rather than fired, this absorbs carbon permanently during the production process, called carbonation .
1 tonne of Pirrouet facing bricks absorbs up to 60kg of CO2 permanently. The brick is actually a hard limestone, with 80% of its composition coming from mineral by-products from the steel industry. The bricks come with a unique surface texture and 11 colours.
@vandersanden_
#carboncapture #brick #carbonnegative #archtecturalmaterials #brickfaçade #carbonstorage #carbonnegative #carbonnegativematerials #architecture #brickwalls #brickwork
Did you know that in ancient times they created silk from common sea shells? 🐚
A luxurious golden silk once reserved for Roman emperors. The textile was prized for being lightweight and durable. It has an an unfading golden luster. Later discovered that the gold hue is not created by dye, but from structural colour, similar to similar to the iridescent shimmer of a butterfly’s wing
It is crafted from the byssal threads of the large Mediterranean mollusk , these are silky filaments they use for anchoring to rocks. Also called mussle beards.
Unfortunately due to climate change these molluscs are on the bring of extinction. Researchers at @postech.global in Korea are looking to to revive this 2,000-year-old textile. They are looking to use more common types of molluscs or even gathering the silk from seafood wastes. The Sea Silk project @thewovenworld is also harvesting pen clams to create textiles.
#seasilk #silk #biomaterial #textileresearch #textile #silkfabric #material #materialresearch #mussles #musselbeard @postech_official
FabBRICK are a creative studio based in Paris. They are reinventing textile upcycling to make beautiful interior surfaces.
They take waste fabrics & textiles from old clothing, curate and sort the colours, shred up the fibres and press them into bricks. The bricks are soft to the touch, rich in texture, colourful and have acoustic properties.
The bricks come in a range of colours and can be used to clad interior walls or also large bricks of different shapes can be used to make furniture.
@fab.brick
#upcycledfurniture #upcycle #recycledmaterials #recycledfashion♻️ #wastetextiles #upcycledinteriors #material #textile #textilerecycling
Olivier van Herpt is the pioneer of 3D Ceramic digital fabrication technologies. He collaborates with the machine and clay to craft the most beautiful cermamic vessels.
Since 2014 he has been tinkering, experimenting and refining the use of 3D printed clay . His innovations are not only in the 3D printing technique but also in clay recipes, extruding clay, drying and firing methodologies. Each object can take weeks to perfect, with numerous attempts.
His latest creations uses his self-developed technique, ‘The Colorful White’. It is a new approach to colouring ceramics which maintains the tactility of the surface texture which is normally lost when glazed. Unlike the traditional glazing process, this method involves applying colour only to the exterior of the raw clay filament prior to shaping/printing.
@oliviervanherpt
#3dprintedclay #3dprintedceramics #3dprint #clay #ceramics #ceramicartist #ceramicsculpture #claycraft #material #materiales
We had a fantastic time visiting the stone show Marmomac in Verona, Italy last week. Here a a few highlights from the show!
#materialinnovation #marmomac2025 #naturalstone #interiordesign #stone #naturalstonedesign #materialsindesign #materialities #materials
Wedge @wedge.obj is a London-based material design and research studio working making sculptural furniture using digital fabrication, computational design… and sand.
The studio was founded by physicists and artists who developed their sand-based process for their signature amorphic & organic designs. Made from Quartz (SiOz) and water-bound biopolymer (CHoOs)n, which binds grain to grain without heat or using a mould. The surfaces have a tactile grainy texture and has been used to make chairs, speaker covers and interior accessories.
#materialinnovation #sand3dprinting #sand #3dprintedfurniture #3dfurniture
