Wassilij Grod from the Bauhaus University Weimar has developed a lightweight bamboo panel as a material-efficient building material. The middle layer consists of diagonally cut bamboo ring pieces…

It is called "Concrete Cloth" and was originally developed for military purposes. What is meant is a spacer fabric filled with dry concrete, which can be flexibly deformed and fully hardens in just…

The technology is based on melting the surface of the plastic and foaming the material using a laser beam. Gas bubbles form, which are firmly integrated into the material structure.

Carbo e-therm from FutureCarbon GmbH, Bayreuth is a surface heating system whose function is based on the integration of carbon nanotubes CNT into a coating.

Based on olive leaves as a renewable raw material and residue, wet-green GmbH has developed a new natural olive tanning agent with cross-linking properties and derived an environmentally friendly…

BananaPlac is the result of a student project at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Fiber material from banana trees is used to produce a thermally formable panel material.

In lightweight construction for mobile applications, the materials used must have a complex profile of properties. One example is Aerofabríx from Aeroíx in Berlin. The manufacturer uses flocking…

Nicola Burggraf developed an installation using bioluminescent effects, in which luminaires react to the movement of visitors and can emit flashes of light.

Luminoso is the name of a wood-based material with translucent properties that is used in interior design as a transparent room divider or projection surface.

They can be found on the coasts of southern Italy, Tunisia and Sicily. Neptune balls are matted seaweed balls from the Posidonia oceanica plant with some exceptional properties for the construction…