Future Thinking Materials
Innovation exhibition at the Surface Design Show 2013
5–7 February 2013, London
Business Design Centre (52 Upper Street, Islington, London)
Montgomery London
Dr. Sascha Peters
Materials Talk: 6 February 2013, 16:30-17:30
Future Thinking is highlighting the thinking that goes into the development and selection of materials for architecture and design and is a hugely popular display of emerging materials and technology influencing the work of architects & designers. Discover light relecting concrete (Blingcrete), new cellular metals (Hollomet), textiles from the bark of a tree (Barkcloth) or a chair that is produced in the magnetic field (Gravity Stool) and how these can be used to enhance design projects.
Future Thinking was held in collaboration with Dr Sascha Peters from Haute Innovation, an innovation consultant and materials specialist from Berlin/Germany.
The Future Thinking Materials were:
– Blingcrete: retroreflective concrete
– Hollomet: Metallic hollow spherical structures
– BarkCloth and BarkTex: Material innovations made from bark cloth
– Organoid Technologies: 3D natural fiber molded parts
– Gravity Stool: shaping in a magnetic field
– REY Stone: decorative paper made from sugar production waste
– Makrolon Ambient: Highly insulating plastic multi-skin sheets with airgel filling
– Ambient Glow Technology
– 3D Wood: Printed wood
– FutureCarbon: CNT surface heating
image: Gravity Stool (design: Jólan van der Wiel)
BISYKA synthetic rubber
Fraunhofer researchers have succeeded in transferring the mechanical quality of…
Natural fiber reinforced car seat
The focus of the project "Design for Recycling" is a seat shell that is made…
Liquid Metal Dispensing
By embedding conductive liquid metals in stretchable textiles and soft…
Rusted Leather
Munich based high end footwear brand nat-2 and designer Talia Luvaton present a…
IGNIS – Light from waste heat energy
The availability of affordable, independent and, above all, clean electrical…
Brake disc with reduced fine dust
Fine dust endangers our health. One of the main sources is traffic, especially…
Exoskeleton assists tire changes
German Bionic has developed an AI-powered exoskeleton called EXIA for…
Bolometer chips for precise power measurement in fusion reactors
At Fraunhofer IMM, a so-called bolometer chip was developed for precise power…
Xarvio – Digital Farming
BASF Digital Farming GmbH has received the renowned Crop Science Award for the…