WE LOVE MATERIALS - Oikos Synua Door

Oikos Synua Door

Time to bring the new Architectural component to the show. These doors answer the prayer of the specifier. Synua, shown here is one example. It is a vertically pivoting, über performance door. The panels can be finished in all kinds of materials and there is even an internal wall system to match. Plus they can supply the glass either alongside the door or above it. Scale is not a problem and style is absolutely inherent. This door is design within an opening.

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SURFACE DESIGN SHOW PREVIEW - is now available

Surface Design Show 2011, London’s leading exhibition for interior and exterior surface solutions opens next week. 

This years show promises to be THE event not to be missed for anyone who is interested in interior and exterior surface solutions in building design.

The show brings together the building design industry to network, source, specify new products and to engage in educational content.

Download your copy of the Surface Design Show Preview

To register to attend free visit www.surfacedesignshow.com

WE LOVE MATERIALS - Asymptote

Asymptote

Take 5.2 tonnes of tula or gun metal steel and start to carve. This surface is a topography of  “2000 mathematically delineated diamond-shaped facets, each one different” . The tension and energy within the material finish is palpable. Edgy, taut and naturally mind blowingly expensive.

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WE LOVE MATERIALS - Wave Panel

Wave Panel

This is another 3D spectacular. This composite material is a solid acrylic base to which a wood veneer has been bonded. The material is then CNC milled which, combined with new software technology, gives this striking panel an aesthetic that looks like scooped fruit.  Cool, practical and itchingly tactile.

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WE LOVE MATERIALS - Glass Pillow

Glass Pillow

The craft of silvered glass has been resurrected and adapted using a modern interpretation to create a beguiling glass product reminiscent of a pillow Cinderella’s glass shoe would have had serious competition with in the beauty stakes.

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WE LOVE MATERIALS - Porcelain wallpaper

Folly, Beth Katleman

Folly by Beth Katleman is a new show opening at Jane Hartsook Gallery that will showcase her 3D porcelain wallpaper inspired by and resembling 18th century wall coverings, the stories she tells in her figures are dark and humorous: bridesmaids end up in a pond, a poor duckling tumbles off a waterfall, and a reindeer answers nature’s porcelain call.

WE LOVE MATERIALS - Impressions

Impressions by Marcel Wanders for Senso

This exquisite resin floor system puts 3D firmly beneath our feet. In addition the resin is essentially created from bio polymers.

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