Exciting the Senses Via Innovative Aesthetics Regular readers of this column know that it has focused for most of its lifetime on sustainability issues, considering the impact of the material on our …
Material-Minded Design: The Intersection of Trends, Sustainability, and the Materials We Use
Watch a replay of our presentation at Milan Design Week, co-hosted with our Italian Partners, Materially. In Material-Minded Design: The Intersection of Trends, Sustainability, and the Materials We …
Download the May 2023 Trend Report
Discover how the macro trend of ‘Lab Life & Beyond’ is permeating through the design world and discover innovative and sustainable drop-in material solutions, picked by our expert research …
Human-centric, eco-transformative mobility experiences charting the future on wheels
Integrating autonomous vehicles into smart cities’ public transport networks with on-demand services is undoubtedly a watershed moment for the people and planet-focused mobility sector, enabling …
Color Material Finish (CMF)
CMF — which stands for "color, material, finish" — refers to the design of the tactile, visual, and decorative qualities of products. CMF design touches on many aspects of the product …
Material Profile: DriStream
MC 929901 / DriStream by Apjet Inc. This is a plasma finishing process that allows for the specific placement and even patterning of chemistry, in order to achieve specific performance …
The Next Generation of Hydrographic Printing
Hydraulic transfer film is an infinitely customizable process that decorates and coats molded plastics and metals with more consistency and accuracy than ever before. This next-generation …
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Material (R)evolution: Design
Welcome to the last in our quarterly series of the Material (R)evolution reports, this one focusing on ‘Design’. Perhaps though, this issue could more accurately be called ‘Tools for Design’, as the …
Materials 101: Ceramics
While historically, ceramics have been associated with pottery and tiles, recent scientific advances have brought about a new generation of ceramics for high demand applications like engines and …
Materials 101: Structural Color
Surfaces can exhibit many visual attributes that include color, pattern, texture and ‘special effects’ such as interference and pearlescence. These effects are created by a combination of pigmentation …
Materials 101: Scratch Resistant
This report primarily deals with abrasion resistance of hard and soft surfaces, and scratch resistance of hard materials. Hard surfaces can be scratched in two distinct ways. Severe contact damage …
Materials Report: Color Change
Stimuli Responsive Color Change: Material ConneXion considers color change to have periphery benefits, as the technology has the ability to change consumer patterns and production as we know …
