All Colour, materials and finish articles – Page 11
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Nike's 'Making' app: helping designers choose most sustainable materials
As we're told more and more frequently about the impact of our environmental footprint on the world, it's no surprise that companies of all disciplines are examining their processes to cut emissions and waste. Now Nike has entered the fray by developing a free app giving designers a deeper insight ...
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Man-made Modern Luxury Materials in Cars
Luxury, within the context of a car interior, has been closely related to the use of wood and leather for over a century. These natural materials have a familiar organic, tactile quality that are intrinsically desirable attributes for most people and, in today's mass manufactured plastic world, they also assume ...
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Hyundai HCD8 concept - Interior and Materials Analysis
Now, as if having their market positions challenged by the Japanese isn't enough, the Koreans are finally getting up to speed. Although Hyundai/Kia has risen to the position of fourth largest import brand in America in just 18 years, many in the design community haven't really rated their design... until ...
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Huntsman U-Box concept explores use of carbon materials
If you attended our Car Design Night at this year's Geneva motor show, you may well have seen the U-Box concept vehicle parked outside the entrance. Developed by Huntsman Advanced Materials, this 'last mile' delivery vehicle is a showcase of the company's composite materials expertise.
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ArticleSurface Design Show: materials exhibition
London’s Surface Design Show is the only UK show focused solely on cutting edge designs and innovative manufacturing and materials for commercial surfaces and architectural feature walls. We’ve joined forces with our partner WGSN-homebuildlife to bring you all the latest trends from the 2013 show.
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Webinars: Design and visualization of materials and textures
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ArticleDesign Review: Volvo YCC concept
Launched in 2004, the Volvo YCC (Your Concept Car) was a landmark in automotive design in that it was created by and all-woman team
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Dinamica's microfiber range showcases the latest color, design and material innovations
Established 1997Number of employees 50 (five designers)Global headquarters Gorizia, ItalyContact b.terraneo@dinamicamiko.itWebsite www.dinamicamiko.com
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New materials insights from CGT Automotive [Sponsored]
加通成立时间：1928年全球总部：加拿大安大略省创新设计工作室：美国密歇根州宾汉姆农场设计经理：Lilana Nicoghosian女士电邮：lilana.nicoghosian@cgtower.com官网 : www.cgtower.com
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New materials insights from CGT Automotive [Sponsored]
Name CGT AutomotiveEstablished 1928Global HQ Ontario, CanadaDesign studio Bingham Farms, MichiganChief designer Lilana NicoghosianContact lilana.nicoghosian@cgtower.comWebsite www.cgtower.com
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Gilles Vidal: innovative materials key to Peugeot's future
Future Peugeots will be defined by their use of materials in a bid to shift the brand upmarket, according to design director Gilles Vidal. Raw, unprocessed materials, he says, will not only prove more ecologically sound, but also more engaging. And his plans don't stop there.
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Design Essay: Sustainable Utopias - Materials Innovations
This report was first published by our partners, WGSN-homebuildlife, on 2 December.
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Who's Where: CCS appoints Sally Erickson Wilson as chair of new color and materials design MA
The College for Creative Studies (CCS) has appointed Sally Erickson Wilson as associate professor and chair of its new Master of Fine Arts degree program in Color and Materials Design.
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MIT develops self-transforming materials that behave 'like robots without robots'
A cross-disciplinary research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a suite of programmable materials, including carbon fiber, printed wood grain, textile composites, rubbers and plastics, that self-transform when exposed to an external stimulus.