Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Material Selection


An Important process to design, besides color selection, is your choice of materials.
The advantage of choosing to use innovative materials discourages the likelihood of knockoffs. Below are a few companies that offer unique materials.

Designers looking for the latest in material innovation...a membership at Material ConneXion is worth the fee. Here are a couple examples from the site:

Hand carved and blasted glass with applied rust finish. It can be supplied on flat or formed textured glass.

Liquid Concrete based Veneer. 
The look of concrete without the weight that can be brushed, rolled, or sprayed on various surfaces.












Horigan Urban Forest, Inc.
They produce high quality urban lumber from the Chicago area urban forest, a sustainable resource. When trees need to be removed, they will mill and kiln dry them.








Lit Concrete





























Made of genuine hardwood and translucent resin. 
Available in several finishes, patterns and colors.
















The Tiikeri Series is made from recycled and rapidly renewable sorghum straw.













LuxCore comes in translucent panels, laminates, and laminates suitable for back-lighting.
It can be used for most vertical and horizontal applications.

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