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Soft and flexible fabric generates electricity

November 1, 2018 | Projects

What if your favorite shirt could also power your digital watch? Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology have created a woven fabric that generates electricity when stretched or exposed to pressure. Working in cooperation with the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås and the rese…

Light-filtering awnings enhance a view

November 1, 2018 | Projects

It’s all about the view when your apartment is located in the town of Teramo on the slopes of Italy’s Gran Sasso, the highest mountain in the Apennines range. Panoramic ceiling-to-floor windows installed in each room take advantage of the landscape. There’s only one problem: All that spectacul…

Tropical greenhouse housed under ETFE dome

November 1, 2018 | Projects

Imagine entering a tropical utopia where the weather is always a perfect 82 degrees and a beautiful setting of flowers, lush greenery, ponds, waterfalls, butterflies, birds and other creatures awaits. This environment isn’t just a dream. Plans are in development to build the world’s largest trop…

Ultra-sustainable electric car uses biological materials

November 1, 2018 | Projects

The mantra, “reduce, reuse, recycle” has been taken to a new level by students at Netherlands Eindhoven University of Technology. They developed an ultra-sustainable electric car that gets a remarkable 744 miles to the gallon. The students considered the environmental impact of every aspect of t…

Patch offers gear-repair on the go

November 1, 2018 | Projects

It happens when you least expect it. That new down vest or cozy sleeping bag catches on something and suddenly it’s ripped. Repairs can be costly and time consuming. The common “duct tape” patch doesn’t quite cut it. That was the thinking of Kelli Jones, an active outdoorswoman who wanted to…

Airline upcycles old uniforms

November 1, 2018 | Projects

Last May, when Delta Airlines introduced new uniforms created by fashion designer Zac Posen for its 64,000 employees, the company had to decide what to do with the old clothing—more than one million pieces of uniforms adding up to 350,000 pounds. Delta found a unique way to give the old uniforms n…

Curtains for 3-D holograms at the Museum of Applied Art Cologne

October 1, 2018 | Projects

The annual IMM Cologne International Interiors Show, held each January, offers a first peek at the trends in interior design for the coming year. More than 1,300 exhibitors from around the world display an exciting and diverse variety of furniture and designs. At the 2018 show, Stylepark AG, the Fra…

Going solar with Tommy Hilfiger

October 1, 2018 | Projects

Most people have had this experience: You are out in public and suddenly realize your smart phone battery desperately needs recharging, but there is nowhere to plug it in. Pvilion, a Brooklyn-based designer and manufacturer of flexible PV solar structures, and designer Tommy Hilfiger have collaborat…

Transparent, self-adhesive textile shades windows

October 1, 2018 | Projects

As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention—or in this case, it’s the father. Specifically, Philippe Lampe, owner of Lampe Textiles in Tielt, Belgium, was looking for a way to provide his son some privacy in his college room. Lampe’s son wanted curtains for his window, but he wasn…

Fabrics create comfortable shelters

October 1, 2018 | Projects

A group of designers at Bora Architects, a Portland, Ore., firm, had an interesting idea they wanted to explore. The group considered the way in which modern American life, with all its comforts, creates a barrier to the natural world. Increasingly, the buildings we inhabit no longer reflect the re…

Category: Projects

Soft and flexible fabric generates electricity

Light-filtering awnings enhance a view

Tropical greenhouse housed under ETFE dome

Ultra-sustainable electric car uses biological materials

Patch offers gear-repair on the go

Airline upcycles old uniforms

Curtains for 3-D holograms at the Museum of Applied Art Cologne

Going solar with Tommy Hilfiger

Transparent, self-adhesive textile shades windows

Fabrics create comfortable shelters