Dutch Design Week 2021

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Every year in October the Dutch Design Week (DDW) takes place in Eindhoven. Between 16 and 24 October, the largest design event in Northern Europe presented the work of over a hundred designers, spread over more than a hundred locations in the city. With the theme The Greater Number, Dutch Design Week (DDW) called for a critical look at our way of producing and consuming this year. The largest design festival in Northern Europe showed how much designers are trying to find the right balance, towards less or towards more but better. And again this year attention is paid to material innovations, 3D-printed materials and objects, biomaterials and above all a lot of circularity.

With Exploded View Beyond Building, Biobased Creations presented a lifesize biobased house together with 100 pioneers from the world of circular and biobased construction

Biobased building

'Experience your circular living environment of the future' with this message, Biobased Creations presented The Exploded View Beyond Building. It involves a house that consists entirely of biobased materials, and is built with circular construction methods. A large number of potential building materials were presented that are available on a large scale, but are not yet or hardly used in the construction world. For example, materials from foodstuffs, seaweed, (sewage) water, soil, mushroom mycelium or more.

The Exploded View Beyond Building is the result of collaboration and research by builders, producers, farmers, scientists, designers, governments, knowledge institutes, storytellers and artists who are united in The Embassy of Circular & Biobased Building. Together they work on new perspectives for sustainable (circular and biobased) building and for living; a circular living environment. They are researching the possibilities of new biobased materials with a high design quality and circular construction methods such as detachability and modularity. They also look at how more worlds, than just the building world, are influenced if they are designed and built differently.

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Video: the biobased building

Exterior facade of the Biobased Building with Nabasco 8010 biocomposite tiles made by NPSP. The tiles are made from reed grass clippings, cellulose fibers from recycled toilet paper that is recovered from sewage sludge at water treatment plants (Recell), softening lime, a by-product from the drinking water process, and a partial bio resin made from residual materials from biodiesel production. Natural dyes from blue-green algae and indigo are added in different proportions, resulting in different colour shades.

Photography: TU Delft

Bio-based non-load-bearing partition walls

During the Dutch Design Week (DDW), attention was paid to a sustainable circular partition wall made of mycelium, developed by Bob Geldermans, TU Delft Architecture. The background of Geldermans' work was a concept that architect John Habraken introduced in the 1960s. His idea was that residents should be able to organize their homes themselves without much effort, depending on the phase in their housing career. This so-called Open Building concept was appreciated worldwide, but unfortunately rarely implemented. Bob Geldermans, who specializes in reuse and natural building materials, wanted to change that. He believes that removable, non-load-bearing interior walls in homes fit seamlessly into Habraken's concept. Homes with such walls can easily be adapted to changing housing needs, and that also applies to non-residential buildings. Geldermans, however, did not opt for traditional building materials, but wanted to develop walls made of circular and non-harmful materials in order to contribute to making construction more sustainable.

Fibres and mycelium

The final chapter of his dissertation on demountable partitioning in homes contains a design proposal that he created for a straightforward wall module consisting of two side panels and a filling with insulation materials. For the side panels, cellulose residues are suitable. These could be clean fibres extracted from, among others, the textile industry, the cardboard and paper industry and agriculture. This has already been applied in packaging and in furniture. For insulation Geldermans used the filamentous network of fungi, mycelium. This filamentous network can grow in a controlled manner in moulds mixed with agricultural fibres for reinforcement, without the need for additives. Together with former TU Delft student Daan Bruggink, founder of ecological architectural firm ORGA Architect and specialized in natural building, Geldermans developed a wall module with blocks of 40 x 60 cm. The format of the blocks has been taken from easily manageable collapsible hollow cassettes. The cassettes are made of panels and fitted with U-profiles in which the mycelium blocks are placed.

The project was realized in collaboration between Orga architect, Pluspunt, ECOR, Ekotex, Fairm, Quickpanell, CircuWall. Geldermans' research - Securing Healthy Circular Material Flows In The Built Environment: The Case Of Indoor Partitioning - is online>

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Printing with wood

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Wood waste as a valuable fibre alternative. The project Printing with wood Lorenzo Hoorn explores the opportunity to replace synthetic fibres with renewable ones in 3D printed plastic objects. Using large printers, industrial waste materials of wood and thermoplastics are crafted into unique objects bearing a sustainable message. Lorenzo Hoorn is a Dutch designer who recently graduated from the Integrated Product Design Masters at TU/Delft. His work focuses on combining his interest in sustainability, materials and technology. To be able to 3D print large objects from thermoplastics, the material needs to be reinforced with fibres. These fibres are often synthetic, made from glass or carbon. This research explored the possibilities of using natural fibres instead and defining the unique material and sustainability properties of printed wood fibre reinforced thermoplastics. The advantage of using wood fibres is that it is a natural and widely abundant replacement for synthetic fibres. Because the wood fibres come from industrial waste streams, like sawing and milling, the environmental impact compared to synthetic fibres is almost zero. On top of that, by using around a 60-70% of wood in the compound, the need for plastic material is reduced by half, making it even more beneficial.

More at DDW> The master thesis of Lorenzo was published titled: ‘Exploring the possibilities of Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing With Wood-Plastic Composites.’ It's online>

Radiolaria #1

Photography above/below: DDW

A 3D-printed chair, made of one single material, which combines all desired functionalities: flexibility, adaptability, firmness and stability. Product designer Lilian van Daal is investigating ways to innovate by making use of the laws of nature. She experiments with innovative technologies and materials to closely imitate nature.

The microorganisms Radiolaria and Bryozoa form the main source of her inspiration. Radiolaria are unicellular organisms that are found as zooplankton throughout the ocean and take their name from the radial symmetry of their

skeletal spines. The structure of Radiolaria amplified by 3D printing affords various levels of flexibility and comfort without using different types of foam like in common soft seating. Bryozoa are moss animals that live in tropical waters and freshwater environments. The lattice of connections within Bryozoa skeletons inspired Van Daal to create a system of connection points for assembly of the chair without extra materials such as glue. In general, the leading principle in Radiolaria #1 is formed by symmetry which is also the main characteristic in all unicellular organisms.

Radiolaria #1 was produced by Oceanz 3D printing which provides cutting edge machines with which structures can be created that mimic natural solutions for durability, flexibility and connectivity on a microscopic level. The result is a blend of technology, design and nature.

Radiolaria #1 is a successor to Van Daal’s graduation project Biomimicry Soft Seating presented four years ago. Since the very first soft seating project, production time and energy consumption have both been decreased by 50% due to optimizations in the design that allow all elements of one chair to fit in one production run of the 3D printing machine.

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De Bond voor Materialenkennis (BvM) is een netwerk van experts op het gebied van materiaaltechnologie. Leden zijn onderzoekers en technici bij universiteiten, hogescholen, onderzoeksinstituten en de industrie. Het doel van de BvM is om kennis van de verwerking en toepassing van materialen te verspreiden, binnen en buiten het materialenveld.

De BvM initieert symposia, cursussen, technisch-wetenschappelijke publicaties, onderzoeksactiviteiten en bevordert de educatie in materialen. De totale aangeboden technologische kennis van ieder deelgebied metalen, kunststoffen, keramiek, biogebaseerde materialen, lasertechnologie, verbindingen, verftechnologie, reologie, tribologie, corrosie, warmtebehandelingstechniek, duurzaamheid en betrouwbaarheid - maakt de BvM een krachtige beroepsorganisatie in Nederland en België.

Voordelen van het lidmaatschap van de BvM:

 Gratis studentenlidmaatschap: Vertel het verder!  BvM-leden genieten van het FEMS- en het EFC-lidmaatschap van de BvM

FEMS is de Federation of European Materials Societies

EFC is de European Federation of Corrosion  Korting op activiteiten van de BvM  Toegang tot een groot materialennetwerk

Kijk voor meer informatie en contact op de nieuwe website van de Bond voor Materialenkennis: https://www.bondvoormaterialenkennis.nl/

Illustration: TU Delft/DDW

Unito: CO 2 utilization in design

What can designers do about CO2 already present in the atmosphere? That's the question Riel Bessai asked himself. Riel Bessai is a designer from Canada. His work focuses on climate change, sustainability, and circularity. He graduated last summer at Delft University of Technology, Integrated Product Design on the project ‘The artificial carbon sink: Using products to fight climate change.’ With the Unito-presentation at the DDW Riel Bessai explores the concept of carbon dioxide utilization, which considers CO2 as a feedstock to produce materials. By using these materials in products, the act of production leads to removal of CO2 from the atmosphere and its storage inside the built environment - an artificial carbon sink. Unito is a so-called ‘modular system’ architecture that can be used to build functional objects which store CO2. It consists of units built from carbon-negative bio-HDPE. Each unit contains 1 kg of organic carbon which is derived from 3 kg of atmospheric CO2. The units are joined together by a family of connectors to create products. Unito is designed for longevity. The units are designed to store carbon for hundreds of years, while the assembled objects can be disassembled and reconfigured to address unanticipated user needs. Ultimately, the biopolymer can be recycled or stored. Unito is still a speculative concept, according to Bessai, intended to spark a discussion about a world made up of materials made of atmospheric CO2 and about how designers can contribute to combating the climate crisis.

WasteBasedGlazedBricks

Studio Mixtura started a new collaboration with StoneCycling this year to develop a new range of glazes from waste and apply them to the company's already existing WasteBasedBricks. This resulted in a new collection of fully circular glazed bricks - WasteBasedGlazedBricks - that can be used in facades and interior walls, either as full bricks or as produced brick slips. They were presented at the Dutch Design Week, from 16 to 24 October 2021 in Eindhoven.

StoneCycling makes stones from waste. The company started in 2013 with the idea of reusing building materials, especially ceramics and glass. This led to a circular product - WasteBasedBricks. Although WasteBasedBricks are based on a cradle to cradle philosophy to the; aesthetics are important as well. For some time now, the company has included a new brick and brick slips in the WasteBasedBricks oeuvre: the Shine series: bricks with an applied colour. Before the bricks go into the kiln, an extra layer of Shine is applied, which is a mix of recycled glass and other components. This results in a glazed product that, according to the manufacturer, provides a lively surface, which gives a facade a special appearance, especially in sunlight.

The Shine bricks should be seen as the next step towards a wider spectrum of glazed products. And so this year a new collaboration started with StoneCycling and Studio Mixtura to develop a series of glazes from waste. Studio Mixtura was founded in 2015 by 'design chemist' Daria Biryukova with the aim of finding a smart new application for waste and secondary raw materials. The company says it helps other companies and organizations to review their production methods and waste management.

The activities of StoneCycling and Studio Mixtura have now led to a new product: WasteBasedGlazedBricks. The glazes were developed in collaboration with ABO Global, a company that specializes in valorising by-products. Waste streams were used, in particular from the metal and glass industry, which can usually be reused to a very limited extent and from which millions of tons are released every year. Ultimately, this led to six glaze colours - brown, yellow, blue, white, green and aubergine brown - which are applied to StoneCycling's existing WasteBasedBricks and WasteBasedSlips. With these glazes from waste, StoneCycling says it has taken the next step with completely circular, aesthetic building materials.

Project 'WasteBasedGlazedBrick' is supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL: the culture fund for design, architecture, digital culture and all possible crossovers.

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Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) supports companies with international ambitions

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is an initiative of the European Commission that supports entrepreneurs in seeking partners to innovate and do business abroad. The Network is active in more than 60 countries worldwide. It brings together 3,000 experts from more than 600 member organisations – all renowned for their excellence in business support.

Database

Every company can participate by adjusting its profile to the database. This company will be brought to the attention in the country in which it wants to become active. At the same time it is possible to search for partners. EEN advisers actively assist in compiling the profile, which is drawn up in a certain format. The EEN websites also contain foreign companies that are looking for Dutch companies and organizations for commercial or technological cooperation. The EEN advisers support the search for a cooperation partner by actively deploying contacts within the network. In addition, Company Missions and Match Making Events are regularly organized. All these services are free of charge.

There are five types of profiles:

• Business Offer: the company offers a product

• Business Request: the company is looking for a product

• Technology Offer: the company offers a technology

• Technology Request: the company is looking for a technology

• Research & Development Request: the organization seeks cooperation for research

When a company has both a Business Offer and a Business Request (or another combination), two (or even more if applicable) profiles are created. The profile includes the most essential information about the nature of the supply or demand, the ‘type of partner’ that is intended and the expected cooperation structure.

Get in touch with your local network contact point by selecting the country and city closest to where your business is based. They can help you with advice, support and opportunities for international partnerships.

For sustainable building and the creative industry, contact ir. drs. Hans Kamphuis: T: +31 (0) 88 042 1124 M: 06 25 70 82 76 E: hans.kamphuis@rvo.nl

For Materials contact Nils Haarmans: T: +31 (0) 88 062 5843 M: 06 21 83 94 57

More information websites can be found at the Europe Network websites:

Video: How Enterprise Europe Network works

www.enterpriseeuropenetwork.nl

http://een.ec.europa.eu

The Enterprise Europe Network Materials Database: Request for partnership: December 2021.

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A French company in the childcare industry is looking for eco-friendly plastics and packaging suppliers or manufacturers

A French company in the childcare industry is looking for eco-friendly materials (recycled and bio-based materials) in plastics and packaging industries. The company researches solutions for future development to include in their range of products for babies. The company wants to establish technical cooperation agreement or manufacturing agreement.

Italian start-up is looking for a partner with chemical expertise for optimizing the production and colouring process of tiles obtained from recycled organic materials

An Italian start-up specialized in the production of biodegradable furniture items obtained from organic waste materials is looking for a partner for developing sustainable tiles and improving their colouring process, under research cooperation agreement. The partner should have chemical expertise, and would analyse the waste materials used in the tiles' production and colouring process, to help solve the issues facing the currently developed tiles, such as their resistance problems to humidity.

A Czech company is looking for suppliers of PET flakes, PET shredded preforms or PET fines from European single market countries

A Czech company focusing on separating plastic regranulates and shredded plastics is looking for a suppliers of PET flakes, shredded PET preforms or PET fines. They provide reliable and speedy service for sorting of hard-to-sort materials based on advanced technologies. Cooperation would be based on services agreement.

Italian industrial group in the packaging sector seeks innovative, green materials to increase sustainability of its products

An Italian industrial group, a world leader in the packaging sector, is looking for start-ups or scale-ups offering innovative technological materials solutions to be applied to the packaging field, preferably at TRL 7, to increase sustainability of its products. Partners will work together in co-development and go-to-market strategy under technical cooperation agreement. This request is part of an open innovation challenges programme.

Romanian company seeks raw materials for production of funeral monuments and home decorations under supplier agreements

A company based in Romania is looking for raw materials for carving ornate funeral monuments and interior/exterior vertical and horizontal decoration and design. The company is looking for international partners capable of providing granite, marble, travertine, chalk, and onyx, regardless of country of origin under supplier agreements.

De NVDO Sectie Techniek organiseert in samenwerking met de Bond voor Materialenkennis op donderdag 27 januaribij StorkThermeq in Hengelo;

“Biobased materialen; Wat betekent dat voorde Kennis over Onderhoud?”

In 2050moet Nederland volledig circulair zijn. Het gebruik van biobasedmaterialen zouo.a. kunnen bijdragen aan het verlagen van de CO2, maar waar moet je rekening mee houden wanneer jebiobased materialen gebruikt? Is er een groot verschil met ‘normale’ materialen met betrekking tot het gebruik, de veroudering en het onderhoud?

Programma(14.00-16.30 uur)

Ontvangst en Registratie Welkom en Opening door de Dagvoorzitter; Jos Weekers; Senior Consultant bij Stork Asset Management Solutions en Voorzitter NVDO Sectie Techniek.

“Biobrandstoffenom energie op te wekken”

Martijn Hinderdael Senior Energy Consultant at Stork Thermeq De vraag naar het gebruik van alternatieve (bio)brandstoffen wordt steeds groter. Bij installaties in verschillende industrieën zijn al aanpassingen gedaan om conventioneel gestookte stoomketels om te bouwen naar biobrandstof ketels. Zo’n transitie kan niet zomaar doorgevoerd worden. Martijn deelt de ervaringen bijtwee projectenen geeft inzicht in de keuzes die gemaakt zijn, de gevolgenvoor het onderhoud en inde succesfactoren voor een geslaagd biobrandstoffen project

Rondleiding Stork Thermeq en Netwerkpauze

Biologischafbreekbare smeermiddelen of Milieuvriendelijkeresmeermiddelen?

Kees Oskam Trainer/Consultant Van MeeuwenIndustries Debehoefte aan biologische smeermiddelen wordt steeds groter, maarerzijn nog veel vragen over het gebruik. Kees geeft antwoord op: -Wat zijn dit voor smeermiddelen en wat is de afbreekbaarheid hiervan? -Wat zegt de wet-en regelgevinghierover? -Welke schade brengteen conventioneel smeermiddel aanhet milieu? -Kunnen wesmeermiddelen ook hergebruiken?

Inspiratie met het rode bankje

De Dagvoorzitterspreekt een senior-en juniorprofessionaluitde praktijk over de toepassing van biobased materialen. Hierin is er ruimte voor de zaal om gezamenlijk de dialoog aan te gaan Henk Jonkers onderzoekt de ontwikkeling van innovatieve, biobased en duurzame bouwmaterialen en is wetenschappelijk adviseur van TU Delft spin-off bedrijf Basilisk Pablo Borkes richtte zich tijdens zijn afstudeerstage op de ontwikkeling van Grasfalt, eeninnovatief asfaltmengsel waarbij bitumen is vervangen door hetbiobased bindmiddel lignine dat afkomstig is uit olifantsgras

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Meeting Materials 2021

Postponed to 5 April 2022, Noordwijkerhout

Meeting Materials 2019 (Foto: M2i)

What began in 1997 as an annual meeting for the Dutch materials science community, existing of a dozen researchers, students and industrial partners has blossomed into an invigorating event about innovations in materials. This year we again expect over 300 participants, representatives from SME’s to renowned industrial manufacturing companies, and from international universities and research institutes. This year the Program consists of interesting workshops and presentations and of course a lot of opportunities to expand your network. M2i Meeting Materials 2021 is free of charge and open for everyone who is interested in materials development. The conference is an opportunity to learn about the latest insights and developments in the field of innovative and smart materials, along with ways in which these materials can stimulate economic progress and a sustainable society. This day is co-organized with 4TU.HTM and supported by the Bond voor Materialenkennis (BvM).

Registration for the new date will open mid January.

This year’s session topics will be:

• Engineering materials (including additive manufacturing and steel manufacturing) • Sustainability • Artificial Intelligence in materials modelling and manufacturing • Advanced Materials Characterisation • Metamaterials (4TU.HTM session)

Elevator Pitches

SMEs (MKB) or start-ups involved in materials development are invited to participate in the yearly Elevator Pitch session. An unique opportunity to catch the attention of a very diverse audience with a 90 seconds presentation.

Exhibition of expertise

All participants in the Elevator Pitch session will get the chance to display their products and services in the central conference hall throughout the conference. Great opportunity to network with the audience.

Interested in joining the Elevator Pitch session? Please email your input to conference@m2i.nl>

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The corona crisis makes it uncertain whether events will actually take place on the scheduled date. Many events are postponed or online. The Agenda below shows the state of affairs as of December 2021. For recent updates: www.innovatievematerialen.nl

Solids 2022 16 - 17 February 2022, Dortmund

Ulmer Betontage 2022 22 - 24 February 2022, Ulm

JEC World 2022 8 - 10 March 2022, Paris-Nord

BLE.CH 2022 8 - 10 March 2022, Bern

ESEF 2022 15 - 18 March 2022, Utrecht

Meeting Materials 4 - 5 April 2022, Noordwijkerhout

Material District 5 - 7 April 2022, Utrecht

Nordbygg 2022 26 - 29 April 2022, Stockholm

FIT Show 2022 10 - 12 May 2022, Birmingham

Glasdag 2022 9 of 16 June 2022, Leusden

SurfaceTechnology GERMANY, 21 - 23 June 2022, Stuttgart Ceramitec 2022 21 - 24 June 2022, Munich

Glasstec 2022 20- 23 September 2022, Düsseldorf

Bioceramics32 20 - 23 September 2022, Venetië

Holz 2022 11 - 15 October 2022, Basel

K Messe Düsseldorf 19 - 26 October 2022

EuroBLECH 2022, 25 - 28 October 2022, Hannover

VETECO 2022 15 - 18 November 2022, Frankfurt am Main

Münchener Forum Verbindungstechnologie 2022 23 - 24 November 2022, Munich

Fastener Fair Stuttgart 21 -23 March 2023, Stuttgart

Moulding Expo 2023 13 - 16 June 2023, Stuttgart

Partec 2023 26 - 28 September 2023, Nürnburg

Innovative Materials, the international version of the Dutch magazine Innovatieve Materialen, is now available in English. Innovative Materials is an interactive, digital magazine about new and/or innovatively applied materials. Innovative Materials provides information on material innovations, or innovative use of materials. The idea is that the ever increasing demands lead to a constant search for better and safer products as well as material and energy savings. Enabling these innovations is crucial, not only to be competitive but also to meet the challenges of enhancing and protecting the environment, like durability, C2C and carbon footprint. By opting for smart, sustainable and innovative materials constructors, engineers and designers obtain more opportunities to distinguish themselves. As a platform Innovative Materials wants to help to achieve this by connecting supply and demand.

Innovative Materials is distributed among its own subscribers/network, but also through the networks of the partners. In 2021 this includes organisations like M2i, MaterialDesign, 4TU (a cooperation between the four Technical Universities in the Netherlands), the Bond voor Materialenkennis (material sciences), SIM Flanders, FLAM3D, RVO and Material District.