Newsletter Summer 2013

newsletter summer 2013 Moving Materials visits Designweek Kortrijk Art meets industry at Brabant Cultural Capital 2018 Food Design project impresses Materials inspiration: three award-winning materials Material Sense on vacation

Moving Materials visits Designweek Kortrijk Travelling, evolving exhibition Moving Materials is en route from Kortrijk, Belgium. The expo was part of the successful ‘Week van het Ontwerp’ in the Buda factory. The inspiring results of the Lancaster (UK) master class in laser cutting (by Material Sense in cooperation with Snijlab), have been added to the Moving Materials travelling expo. The exhibition focuses on new and exciting materials and on materials used in different and interesting ways. It’s all about a fresh mindset and finding great ways of incorporating sustainable materials into product design. Read more >

Art meets industry at Brabant Cultural Capital 2018 Material Sense is working hard on a ‘Wunderkammer’ or miracle room, in consignment for Brabant Cultural Capital 2018. An international jury will decide whether Brabant will become the 2018 Cultural Capital this September. “We were approached to come up with images for the future of bio-based materials,” says Simone de Waart.

The theme was chosen because the current scarcity of oil-based materials has caused a marked growth in the palette of bio-based materials industry and science has to work with. “These new materials will delight and even tease your senses,” Simone continues.

Apart from offering an experience of the materials themselves, Material Sense works with BioArt Laboratories in Eindhoven, and shows examples of what cooperation between artists, scientists and business can do. Think of things like a morphed natural world or a synthesis between biology and art. A world that can be transformed, degraded and then revalued after a period of time. All this is visualized in installations, objects, film and materials.

The Wunderkammer is definitely not only meant for the inspection of a jury: the general public is very welcome to see the future of bio-based materialization for themselves during Dutch Design Week 2013.

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Food Design project impresses An impressive Food Design project has been developed by Simone de Waart of Material Sense and Katja Gruijters for Design Academy Eindhoven. Three ‘restaurants of the future’ were temporarily opened to visit and experience during the project. Students taking the program in Food showed themselves to be real forward thinkers when it comes to sustainable food. They incorporated ideas on ritual ways of taking food. Participants thought of this cyclical theme in workshops on food, material and taste. Three teams went on to develop concepts for the projects: future food as a ritual, sharing and putting together taste and texture for yourself, and making possible the processing of edible ‘residue’ in a tasteful manner.

The program was also a pilot to develop new forms of education for talent, individually and in teams.

Materials inspiration: three award-winning materials Simone de Waart was once again on the jury for the IF Concept Design Awards. The spotlight is on three exciting designs: WHEEL Lamp This lamp is essentially a bamboo tube cut into sections and heated to curve into a round lamp.

Light shines through the spaces made by the incisions, giving the rough bamboo a new soft look.

By Department of Industrial Design and Commerce, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.

Slight Rocker The Slight Rocker is a rocking, stacked stool that was created as part of a study on social interaction via shared physical experiences. The round bottom ring allows a controlled rocking motion, while it also prevents the stool from tipping over. The materials used are all pure: birch wood and dipped rubber.

By Charlie McArthur, Chicago USA. View movie > Textiles Anna Badur was inspired by her roots in East Frisia with its rough weather. The textile patterns were created by using dye pigments; instead of dissolving the dye in water it was blown over the wet fabrics. The pattern captures the movement of the wind and shows apparently dissolving structures.

By Anna Badur, Berlin Germany.

Material Sense on vacation We will be working throughout the summer, but also taking a little time off. We will be back feeling fresh and with a spring in our step, as of August 12. We wish everyone a great summer!

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