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Please update your bookmarks (!)Material Stories materials blog has moved to www.materialstories.comAm still working on the details but hope you like it as much as we do!Best regards, Aart van Bezooyen (Owner)

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The materials industry is preparing itself for the upcoming 11th International Trade Fair for Materials Applications, Surface Technology and Product Engineering - in short, MATERIALICA 2008.MATERIALICA 2008 (14-16 October, Munich) is one of the biggest, and most specialized, events for the materials industry. Apart from showcasing their latest trends and developments, it has become an important

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If "reduce, reuse, recycle" is music to your ears then check out the RecyclingDesignpreis. Design students and professional designers with sustainable design ideas and a can participate with creatives and designers are invited to submit their works and concepts.The 2nd edition of this competition is organized by the Recyclingboerse and will host an award ceremony on 3rd October 2008. Selected

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Are you into interior design? Then register before June 6 (and send your submissions latest June 20) for this year's contract.world award, an international architecture award for innovative interior design concepts.The contractworld.award competition which focuses on the latest developments in interior design, with particular reference to interior fittings and fixtures, lighting, flooring, wall

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We're inviting you to the very first "7 x 7 - seven times seven" event, a creative night to bring together creative professionals with experts from the materials and manufacturing industry. This special evening is part of the "DESIGNinFORM" day conference in Hamburg organized by the "Verband Deutscher Industrie Designer".For more information, please see the invitation below or directly jump to

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Material Stories appreciates Core77's shared interest for materials and for updating its global design audience with our favorite photos and findings at the biggest materials event in The Netherlands (see below).--Material Xperience 2008From recycled chewing gum to transparent concrete - join us for a look and feel at Material Xperience 2008. This four day event in The Netherlands (April 23-26)

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This month our materials congrats go to Belgium with it's first materials library coming up! The library will be anchored in Antwerp's creative center DE WINKELHAAK and is powered by MateriO.Curious? Would like to attend the opening night? Please see the invitation below.--MateriO Belgium will open it's doors on Mai 8th from 17:00-20:00 at the DESIGNCENTER | DE WINKELHAAK. To attend this opening

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Material Xperience opens its doors from April 23-26 in Den Bosch (The Netherlands). This inspiration event brings together the most innovative materials for (interior) architecture applications and features a panel of international speakers - including Earle Briggs (Gehry & Partners), and Michel Roijkind (Rojkind Arquitectos Mexico).For more information, check out this website (in Dutch)Link:

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Material Stories is bringing it's website to a new level of inspiration!We are gathering useful references on materials, design and branding- see our new Links page!To keep you updated about the latest shows and events:- see our new Calendar page!There is more to come - and if there is something you would like to share with your material colleagues - send your suggestions to info@

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"Can the use of new materials support innovation in craftsmanship?"; "Will new materials lead to a new aesthetics?"; "Do new materials enable new markets for arts and crafts?"If you want to experience what new materials can do for craftsmanship then join us at Germany's first Designfreitag in Hannover. The event is a cooperation by Die Handwerkskammer Hannover, die Werkakademie fuer Gestaltung

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"Best wishes to all our readers!" -- Arnold van Bezooyen started this blog back in 2005 to keep in touch with all who share his passion for materials. He is happy to experience how the awareness for the potential of materials has been growing strongly over the last two years for the good of design.January 12th, Arnold van Bezooyen will start lecturing at the contractworld materials congress 2008.

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"Registrations for iF material award 2008 until December 14, 2007"We are reminding you since we consider the iF material award as one of the best recognitions for materials-related innovation. The iF organization even features a checklist on their website with "10 Questions to help you rate a Design Competition" - so decide for yourself.Manufacturers, designers, developers, design engineers and

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Material Connexion was founded in New York but is currently based in several cities around the world, including Cologne. Karsten Bleymehl (Director of Library & Materials Research) noticed us about the open position of "Research Assistant". If materials are your passion and German is your language, check out the job description (PDF) here.P.S. Good luck and thanks for a postcard from Cologne if

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The "Material & Identity" exhibition at the Design Festival Hamburg 2007 / Where glossy plastics of Koziol meet the patina of Freitag's urban bags / From 6-7 October at the Phoenixhof (Ottensen)Hamburg, September - Reinventing beer with iconic aluminum bottles, making lifestyle bags made out of old truck tarps or transform high-tech gels into comfort saddles - what do contemporary products tell

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Dear Material Stories readers,We are currently working on new website for more material inspiration. First, we moved the Material Stories Blog to this new address. Please update your bookmarks and you'll hear from us soon regarding the all new Material Stories!For any questions or requests, please use the following contact details (right-side) under "office". Thank you.

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Dear readers, please hang on a moment for more material news...We are currently updating this blog pushing our material inspiration support to a next level. You can still subribe to our free newsletter, we'll send you a notice once our website is live - expecting to send invitations this July.Kind regards from Hamburg! - Arnold van Bezooyen

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Nordic Innovatheque is the first Nordic Material Library. It is a sister organisation of Innovatheque in Paris and based on it's material database. The headquarters are located in the creative centre Transplant on the west coast of Norway with the Danish Pilot, ID-Forum in Horsens.Your job will be to build the physical material database in Transplant and expand the Pilot network to every Nordic

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Materia is looking for a pro-active, flexible colleague with a passion for innovative materials, architecture and design. As a materials expert, you will be responsible for the quantity, quality, time relevance and innovative level of Materia's content. This means you will be working closely with the creative director in selecting original, newly developed, and experimental materials. You will

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Material Stories is involved in academic projects. This year's Material+Spiel project will display its results during the KONZENTRAT07 end of the year show.You are welcome to join the opening of the Material+Spiel exhibition on Wednesday July 11. at 18.00 at the HAW Hamburg (Armgartstrasse 24, Hamburg). We are exhibiting toys and games designed and developed during a playful summer semester at

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[Invitation: 'Dutch Design meets Bamboo']Bamboo is an environmentally friendly alternative to hardwood. It's fast growing, hard, strong and flexible material. In spite of these great qualities, bamboo seems to have a bad image since most bamboo products are produced in developing countries without awareness of the Western consumers' needs and wishes.For a positive change, the 'Dutch Design meets

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This month we traveled to Hannover to inspire you with some highlights from Material Trends 2007, a special show on material trends and developments in design which takes place during the 60th anniversary of the Hannover Fair.At the Material Trends show we see that material driven design is not just about new materials (e.g. Midas Metall spray-on metallic skin) but also features new manufacturing

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[photo: Meeting Materials 2006]As speaker, I am happy to inform you about Meeting Materials 2007.Meeting Materials is an international event bringing together young material-minded people to stimulate cooperation and create a platform for communication. Meeting Materials 2007 will take place at March 29-30 and is hosted by DOW in Terneuzen.Visit the event website for more information and

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Our feet recently recovered from Cologne's furniture fair and its downtown PASSAGEN design events. This year's fair was not about invisible high-tech but features the feel & function of materials in design. For instance, the [d3] design talents houses young creatives with surprising concepts by putting usual materials (see photos) in an unusual context - a praised and proven approach according to

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"Gelukkig Nieuwjaar", "Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun!", "Selamat Tahun Baru!", "Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!", "Akemashite Omedetô!", "Bonne Année", "A Gut Yohr!", "Frohes Neues Jahr!", "Onnellista Uutta Vuotta!", "Pace e Salute!", "Srekna Nova Godina!", "Feliz Ano Novo!", "Head Uut Aastat!", "Buon Anno!", "Happy New Year!", ... Material Stories is inspiring a growing audience with material news and

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Pearlnera, a stone made from glass beads, is one of last year’s winners of the iF Material Award - open to manufacturers, designers, developers, design engineers and architects. This award started as a platform for recognizing material trends and developments in design and will feature its third edition in 2007.Link: www.ifdesign.de[Registration deadline: January 12, 2007]So far, our reminder for

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Dear materials interested, we just returned from Frankfurt (Germany) to inspire you with the coverage of this year's EuroMold fair."EuroMold 2006 was the 13th event held under this name, hosted by DEMAT. Having taken place December 5- 8, the fair once again bridged the contemporary advancements of industrial design, product development, processing, supply, and the user, with a direct focus on

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Next week, the University of the Arts in Bremen is hosting a lecture on materials and design. I have been invited to review design cases and new opportunities in creating product identity through materials selection, followed by discussion with young designers taking part at the Integrated Design course by Prof. Andreas Kramer.tags: hfk+bremen, product+identity, design+lecture

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Dear readers, it's our job to inspire and inform you with new material opportunities in design. See what we saw at the MATERIALICA 2006 gallery"MATERIALICA is a yearly meeting place for the high-end industry where we discover material solutions for tomorrow's products. This year features a special composites fair, expert talks, Dutch design and the Design Award ceremony (OCT'06)."Latest material

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Next week's MATERIALICA fair is hosting a conference on the role of materials in design. Products and concepts will be discussed that are driven by material innovation, for instance as these awarded Ceramic Sharpeners. Material innovation is not merely about applying new materials but also includes the design of new applications and combinations of existing materials.-----------------------------

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At the MATERIALICA fair I will be joining the forum discussion on material innovation in design. If you're around, drop by since day one will be all about materials and design including perspectives by Konstantin Grcic (Industrial designer) and Adrian van Hooydonk (BMW).Tuesday, October 10thDiscussion with Peter Knopp (VDID), Herbert H. Schultes (Industrial Designer), Dirk Löckener (

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"Material what? Arnold van Bezooyen will surprise us with his latest material experiments and findings, so called 'Material Stories'. This Dutch designer is originator of designers favorite Material Explorer and now enjoys life and work in Hamburg. During the Design Festival I am offering free tickets for those who are willing to enter the material dimension. Drop by for soft drinks and hard

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During this year's Istanbul Design Week (IDW) I will be hosting a workshop on materials and design during a "No-Budget Light Competition". With some 25 participants we'll be discussing the daily practise of recycling and explore new applications of no/low budget materials.This second generation of Turkey's biggest design fair takes place at the old Galata Bridge from 12-17 September. Keep in

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This month I will be taking part at the 7th interdisciplinary UNESCO Creativity Workshop in Bielefeld (Germany). During two weeks, a selected group of 20 participants from 15 countries are gathered to develop new toys for disabled children to encourage play and fulfil therapeutic goals.After the exhibition, an interdisciplinary group chooses the most interesting toys. Selecting criteria are

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Recently, Rolf Bender (Bender Consulting) started the discussion group Product = Design + Material + Herstellung at openBC Don't be misguided by the German title, Rolf is doing international business which is one of the reasons for us to meet up last month. We discussed including the important role of processing (Herstellung) in the context of new product development. Properties of plastics (as

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With a team of four creatives I will be providing material innovation support at Royal Philips Electronics Netherlands. Within a brainstormsession I will focus on the role and potential of new materials in design. Philips selected our innovation proposal presented by the Nieuwe Garde (the young creatives network) at the InnovatieVeiling - at this event interested companies can bid on innovative

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In supporting designers with the latest news in materials and design, we attended the Hannover Fair for coverage. Check out the fresh gallery at Core77 for inspiration, resources and links Material Trends 2006Material Trends includes the latest collections by Material Connexion, Material Sense and Designafairs; winners of the prestigious iF material award 2006. The photo gallery includes

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History learns us that new materials are often applied as substitutes during their introduction phase, for instance Bakelite has been used to imitate wooden materials. Substitution may support young materials to maturate towards an industrial production scale but it does not communicate the material's unique qualities towards the consumer. Even worse, 'imitation' is rather interpreted as the

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"Products keep us busy - think of typing that email before going home, few more mouse clicks to shut down your browsers, scrolling through your numbers for calling that restaurant tonight. Wait, did you just do all this by hand?Yes, our hands are occupied since many products are based on manual input - without this nothing happens. So, what about giving your hand a break?"I've just returned from

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I frequently get material fans in touch with each other regarding materials information or research questions. While thinking about a better way to share contacts I read about the materialsclub - this just might be the answer to do so.Recently materialsclub has been initiated by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde (DGM) in Frankfurt. By initiating materialsclub DGM wants to stimulate

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photo: raumPROBE at 2nd floor, Stuttgart Christoph - a ‘materials selection colleague’ - is preparing his dissertation on a digital support tool for materials/product selection during the architectural design and planning process. In the context of materials in design a very interesting research – we are curious about the findings and possible new insights.After browsing my list of materials

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Material Stories enjoyed an end-of-year break. Arnold van Bezooyen says THANK YOU and sends out best wishes for 2006! Keep in touch and keep enjoying this weblog - for news and insights on the future of materials and design.tags: vanbezooyen, newyear, material+stories

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The third episode of Material Vision (Frankfurt, Nov. 10-11) is a chance to learn about innovative materials and meet with researchers and developers. Material innovation made some 2000 industrial designers, architects and product developers travelled to Frankfurt - myself included. Find photos and references at the latest Material Vision 2005 gallery for your inspiration.tags: core77, material+

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“The beauty of plastics lies in the opportunities for integration” Francoise Pardos refers to function and process integration - eliminating the cost increasing assembly, finishing or painting of parts. More than designing with any other material, plastics require an integrated approach to exploit its full potential.Last month we attended a conference by Rapra Technology on designing with

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Yesterday I received a postal package from Degussa - and soon I find myself playing around with about 20 Plexiglas® samples. Interesting, but why did I receive this so called Creative Box?In the accompanied letter I read Degussa takes part in Productconcept - an interdisciplinary communication platform bringing together product development disciplines in order to create 'competence together'. We

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With designing with plastics fresh in mind a next materials conference is coming up: Material Vision - New Materials for Design and Architecture Two years ago this event made its debute in Frankfurt combining a trade fair with a two day conference. In 2003 the Material was there but Vision was meagre - with a promising speakers program we are curious whether this years lectures will reflect the

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This Tuesday Berlin is featuring a conference focussing on the aesthetic role of plastics in design. Rapra - a rubber and plastics consultancy - organizes this two day speaker program aiming to bring together makers and users of innovative plastics.With 'material curiousity' leading the way, I decided to do coverage of this event. Read more about this later or visit the conference website: The

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Today Hamburg was rainy and grey but I found some great colors at the Schanze (Schanzen Quarter) where I visited Holly. This paper crazy guy shows great craftsmanship in translating flat paper into three dimensional lights. These treats for the eyes are a result of well thought folding and all have a special touch which is part of his personal approach. Within a room full of paper we had a first

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"INDEX: Award Exhibition. From September 23rd - November 13th 96 nominated top designs, including the award winners, are displayed in the centre of Copenhagen. Free entrance. For more information please visit www.index2005.dk"The Material Explorer research project has received a nomination from the INDEX: organization - in the context of 'Design to Improve Life'. This research project on

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Am currently working with composites specialist RONO system technik GmbH to research and design new applications for their composite sandwich materials. Read more soon on this hands-on composites...tags: composites, design, material+innovation

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What is Tupper doing in this web log? Well, Earl Tupper (1907-1983) is the name of a man who will forever be associated with its great invention, known to the masses as Tupperware. Tupper himself was working in a plastics factory and experimented with those days’ next generation plastics polyester and polyethylene. With this last material - by patenting “an open mouth container and non-snap type

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Touch Me is an exhibition on the pleasures, sensations and future of touch. Experience how touch is bringing us closer to each other and the designed world around us - from site specific art and design commission to games, live science experiments and a fantastical petting zoo.Until 29th of August at the at the V&A museum in London, so Touch Me while you still can...Previous workshops on ceramics

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Today I took a snapshot of this advertising by the German Green Party saying “Away From Oil” (“Weg vom Öl”) showing Solar Cells as alternative. No offence to Solar Power or other alternative fuel initiatives, on the contrary this is great work, but the city portrait took my attention.I am not sure whether this is a present city or an envisioned city of the future, but will all houses share the

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'Take off' for this first step towards an online resource supporting material innovation. This weblog can be considered as the front page of 'Material Stories' (tm) which is an initative by Arnold van Bezooyen on materials-based design. Feel free to visit from time to time and watch this newborn weblog grow up.

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