Nov 18 2009

Indoor sculptures using vinyl adhesive tape

This amazing art work interestingly made using vinyl adhesive electrical tape, is created by Rebecca ward as part of the urban culture project for Charlotte Street foundation at Kansas city. MO.
According to the artist, “My installations are site-specific works dependent upon the space they occupy. Utilizing existing lines, beams, and angles, each piece I [...]

Aug 28 2009

Carbon-Negative Cement

UK based Novacem is developing the new generation of green cement systems that will help combat global warming by locking atmospheric CO2 into construction materials.

Novacem cement uniquely combines the sustainability of timber and the recyclability of metal with the technical properties and high thermal mass of concrete. Its use therefore minimises CO2 emissions during building [...]

Aug 20 2009

Blown fabric

Tokyo based Nendo creates Japanese-style chochin paper-lanterns using a specialized long–fiber non-woven polyester called “Smash”. Smash is light and a rip-proof product of Japanese advanced synthetic-fiber technology and the most interesting aspect is that, it can be blown into unique shapes and sizes. [via]

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