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WooD GrAIn TILE For interior and exterior application, this ceramic tile simulates wood grain.

TrAnSLUCEnT WhITE ConCrETE Almost unbreakable, these decorative tiles combine concrete and optical fibers in a uniform or specified pattern.

IT’S A ThrEE-WAy qUEST: IIDA’s September 2011 member survey reveals where designers are learning about new materials and products.

85% manufacturer reps 82% design publications
73% online resources
33% libraries

53% expositions and shows

150,000 listed products, also allows users to network with manufacturers and with other designers. Hoping to attract designers directly to their Web sites, product manufacturers are also becoming more sophisticated and user friendly with iPad apps, social media, and editorial content (60 percent of respondents to an IIDA member survey said they rely on manufacturer Web sites to learn about new materials and products). resin panel maker 3form hosts a blog, “Translucent,” written by its material designers; posts aren’t the usual company boilerplate, they’re real discussions of everything from fashion to sustainability and technology in the design world. With the aim to inspire students to try new applications for materials regardless of their traditional use, many design schools are rethinking the way they organize their collections. Last year, a student initiative at rIsD

resulted in the material resource Center for the school’s 22 departments. rather than catalogue the collection according to the Construction specifications Institute (CsI) standard used in the building industry, the library is organized by material property. (The library also includes a donated collection from Inventables.) Pratt Institute encourages the innovative use of materials with its Center for sustainable Design studies (CsDs), which conducts detailed research on 125 materials at a time, using four categories to describe the materials’ sustainable properties: ecological impact, resource usage, human health impact, and social equality. The format gets students thinking not only about their material selections but also about the materials’ impact throughout the lifecycle of a project.

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