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Dr. Thanos Balafoutis: Improve Accuracy In Architectural Lighting Simulation

Dr. Thanos Balafoutis: Improve Accuracy In Architectural Lighting Simulation

Mapping 70+ façade types with real photometrics, material reflectivity, and ‘as-found vs restored’ scenarios to deliver more accurate, teachable lighting simulations.

Dr. Thanos Balafoutis15 mins read
Architectural DesignDesignlighting
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Garment geometry, deadstock dyes, and the reclaimed jacquard with Kelly Konings

Garment geometry, deadstock dyes, and the reclaimed jacquard with Kelly Konings

How jacquard weaving, deadstock yarns, and local labs fuel the next chapter of experimental, low-impact fashion design.

Kelly Konings12 mins read
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Material choices that fit place: BIAS on public design

Material choices that fit place: BIAS on public design

BIAS shows how to pick materials for exhibitions and civic spaces: local, durable, easy to repair, and designed for reuse and long life.

BIAS Architects & Associates12 mins read
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Bespoke at Scale with No Overstock: the case of ARNIA Textile Fashion
TEXTILE

Bespoke at Scale with No Overstock: the case of ARNIA Textile Fashion

A pragmatic path for luxury textiles: verified compliance, transparent sourcing, repeatable quality, and zero-warehouse production, Arnia’s method for bespoke fabrics that meet market reality.

Carlo Rola16 mins read
Ecolattice: Recycled TPE Lattices And The Search For Better Foams
FOAM

Ecolattice: Recycled TPE Lattices And The Search For Better Foams

Discover how EcoLattice turns recycled TPE and bio-based blends into 3D-printed lattice foams that cut waste, tune comfort by zone and offer safer, longer-life alternatives to PU foams.

EcoLattice15 mins read
Dr. Thanos Balafoutis: Improve Accuracy In Architectural Lighting Simulation
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Dr. Thanos Balafoutis: Improve Accuracy In Architectural Lighting Simulation

Mapping 70+ façade types with real photometrics, material reflectivity, and ‘as-found vs restored’ scenarios to deliver more accurate, teachable lighting simulations.

Dr. Thanos Balafoutis15 mins read
How A 200-Year Material Shows What Contemporary Design Still Doesn’t Understand About Waste
DESIGN

How A 200-Year Material Shows What Contemporary Design Still Doesn’t Understand About Waste

Designer Thibault Philip turns discarded pig intestines into long-lasting, biodegradable structures, exposing what contemporary design still misses about craft, waste and end-of-life.

Thibault Philip17 mins read
5 Digital Shift: How Textiles Are Scanned, Simulated, And Sourced
AI ( ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)

5 Digital Shift: How Textiles Are Scanned, Simulated, And Sourced

Explores how VFX pipelines, volumetric capture and AI are turning textiles into digital-ready assets, reshaping fabric sourcing, simulation and fashion’s next supply chains.

Costas Kazantzis14 mins read
AQUIT uses Fish Proteins and Microencapsulation To Replace Antibiotics
BIOTECH

AQUIT uses Fish Proteins and Microencapsulation To Replace Antibiotics

AQUIT replaces antibiotics with fish-specific bioactive proteins discovered via AI and delivered through microencapsulation, offering scalable, regulation-ready fish health.

AQUIT15 mins read

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How To Build With ±2 mm Parts: Stacking Mouth-Blown Glass Around A Standard LED Spine
GLASS

How To Build With ±2 mm Parts: Stacking Mouth-Blown Glass Around A Standard LED Spine

Murano ballotton glass meets extruded aluminium: Alambicco’s modular LEDs and Ray’s PCR-aluminium devices unite craft, durability and low-impact design.

14 mins read
1 Bale of Post-Consumer HDPE, 4 Processes, 7 cm Films: Building An HDPE Colour Library
ZERO WASTE

1 Bale of Post-Consumer HDPE, 4 Processes, 7 cm Films: Building An HDPE Colour Library

Recolored builds a colour library from recycled HDPE, hand-sorted by brand hue, lab-processed, and tuned to turn plastic variability into design value.

14 mins read

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