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Heat reactive tile

Lately there have been some very interesting products for the home improvement segment and the NewUltraBloom Heat-Reactive Tiles by UltraGlass are no different. These new tiles use a special heat-reactive coating to allow the tiles to change into a variety of colors depending on the temperature, eventually cooling off and returning to their original color. These new tiles come in a wide variety of colors and textures to fit any design. Currently pricing is unknown.

fibre optics tablecloth

Looking for a new way to spruce up your dinner party? Lumigram is a hand washable fiber optics tablecloth that will make your dinner shine.

Concrete Cloth

When a disaster strikes, it’s often difficult to get shelters up in time for displaced residents. Enter Concrete Canvas‘s new Concrete Cloth, a durable waterproof building material made of cement sandwiched between fabric. The cloth, which won Material ConneXion‘s Material of the Year 2009 award, can be molded into any shape when bonded with water — and it takes just two hours to set!

Read more: CONCRETE CLOTH: Flexible Material Makes Durable Disaster Shelters | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 


http://inhabitat.com/concrete-cloth-flexible-material-makes-durable-disaster-shelters/



Perhaps the most useful application for Concrete Cloth is in disaster relief, where the material could be used to quickly and efficiently house both people and food. Since the cloth has a life span of 10 years, it can be used in situations where displacement is prolonged. Concrete Cloth’s durability also makes it ideal for military use.
There’s just one drawback to Concrete Cloth: the material contains PVC, a plastic that leaches toxic chemicals. If Concrete Canvas could figure out a way to replace PVC with something else, we’d love to see Concrete Cloth used around the world.

Corroded Copper

Plywood

• The Eames brothers: Charles Eames and Eero Saairnen entered a 1940 MOMA design competition and win two awards for moulded plywood pieces, setting the stage for the Eames brothers influential career of modern design using plywood
• The chair: The chair is the most popular form in molded plywood furniture with stackability remaining an important design component
• Tables, desks and stools: Contemporary plywood coffee tables, end tables and desks are gaining in popularity
• Interiors: Plywood’s perception as an honest and modern material makes it a natural choice for contemporary interiors, including panelling and kitchen cabinets
• Whimsical wood: Past and present designers have used the simple shapes of moulded plywood to express a sense of modern whimsy and the material lends itself to designs for children and pets
• Furniture and beyond: Designers have taken plywood outside of the realm of simple furniture, including Tapio Wirkkala who created plywood bowls and sculptures, and Grete Jalk who designed nesting tables and stools. Today, the Benjamin Stool by Ikea is a DIY pop culture icon
• Plywood 2.0: Plywood offers attainable and modern design and relies on historical elements like stackability and cutting from a single piece while incorporating new cutaway/layering and patchwork veneer techniques

PLYWOOD TREND link

The Solid Wood Flooring Company

http://www.thesolidwoodflooringcompany.com/

Oak, Walnut, Maple and all different shades of wood flooring.

Ceramiche (Tile Company)

Bathroom Tiles


Fleur Blanche

New Decors is the evolution of decoration, no longer embellished but a modular design to match with other collections of Lea Ceramiche (Stonehenge, Naos, Midtown, Masterplan and Haute Couture). Precious colours and sophisticated forms for an avalanche of lavishness with a retro flavour.


Cordusio bronze 3D


Lilla Chiaro

http://www.ceramichelea.it/acm-on-line/en/Home/products/spaces/cardCatbathrooms.17.1.90.1.html

Original style (Tile company)

Original Style is one of the UK's leading ceramic tile manufacturers, specialising in superior quality floor and wall tiles, glass tiles, mosaics and natural stone tiles for residential and commercial projects whether brand new developments or period renovations.

http://www.originalstyle.com/index.htm

Glass Tiles

Mosaic Tiles

Victorian style

Elegant metal tiles by Karim Rashid

New York based designer Karim Rashid design Metal Tiles for Australian manufacturer ALLOY. The Karim for ALLOY collaboration has resulted in the development of eight innovative metal tile ‘cells’ designed to change the ‘face’ of metal tiles. Available in all of ALLOY’s materials and finishes including stainless steel, copper, brass, titanium and raw steel, each design has been carefully developed, tested and manufactured in ALLOY’s Australian factory. Every tile is punched from an individual sheet of solid, 1.6mm high quality metal to deliver a seamless, hardwearing finish designed to last a lifetime.


http://homeinspiring.com/elegant-metal-tiles-by-karim-rashid

LED video floor

The latest “state of the art” floor system can easily run full video, high resolution graphics & perfectly reproduce brand logos.  This versatile system can be used to create a walkway, stage, dancefloor or exhibition floor, the possibilities are endless...

Imagine using this floor to create a platform to launch the latest Autumn collection, the models walk down to a video of gently falling leaves, or is used for a new car launch where the floorshows a video of the car being put through its paces.  In lecture theatres and seminars Corporate branding can be displayed as delegates are “walked through” an overview of the company’s activities in different market sectors.  At a video shoot the floor can be used to generate random graphical sequences perfectly synced to the music being performed.

This amazing product creates a situation where the only limitations are what can be created in the user’s mind.


http://www.starcloth.co.uk/index.php?id=15

white striped ceramic floor tiles

Designed by Spacia.  This is about contemporary flooring tiles ideas with classic wood and stone for your home interior design. Spacia is an innovative and unique option to ceramics and natural stones. The fashionable and stylish, practical, rich, hard wearing and easy to maintain is very suite with any room design ideas. Light limestone and sandstones are along with the trendy tiles because they are ‘neutra’ tiles and hence awfully versatile. You may use them to make a subtle collage for a light decoration and airy scheme based on a light palette.

http://www.newhouseofart.com/modern-classic-wood-and-stone-flooring-decor-beautiful-styles/