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From laser-etched glazes and 3D printed equations, to carefully crafted dining experiences, Dutch Design Week 2024 offered inspiration by the bucketload. Here are our top colour and craft spots from across the show: https://ow.ly/uEUL50UiSq8 📸 Raw Color: Tesammans / Atelier Fig: The Gravity Collection. Photography credits: Ruben Hoogvliet / Amina Zemouli: The Mathematical Designer. Photography credits: Louise van Brussel / Wisse Trooster: Tangible Intangible. Photography credits: Britt Roelse #DDW #DDW24 #colour #craft

Autex Acoustics UK & EU' SpinFix has been developed with the entire product lifecycle in mind - offering end-of-life solutions to reduce environmental impact. The sustainability benefits with SpinFix mounting clips are two-fold. Firstly, by harnessing its cutting-edge pelletising process, Autex crafts the fixtures from RePET - converted ‘waste’ PET from manufacturing leftovers. And secondly, by using SpinFix the need for adhesives during installation are eradicated, making products recyclable: https://ow.ly/qYLi50UhWjZ #acoustics #recycled #recyclability

✨ A quick reminder that our Glasgow Studio will be closed on Monday 2 December for the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday. We're open as usual from Tuesday 3 December, and look forward to welcoming you back for the festive run-in. In the meantime, check out our What's On page for details of all upcoming events next month, and beyond, including the first seminars in Glasgow & Manchester at the start of 2025 on the topic of sustainability. Have a wonderful weekend. ✨ https://lnkd.in/eCJbyJVB

Could digital twins be the key to hitting the Net Zero targets? Sam Roberts, BIM manager at tp bennett, believes they could well be. "80% of office buildings which exist today will still be in use in 2050" - commented Sam during our recent chat. Pair this with the fact that 40% of annual global CO2 emissions are produced by the built environment, and quite rightly, we can expect to see in the coming years an acute focus on how our buildings perform. And, in response, an increased need for digital twins. But when it comes to the adoption of these tools in our particular sector, is the uptake as great as it is for, say, the aviation and engineering industries, or supply chain efficiency as McKinsey Global Institute reports? And if not, why not? We asked Sam for his views. Read the piece here: https://ow.ly/PV2K50Uhs3m 📸 Victoria Middleton #digitaltwins #AI #technology #netzero #carbon #sustainability #technology

Three unique, completely bespoke rugs were crafted by Newhey Carpets Limited for Material Source Studio Manchester. Each one-of-a-kind creation takes visual cues from our exhibition, This Is No Longer Speculative. Discover more: https://ow.ly/plYU50UfON4 📸 Tim Ainsworth #bespoke #colour #materialsourcestudio

Solidwool transforms British by-product into built-to-last furniture. Aligning with our own Beautiful and Useful mantra, Solidwool prides itself on creating both beautifully crafted and meaningful objects that people connect with, use, and cherish - using British wool. Discover more: https://ow.ly/f8Oq50UfFb5 #design #furniture #wool

A workspace reimagined by Modus for Landsec - encouraging collaboration & centred on community: https://ow.ly/7Oh950UeNeE 📸 Credit: Ben Reed #collaboration #retrofit #workplace #futureofwork

✨ Community 2024 ✨   As we head into our fourth year, we've had an amazing week of celebration at Material Source Studio Manchester. When we opened our doors three-years ago, we did so to offer a space that you - the architecture, design, and property community of the north west - could call your own. Whether it be for gathering inspiration and selecting samples, attending an event, meeting a colleague or client, working from The Hub, or checking out the latest exhibition. For our first ever Community event, we wanted to truly celebrate all the many ways the Studio can be used, all at once, over two-days. And how wonderful it's been. For the enormous amount of support shown from everyone involved, we'd like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. To all who attended and made the activities so vibrant and fun, to the early risers asking engaging questions at our breakfast talks, to our amazing keynote speakers, Stephanie Kyle & John Whittaker CEng, MiMMM, to the local suppliers of the delicious food and drink: Pot Kettle Black, Half Dozen Other, Robert & Victor, Gourmet Galley Catering, LLC, and Cre-ate, the stunning musicians Ada Grace, florist Heather Feather for creating the central installation with Tim Denton, our photographers and videographers for the event, Victoria Middleton, Tim Ainsworth & Damian Bowker, seamless AV by Andrew Dowson, to the hosts of the many workshops, and, of course, the enthusiasm and dedication of our Manchester Studio Partners (tagged in the comments) - plus the brilliant Material Source team - thank you all so much. We hope you've enjoyed joining us at Community. And if you're Scotland-based, we'll be bringing the concept to Material Source Studio Glasgow early next year so watch this space. Head to materialsource.co.uk for write-ups of our two breakfast talks, and check out an extended gallery of images here: https://lnkd.in/eqmiQxAt   #community #materialsourcestudio #manchester #events #architecture #design #property #commercialinteriors

✨ Community continues at Material Source Studio Manchester ✨ It's been another fantastic day - kicking off with a breakfast talk from John Whittaker CEng, MiMMM, engineering director, Graphene - The University of Manchester, on the potentials of graphene for the built environment - with amazing audience engagement - Partner lunch & learns, a terrazzo making workshop by PARKSIDE Architectural Tiles, and lots of impromptu chats and collaboration. Last night's Gingerbread Making Workshop hosted by Crown Paints, Forbo Flooring Systems, Newhey Carpets Limited & Vepa UK Ltd resulted in lots of inspiring creations. And our Community celebration with food, drinks, and live music, was a fabulous way to round off the day. Thank you to everyone who's joined us so far - it's really appreciated - and we look forward to welcoming you for this evening's workshops - including cocktail making with Autex Acoustics UK & EU and Crosswater UK, the Material Source eco-resin session, and our celebration, underway from 4.30pm 🥳! Feel free to pop in for a drink after work! 📸 Victoria Middleton #community #materialsource #manchester #events #design

How many products do you think there are on the market that contain graphene? The answers from our audience at this morning's breakfast talk by John Whittaker CEng, MiMMM, engineering director at Graphene - The University of Manchester, which kicked off day two of our Community event, averaged 4,000. In fact, it's 54million. Graphene might just be the most promising material you've never heard of. Read our write-up to discover more about the many potentials of graphene for use in the built environment here ➡️: https://lnkd.in/eDw5DX2w A huge thank you to John for delivering such an inspiring talk as part of Community, and to all who joined us. If you missed the session, or are keen to learn more, be sure to attend our seminar in January at Material Source Studio Manchester where John is a panellist. Head to our What's On page for tickets. Community continues today with lunch & learns, workshops, food, drinks and live music. Join us? https://lnkd.in/eG6UCg2J 📸 Victoria Middleton #graphene #manchester #materials #builtenvironment #innovation #events #community #materialsourcestudio