The Stacks
Material Session 8 / Hard as Nails: Glass, Ceramics, and Metals
Material Sessions is an exciting series dedicated to trends and topics that shape the material world. Each session provides an in-depth look at current and future trends in material …
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Material Session 7 / Bio-built: Algae, Fungi, and Bacteria
Material Sessions is an exciting series dedicated to trends and topics that shape the material world. Each session provides an in-depth look at current and future trends in material …
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Material Session 6 / A Circular Approach to Design
Material Sessions is an exciting series dedicated to trends and topics that shape the material world. Each session provides an in-depth look at current and future trends in material …
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Material Session 5 / Bioplastics: The (Not So) Basics
Material Sessions is an exciting series dedicated to trends and topics that shape the material world. Each session provides an in-depth look at current and future trends in material …
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Material Session 4 / Re:Thinking Waste
Material Sessions is an exciting series dedicated to trends and topics that shape the material world. Each session provides an in-depth look at current and future trends in material …
Material Session 3 / Designing for the New Clean
Material Sessions is an exciting series dedicated to trends and topics that shape the material world. Each session provides an in-depth look at current and future trends in material …
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Material Session 2 / Textiles: Back to the Future
Material Sessions is an exciting series dedicated to trends and topics that shape the material world. Each session provides an in-depth look at current and future trends in material …
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Material Session 1 / Unpacking Packaging
Material Sessions is an exciting series dedicated to trends and topics that shape the material world. Each session provides an in-depth look at current and future trends in material …
From Production to Recycling, Vinyls Become More Sustainable
One of the most widely used plastics in the world, vinyl is made with some concerning ingredients, but safer and greener alternatives are on the horizon. “Polarizing” is a suitable term for vinyl. …
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What’s the Difference: Antimicrobial, Antibacterial, and Antiviral?
Every day we see more materials and chemicals claim antimicrobial, antibacterial, or antiviral properties. But what does that mean exactly? Let's lay the groundwork. The Merriam-Webster dictionary …
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Understanding Polyester Alternatives
What are your options for sustainably using these ubiquitous plastics in your projects? Polyester is a material that everyone has heard of but few understand: It is actually a family of polymers that …
Designing for a Post-Pandemic Future, The Key Trends: A Talk with Stylus
Material, product, and trend experts meet in this hour long conversation. Join us as we discuss what the lasting effects of the pandemic will be – with a focus on rethinking materials, processes, …
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Differentiate Your Product Through Material Choice
The need to differentiate isn't new, but consumers aren't buying the same old ideas anymore. They are demanding transparency and responsibility from the brands and products they bring into their …
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Materials Trends for the New Now: How the Pandemic Has Changed our Thinking on What’s Next
Materials for an Extreme Future is a series of conversations between Material ConneXion’s Dr. Andrew Dent and passionate industry experts. Join us as we focus on material and technology solutions that …
Material Performance Under Extremes
Join us as we focus on material and technology solutions that address the extremes we will continue to face: temperature, wetter conditions, and overpopulation, as well as pollution and …
