As market demand for healthier building products is reaching critical mass, a whole new industry sector is responding with more powerful tools for assessing and improving materials.
While the formulation of high-performance paint is a technical process, the craft of forecasting that paint's color is an unscientific one, say color experts.
Based in northern Italy, Bisazza is a leading producer of high-end glass mosaic tile with showrooms in cities around the world, including New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
The latest materials and processes, from carbon-negative window film to water-free textile dyeing, that help save resources, reduce emissions, and recycle waste.
The Sezz Collection was conceived when French designer Christophe Pillet and Pennsylvania-based Emeco collaborated on a seating line for the Sezz Hotel in Saint-Tropez, France. Made of 80% recycled aluminum, the pieces in the line, including stools and swivel, side, and lounge chairs, are treated, welded, and brushed in the same 77-step, handcrafted process used since the 1940s to create the original 1006 Navy chair.
Inspired by Hearst Castle, the "little something" William Randolph Hearst asked architect Julia Morgan (1872-1957) to build in San Simeon, California, in 1919 (scroll down to watch video), Tilevera’s Hearst Castle Collection of stone, glass, and wood tile interprets the castle’s spirit in material, color, and design.
For its line of House Number tiles launched last year in collaboration with House Industries, Sausalito, California-based Heath Ceramics applies the same spinning mold technique used to craft their ceramic bowls.