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TANGO SILK CREPE︎
Functional and delicate fabrics developed through the history and culture of the Kyoto coast
- #Fiber
 - #Traditional
 
- KYOTO
 - TOKYO
 
Puchi Puchi︎
More than just a packing material, "Puchi Puchi" is an uneven polyethylene sheet that even envelops people's feelings.
- #Sensory Material
 - #Surface
 - #Sense of touch
 
- TOKYO
 
NISHIJIN CARBON︎
Carbon textile that realizes "patterned weaving" and "mixed weaving of different materials", which is difficult to achieve with conventional carbon fiber.
- #Heat resistant
 - #Tip material
 - #Lightweight
 - #Processing resistant materials
 - #Conduction and power generation
 - #Soft
 - #Fiber
 - #Carbon
 - #Traditional
 
- KYOTO
 
FUMISOME︎
Ink for taking notes made with natural ingredients as its main component that makes use of original techniques
- #Dyeing
 - #Japan
 - #Sustainable
 
- TOKYO
 - KYOTO
 
ASIA COLOR TREND BOOK︎
The only Design Trend Book in the world originating in Asia
- #Asia
 - #Japan
 - #Tip material
 - #Traditional
 
- TOKYO
 - KYOTO
 
COLOR POLYMOCK︎
A colorful polyethylene resin foam material made by thermo-compressing the material used to manufacture kick boards mixed with original color.
- #Sense of touch
 - #Molding
 - #Buffer
 - #Lightweight
 - #Hard
 - #Soft
 - #Resin
 
- TOKYO
 - KYOTO
 
12 Haptics αGEL Sample Kit︎
A toolkit designed to to propose αGEL’s “experience/sensitivity value” to designers/developers who want to realize services/product designs that make use of the characteristics of the material, and to co-create business
- #Sensory Material
 - #Japan
 - #Sense of touch
 - #Soft
 
- TOKYO
 - KYOTO
 
Thermoset Stretchable Material︎
Thermoset Stretchable Material that can stretch and return to its original shape, the product of original resin design technology
- #Heat resistant
 - #Wearable
 - #Tip material
 - #Flexible
 - #Hard
 - #Soft
 - #Expansion and Contraction
 - #Film
 
ARTSTEEL︎
A one-of-a-kind steel product created piece by piece by craftsmen.
- #Japan
 - #Aging
 - #Surface
 - #Molding
 - #Resistance to flame
 - #Conduction and power generation
 - #Hard
 - #Metal
 
- KYOTO
 - TOKYO
 
Stainless Mesh︎
A transparent metallic cloth woven from ultra-fine stainless steel. It has unique properties in terms of functionality, such as electrical conductivity and non-inflammability.
- #Heat resistant
 - #Japan
 - #Surface
 - #Molding
 - #Flexible
 - #Lightweight
 - #Resistance to flame
 - #Permeability
 - #Soft
 - #Fiber
 - #Metal
 
- KYOTO
 - TOKYO
 
HIKIHAKU︎
Infinite forms of expression: Designing textures and metallic gloss via foil-processing techniques
- KYOTO
 
HONEYCOMB︎
A structure of which more than 90% is air: The most mechanically optimal structure combining strength and lightness
- #Metal
 
- KYOTO
 - TOKYO
 
Tri-Wall︎
Reinforced cardboard that possesses both lightness and durability necessary for global distribution
- #Sustainable
 - #Lightweight
 - #Hard
 - #Paper
 
- KYOTO
 - TOKYO
 
YAKUSUGI WOOD︎
Rare wood from millennium-old trees
- #Wood
 - #Traditional
 
- KYOTO
 
SUNLUMISIS INK FOR PAINT︎
Fluorescent pigment ink that develops RGB colors under ultraviolet light
- #Luminescence
 - #Paint material
 
- KYOTO
 - TOKYO