MATERIALS
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FUMISOME︎文染︎
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
This is 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
MATERIO︎
Decorative sheets made from genuine metal
- TOKYO
URUSHI (JAPANESE LACQUER)︎
Living with Japanese people since ancient times: A new, sustainable, recycle-friendly natural paint
- #Bonding
- #Coating
- #Resin
- #Traditional
- KYOTO
- TOKYO
KNITTED ELECTRIC WIRE︎
Solderable soft wiring
- #Wearable
- #Flexible
- #Conduction and power generation
- #Fiber
- KYOTO
