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TREND SYNOPSIS New properties of materials are being discovered and are changing their natural state.

[Materiality has NO LIMITS] takes heed of the earth’s persistant demands. With organic lifestyle changes to push material boundries into mimicing others where new, fresh materials come to light. A significance to this trend is society’s growing desire to become more eco-efficient, to create a vision of everlasting materials. As we move into a society dominated by urban living so does the need to surround ourselves with the growth in natural materials. Increasingly there is an interest in blending the real with the replicated, choosing materials for their qualities rather than any preconcieved notions of value. Soon, nothing will be as it seems.

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MATERIAL SHIFT Materials are becoming organic and hold some similarities of their previous traditional properties, be that in shape, design or texture. The powers of recycling to create solid concrete stuctures which will lengthen a products life cycle to it’s most potential. Carbon negative concrete innovation gives hope for the future health of our environment.

Sunflower-seed hulls and acrylic polymer take on a granite-like appearance.

CONCRETE Concrete multicellular element made of post-industrial and postconsumer recycled inert and glass.

SEETA BY TORZO Made from agricultural waste like sunflower-seed hulls and acrylic polymer, this countertop gives a granite-like appearance.

CARBON NEGATIVE CEMENT

CONSTRUCTION

This new building material not only addresses cement’s contribution to carbon pollution by eliminating that characteristic, but takes an additional step to remove carbon pollution from our atmosphere.

Blended material by Tom van Soest Second life for old construction material. His blender grinds glass, bricks & concrete.

ROOFING BLOCKS MAGAZINE Recyclable magazine furniture materials.

Ceramic-like roofing material made from soil and carbon.

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ECO// GROWTH// RE-USE// Bacteria-grown materials could be the future of building and product. The evergrowing need to create products to last that are undamaging to the environment at the end of their product cycle shapes the materials we choose to design with. On a large scale, panels from Nigeria are achieving a reduction in construction costs through agricultural waste, reducing dependence on imported, higher-cost alternatives.

BIOGRADABLE BOWLS

HENRY&CO CHAYR Using both hay and grass, a cozy seat that merges the two renewable materials that are products from both the earth and man.

FOODSCAPES is a project by WHOMADE. IT and Michela Milani that uses edible leftover materials and reconstructs a seedshaped bowl that can hold dry foods.

GROWIN BRICKS Bricks grown from bacteria by BioMason.

NIGERIAN BUILDING MATERIALS Plant-based agricultural wastes from the cultivation of rice, maize and cassava crops provide natural fibers that are a sustainable resource for the production of building materials.

RESIN FILLED Filled polyurethane resin with used tea or coffee.

KOKOBOARD THERMAL BRICK Thermal walling material made from hemp, lime and water.

Made from natural waste by-products such as rice straw, coconut dust, peanut shells and sunflowers.

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FRESH FRUIT Movement of materials is emerging through fruit, their leaves and shells.

The pineapple leather is a sustainable alternative to that of animal skin and it’s qualities make it in sync with one another. The working conditions and the toxic impact leather has on the environment is large. Rather than try and export leather, why not work with what you have, in the Philippines there is an abundance of natural fibres where Carmen Hijosa’s new sustainable pineapple leaf material is flourishing.

BUILDING BLOCKS Snego building blocks are made using salvaged wood and natural fruit and vegetable dyes, blueberry, red cabbage, beetroot to change the colour of the wood.

COCONUT BOWLS Bambu makes colourful bowls from real coconut shells.

PINEAPPLE LEATHER Carmen Hijosa, founder of Pinatex, a new sustainable textile made from pineapple leaves.

FRUIT LEATHER Fruitleather Rotterdam material.

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Cosmos concrete by Marta Bakowski has rustic language of wooden frameworks and countryside furniture while having the weight and studiness of marble. Mimicing properties through tinted cerment , cement chips and sand to create a fresh muted collection. This trend emerges with style like the Amoia brother’s work inspired by 20th century French Deco create modern yet timeless pieces of furniture, which respect the beauty of the earth and stand out like art.

NEWSPAPER WOOD // MIEKE MEIJER Process of making wood from paper. Each day, piles of newspapers are discarded and recycled into new paper.

Mieke Meijer devised a solution to transform, or rather upcycle, this surplus paper into a new material called NewspaperWood. With a material texture that looks like the grains of wood or rings from a tree, NewspaperWood is a series of newspaper layers glued together.

COFFEE LAMPS These lamps are made from waste coffee grounds.

COSMOS CONCRETE BAKOWSKI Marta Bakowski mimics texture properties of materials to create new surfaces.

AMOIA STUDIO Inspired by 20th century French deco, investigating minimalistic forms and functions with a great attention to materiality. Sourcing rare minerals, gems stone and precious materials such as amethyst and sodalite, from places like Mexico, India or even Congo, and fuse them with traditional materials like plaster or cement.

STITCHING CONCRETE Florian Schmid’s Concrete Canvas. combines the softness of cloth with the stability of concrete.

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COLOUR DIRECTION From the first light of dawn encroaching upon an urban landscape, this soft palette composed of strongly contrasting light and dark shades is designed to evoke an atmosphere of mystery and inspection. Ideas of light cast and grey based pastels mixed with the dark dynamic industrial influences shape the palette. Through this mixture of familiar and unfamiliar are elements that bring the palette to life.

Pearlescent surfaces exude a sense of luxury, smoke greys hold onto the grey urban lifestyle, while pale orange evokes the calm skies of sunrise and sunset.

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02 A Trio of Blues combines three blues creating a micro-palette that hits the light, mid and dark tones in a monochromatic composition. be the

03 A Dramatic Backdrop sees a dark grey backdrop transform the brighter colours. These tones jump out, creating an exciting and bold contrast. be the future of

04 Balancing Tones is calm with reassuring colours. It is fresh and creates an organic, dye-free combination. be the future of building?

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WATER EXPANDING PLASTIC This plastic expands in water, maintaining its proportions. The material in Texas can be used to produce a cast for enlarging sculptures or fossils.

NICK LEVESQUE

BACTERIA-GROWN

CLEANER FUEL PERSUIT

THE REVENANT FILM

Artist Nick Levesque gathers random objects to create clever mimic images.

Designers Stefan Schwabe and Jannis Hulsen are making these objects in order to prove that biotechnological materials can feasibly become part of the production process.

Cheating implimenting guidelines to improve emissons from diesel cars causes constroversy to compete with demand.

Rich film location of Alberta, Canada. Back to untouched nature and it’s natural state.

KEY DRIVERS SUMMARY Could bacteria-grown materials be the future of building? As a society we are demanding cleaner and new persuits in life and in search for the new.

Taking a look at man-made creations and injecting nature back into their properties in this urban dominated decade. The Revenant’s bold natural Canadian settings and artist Nick Levesque’s work, take us back to raw nature and question are things as they seem or are they changing?

Can we utalise naturally grown materials, reuse and even assist bacteria growth to explore new feasible materials? Do we combine new expanding plastics with concrete to preserve? Or do we change to create new recycled mixed materials for the concrete jungles we are now surrounded in.

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REFERENCES

Bakowski, M. (2015) Cosmos Concrete 1. Retrieved from http://cargocollective.com/martabakowskidesign/Cosmosconcrete be the future of building?

Matric. (2016) Sustainable Trend. Retrieved from http://www.matrec.com/sustainable-trend e the

future of building?

Barron, C (2016) Brick 1 [Photograph]be the future of

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Apartment Therapy. (2016) 16 Eco-Friendly Kitchen Countertops. Retrieved from http://www.apartmenttherapy. com/16-ecofriendly-kitchen-counter-92116 the future of

building?

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Barron, C (2016) Hammer and Brick [Photograph]be the future

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Doornob. (2015) Constructive Concrete: Incredible Carbon-Negative Cement. Retrieved from http:// dornob.com/constructive-concreteincredible-carbon-negative-cement/ e

Architonic. (2016) Retrieved from http://www.architonic.com/pmsht/ full-bodied-porcelain-stone-analogue-

Retail Design Blog. (2015) Recyclable Magazine Furniture. Retrieved from http://retaildesignblog. net/2011/05/19/recyclablemagazine-furniture/ e the future of

Dezeen Milk. (2015) CHAYR: A COZY SEAT MADE FROM HAY AND GRASS. Retrieved from http://design-milk. com/chayr-cozy-seat-made-hay-grass/

Soest, T. (2015) Blended construction material. Retrieved from https://portmanteaur.wordpress.com/ Barron, C (2016) Brick 2 [Photograph]be the future of building?

Dezeen Milk. (2015) BIODEGRADABLE BOWLS MADE FROM FOOD WASTE Retrieved from http://design-milk. com/biodegradable-bowls-made-foodwaste/ e future of building?

Barron, C (2016) Brick 3 [Photograph]be the future of building?

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BioMason. (2014) Bricks Grown From Bacteria.

Retrieved from http://www.archdaily.com/472905/ bricks-grown-from-bacteria/ e future of building?

Neat, D. (2013) Filling polyurethane resin with used tea or coffee. Retrieved from https://davidneat.wordpress. com/2013/05/01/filling-polyurethane-resin-with-used-teaor-coffee/ e future of building?

Hemcrete. (2015) Carbon Negative Hemp Walls.

Retrieved from http://inhabitat.com/hemcrete-carbonnegative-hemp-walls-7x-stronger-than-concrete/ e future Kokoboard (n/a) Retrieved from http://tristantiteux. com/ e future of building?

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Retail Design Blog. (2015) Affordable building materials from recycled agricultural waste. Retrieved from http:// retaildesignblog.net/2011/11/03/affordable-buildingmaterials-from-recycled-agricultural-waste/ f building?

Hornwall, K & Rubin, G. (2016) http://www.dezeen. com/2016/01/02/snego-buildingblocks-salvaged-wood-natural-dyesdesign-toys/ be the future of building?

Barron, C (2016) Single Blueberry [Photograph] be the future of building?

Pinatex. (2015) Pineapple Leather. Retrieved from https://collectively.org/en/article/can-you-tell-that-this-

leather-is-made-from-pineapples/?utm_source=collectivelynlus&utm_ source=Collectively+US&utm_campaign=c0edf24860-Newsletter&utm_ medium=email&utm_term=0_7e5473bea8-c0edf24860-295322077

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Bambu. (2010) Coconut Shell Bowls.

Retrieved from http://inhabitat. com/colorful-bowls-made-from-realcoconuts-shells/ be the future of

Barron, C (2016) Pineapple and Leather [Photograph]be the future of building? Sin

The Fruit Leather Rotterdam project.

(2015) Fruit Leather (1). Retrieved from http://www.treehugger.com/ culture/dutch-designers-turn-food-

Meijer, M. (2011) Newspaperwood. Retrieved from http://materia.nl/article/innovative-materials-dutchgreen-building-week/innovative-materials-dutch-

The Fruit Leather Rotterdam project.

(2015) Fruit Leather (2). Retrieved from http://www.treehugger.com/ culture/dutch-designers-turn-food-

Amoia Studio. (2016) Sculpture No Name. Retrieved from http://trendland.com/materiality-has-no-limits/ e the future of building? Sin

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Lauri, R. (2012) Coffee Ground Lamps. Retrieved from https://asiancorrespondent.com/2012/04/designercreates-lamp-using-recycled-coffee-grounds/ be the

future of building?

Bakowski, M. (2015) Cosmos Concrete 2. Retrieved from http://cargocollective.com/martabakowskidesign/Cosmosconcrete be the future of building?

Schmid, F. (2011) Stitching Concrete. Retrieved from http://www.contemporist.com/2011/08/09/stitchingconcrete-by-florian-schmid/#more-34395 be the future

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Popular Mecanics. (2016) Water Expanding Plastic.

Retrieved from http://www.popularmechanics.com/ technology/g176/4301621/?slide=10 be the future of

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Levesque, N. (2016) No Name. Retrieved from http:// art.nicholaslevesque.com/post/137522098600 be the

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Hulsen, J & Schwabe, S. (2015) Xylinum Cones. Retrieved from http://inhabitat.com/could-bacteria-grown-materialsbe-the-future-of-building/ be the future of building?

VW Vochos. (2015) Motores Doble Carburador. Retrieved from http://vwvochos.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/motoresdoble-carburador.html e the future of building?

Bell, B. (2016) Alberta’s Bow Valley. Retrieved from http://www.atlasofwonders.com/2016/01/the-revenantfilming-locations.html the future of building?

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