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EDITED BY BLAINE BROWNELL

Transm m ate at e rial A C ATA L O G O F M AT E R I A L S T H AT REDEFINE OUR PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS NEW YORK

T O H E AT H E R , B L A I N E , & D AV I S

Published by Princeton Architectural Press 37 East Seventh Street, New York, NY 10003 For a free catalog of books, call 1-800-722-6657 Visit our web site at www.papress.com ©2006 Princeton Architectural Press All rights reserved Printed and bound in China 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 First edition No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the publisher, except in the context of reviews. Every reasonable attempt has been made to identify owners of copyright. Errors or omissions will be corrected in subsequent editions. Editing: Jennifer N. Thompson Design: Paul G. Wagner Special thanks to: Nettie Aljian, Dorothy Ball, Nicola Bednarek, Janet Behning, Megan Carey, Becca Casbon, Penny (Yuen Pik) Chu, Russell Fernandez, Jan Haux, Clare Jacobson, John King, Mark Lamster, Nancy Eklund Later, Linda Lee, Katharine Myers, Lauren Nelson, Jane Sheinman, Scott Tennent, Joe Weston, and Deb Wood of Princeton Architectural Press —Kevin C. Lippert, publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brownell, Blaine Erickson, 1970– Transmaterial : a catalog of materials that redefine our physical environment / Blaine E. Brownell. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 1-56898-563-0 1. Materials—Technological innovations. 2. Materials—Catalogs. I. Title. TA403.6.B76 2006 620.1’1—dc22 2005025497 DISCLAIMER: Princeton Architectural Press and the author make no warranties or representations concerning these products or their use.

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

INTRODUCTION

6

P R O D U C T PA G E K E Y

12

01: CONCRETE

15

02: MINERAL

33

0 3 : M E TA L

49

04: WOOD

81

05: PLASTIC + RUBBER

99

06: GLASS

14 5

0 7 : PA I N T + PA P E R

16 9

0 8 : FA B R I C

18 3

09: LIGHT

203

10 : D I G I TA L

217

DESIGNER INDEX

231

MANUFACTURER INDEX

232

PRODUCT INDEX

234

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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I N T R O D U C T I O N : A M AT E R I A L R E V O L U T I O N

You may have noticed it when passing by an electroluminescent store display, hearing about your neighbor’s recycled-glass countertops, using your new conductive plastic-powered mobile phone, or reading about selfcleaning paint: we live in a time of unprecedented material innovations that are affecting our lives. The accelerated pace of these innovations and the breadth of their applications have enhanced our awareness about new products and the ways in which they are transforming our physical environment. In fact, there are so many new and unusual materials in the marketplace that a cottage industry of boutique services has emerged to assess and endorse them. While it is difficult to project real numbers, it has become a widely held belief that more new products have been developed in the last twenty years than in the prior history of materials science. Indeed, when one evaluates the diverse and fa