Luminescent Gravel

Mixing glow-in-the-dark particles with flooring materials, the Dutch company S. Lövenstein BV created one of those no-fuss design fixes that improves safety and convenience. The substance has limitless applications for things like signage or guide strips with the ability to be evenly and seamlessly distributed throughout a surface and masked into shapes and patterns. Integrated with contrasting colors, it serves a purpose in both light …

Friends With You Mimobots

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Jimenez Lai

A simple description of written up but now he's breaking through with an exhibition at Los Angeles' Junc Gallery. Teaming up with Materials & Applications, a research center that promotes the new and underutilized (good) ideas for landscape, architecture and art, Lai's installation, "Phalanstery Module" will open in April in M&A's outdoor exhibition space. (Check out our video on M&A for more info on what …