Paint

Letters Bookshelf

Pieter de Leeuw just graduated as an Industrial Designer, and this project is his thesis. The project consists in letters that have various colours that can be arranged to the user’s liking. The letters are made of EPS with a wear-resistant coating.

Contact:
Pieter de Leeuw
Tel: 0614578002
Email: pieter.deleeuw@hotmail.com
Website: www.deleeuwdesign.nl

Reben

Developed by Japan-based Suzuran Corporation, Reben is an environmentally remediating paint made from 100 percent natural ingredients. Created as a response to sick-building syndrome and poor indoor-air quality, Reben emits no harmful volatile organic compounds and actually cleans the air.

The environmentally friendly coating, which means “alive” in German, is comprised of powdered Japanese washi paper, seaweed glue, scallop-shell powder, titanium dioxide, and natural pigments. Washi naturally controls humidity, absorbing moisture during the summer and releasing it during the winter. Scallop-shell powder prevents mold and bacteria growth, as well as flame-spread. Titanium dioxide acts as a photocatalyst, deodorising the air and absorbing pollution when the paint surface is illuminated.

Despite its completely natural and edible composition, Reben is a durable coating that is preferable to wallpaper. Its textured surface conveys a plasterlike richness, and it is available in a variety of textures, colours, and integrated natural grasses. Reben has no chemical glues or dyes that would negate its positive effects.

Contact:
YDNY
57 East 11th Street. 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003, USA
Phone: 212-228-0223
Fax: 212-505-3158

Url: www.ydny.com

E-Mail: yoshi@ydny.com