Materials: Rubber

Noodle Block Cubes represent intriguing experiments in digitally fabricated three-dimensional cellular structures that may be compressed and return to their original form.

Trans material, Noodle Block Cube : http://transmaterial.net/index.php/2007/08/04/noodle-block-cube/

Acousticel is an acoustic insulation material made from 100% recycled rubber.

Trans material, Acousticel : http://transmaterial.net/index.php/2005/12/07/acousticel/

Zcell is an engineered foaming cell-structure technology that provides customizable material solutions related to protection requirements.

Trans material, Zcell : http://transmaterial.net/index.php/2011/02/04/zcell/

L.E.D Dance Floor

Illuminated dance floors are nothing new. In the seventies they where all the rage, the problem was that dancers flared hot pants would cover the floor panels and kill the effect. Now, flares or not, the illuminated dance floor is back, this time in LED form. Using the latest in pressure sensitive LED technology, these panels are designed to interact with club goers moves as well as D.J's sets. Special plug ins can be downloaded into the D.Js computer equipment allowing an entire set to be pre programmed where the music and lights work together. The panels are not restricted to work only on dance floors and can be fitted to walls, bar tops and Lionel Ritchie's favorite place to dance, ceilings. by Bill T

Credits: The Coolhunter

Blue Frog Lounge - Mumbai

Everybody is going crazy about Mumbai's Blue Frog, opened earlier this year. It's a 1,000-square-meter complex that includes a club, restaurant, lounge, sound stage, recording studio and sound lab, all encased within the massive walls of an old warehouse in Mumbai's mill district. The Blue Frog Club interior may remind you of those delirious nights at the end-of-summer Exhibition with its midway games, roller coasters and dizzy-making rides. Or you may suddenly start channeling Queen Amidala, addressing the StarWarsian Senate from her floating pod. Luckily, Blue Frog does its dizzying job in a way that is totally stylish - not a tacky thing or overdone costume in sight. And everyone's table is definitely on level ground, although it does not appear so first.

Designers Chris Lee and Kapil Gupta formerly of Chris Lee Architects and Contemporary Urban, and now of Serie (London and Mumbai) have managed to create a cohesive yet exciting space by stripping the visual cues down to a only a few very strong ones.

The equilibrium-challenging effect is achieved by the clever surround-millwork that uses a circle as its main form. The mahogany-paneled millwork circles each round table, forming circular booths or pods in somewhat varying shapes at various levels, guaranteeing great sightlines for all. Not wanting to compete with the lighting or other embellishments of the stage acts, the interior is dark except for the top surface of the booths.

The glowing back-lit resin surfaces tie the seating area together even when a stage show is on, and make it a bit easier to gain one's bearings in the otherwise dark space. Like seating in a Roman amphitheatre, the pods circle and rise from a stage area that can also double as standing room or dance floor in a club set-up. Acts from India and from around the world are starting to make Blue Frog Mumbai's hottest club. By Tuija Seipell

Credits: The Coolhunter

Materials: Interactive

Trans material, Interactable : http://transmaterial.net/index.php/2009/09/19/interactable/

Trans material, Interactive ceramic light wall : http://transmaterial.net/index.php/2009/11/04/tiled-wall/

Trans material, Lightfader- interactive light floor : http://transmaterial.net/index.php/2009/10/10/lightfader/

Trans material, Fabcell : http://transmaterial.net/index.php/2009/09/04/fabcell/

Materials: Lightings

LED Dance floor : http://www.thevenuedresser.co.uk/pages/funkydancefloorpics.html

LED lighting system

LED Cube displays 3D images: http://www.geekologie.com/2008/04/3d_led_cubes_are_out_of_this_w.php

EXIT is a custom exit light produced for the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas, where fortytwo fixtures are installed. Interloop A/D designed and fabricated the exit lights, working directly with engineers, fabricators, UL technicians, and the graphic design firm 2×4. With EXIT the majority of electronics are detached from the lamp itself so that the acrylic letters E-X-I-T and the minimal stainless steel brackets are the only visible elements.

Trans material, EXIT : http://transmaterial.net/index.php/2009/10/17/exit/

Look at them lights!

Interesting lightings in bars and restaurants Tazmania Ballroom - Hong Kong

Tom Dixon’s career has taken him from discovering the idea for the S-bend chair while welding motorcycle parts, to being one of the hottest designers of lighting, furniture and interiors, and to occupying the chair of Creative Director at the venerable Finnish Artek. Dixon’s latest showpiece, Tazmania Ballroom in Hong Kong, opened recently in the Central District (Lan Kwai Fong) where more than 100 bars, restaurants and entertainment venues attract people from around the world. Coquine Bar - London The Decanterlights are truly one of a kind, each made from lead crystal decanters that have been hand sourced from antique markets and vintage shops by Broom and his team. Hung together in clusters at Coquine to create a warm glow amongst the eclectic surroundings, the Decanterlights have already created such a stir that Broom has decided to build on the concept to develop a collection that will soon be available to purchase in either clear crystal or with a contemporary polished gold finish. SOUND Phuket night club SOUND’s design theme, realized by Orbit Design Studio (Bangkok, London and Tokyo) in association with Bed Supper Club, is the human ear in all of its super-human awesomeness, so everything in the interior is rounded, curved and tubular. While mimicking the human body, the SOUND environment with its intense audio and visual effects offers a surreal, out-of-body sci-fi experience. L'Arc Paris

The bar feature with yellow light shine through material and bar top is very stunning and give the comfortable feels as well as classic.

Credits: The Coolhunter

Sleep Box - Mini Hotels

In a world where people appreciate good design everywhere, cool mini hotel rooms are the latest ‘it’ trend. In Tokyo, the Capsule Inn exemplifies the bare-essentials hotel rooms for brief use, and similar concepts are popping up at airports, train stations and downtowns around the world, replacing and mimicking the “day rooms” already existing at many airports.

Unlike Tokyo’s bed-only cabins where customers climb into a human equivalent of a honeycomb for a night’s rest, Yotel pods at Gatwick and Heathrow airports in London and Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam come in larger and more comfortable formats. These self-contained mini hotel rooms are equipped with a bed, table, HD TV and Wi-Fi.

Along with an airport version of the rest pod, equipped with the usual, high-tech necessities offered by other companies, Arch Group has also designed an easy-to-relocate version fit for hostels. A small, mobile compartment, 2m (l) x 1.4m (w) x 2.3m (h), SleepBox is made of wood and MDF. SleepBox is meant to “allow very efficient use of available space and, if necessary, a quick change of layout”, making it perfect for hostels where demand and space available often come in conflict with each other. The hostel-specific SleepBox features bunk beds, flip-out tables and sockets for computers or phone chargers and not much else.

Credits: The Coolhunter