BlingCrete™ will be on display in the THINK:Material feature exhibit at IIDEX/NeoCon Toronto, Canada on September 22 and 23, 2011. THINK:Material is an interactive exhibit curated by International Materials Consultant Jim Salazar, that showcases innovative materials from across the globe. www.thinkmaterial.ca www.iidexneocon.com

tl.mag discovered the new generation of materials for product development, design and architecture during Material Vision in Frankfurt. Lightness, and its different interpretations, was a recurring theme. tl.mag presents BlingCrete™ as its favourite innovation. www.tlmagazine.be

BlingCrete™ is nominated for the 2012 German Design Award. Only works that are both pioneering and marketable, and indeed have already proved that they are fit for market, are short-listed. The competition aims to identify, present, and reward innovative and international design trends.  

  Exhibition with BlingCrete™ by Heike Klussmann and Thorsten Klooster at the National Glass Centre NGC, Sunderland. 18 March – 10 July 2011 One of the most striking architectural developments over the last 50 years has been the increasing presence of glass façades (…) affecting both our environment and people’s lives. Façade: Through a Glass Darkly...

BlingCrete Presentation and Innovation Workshop for Designers and Architects with BlingCrete at DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2011: 2 – 4 June 2011 Heike Klussmann & Thorsten Klooster give a talk about BlingCrete: Friday 3 June, 11.30 am, at DMY (Airport Berlin Tempelhof) http://dmy-berlin.com/en/festival/2011-2/materials/ www.blingcrete.com

Material Vision – the trade fair revolving around the subject of materials for product development, design and architecture – is a platform for the professional dialogue between the materials industry and the creative sector. “With a special joint stand, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie – BMWi) is promoting...

BlingCrete™ is a winner of this year´s Design Plus award. The Design Plus award honours excellent and especially innovative design. Biennial during the Material Vision fair the Design Plus designation is given to products developed and manufactured by involving innovative materials or processing techniques. At the Material Vision competition manufacturers of different branches, designers and...

“Membranes Surfaces Boundaries – Creating Interstices” | Exhibition at Forum for Architecture Aedes in Berlin This exhibition presents works made of BlingCrete™ by artist Heike Klussmann, architect Thorsten Klooster, and works of designer and artist Susanna Hertrich, and designer Clemens Winkler. In projects and experiments, they demonstrate the reciprocal action between the theoretical and material...

In his new book Material Revolution – Sustainable Multi-Purpose Materials for Design, Sascha Peters is presenting new environmentally compatible materials and production methods, including BlingCrete™ – Light reflecting concrete as an example. Dr. Sascha Peters is a material consultant and chief executive officer of the firm haute innovation.

Birkhäuser`s ”Smart Surfaces and their Application in Architecture and Design” is presenting BlingCrete™ as as a new development in the field of surface technologies that will influence the ways in which materials can be used in architecture, interior design and design. The book is about the process of creating smart surfaces, leading via the perception of the associated...