Quotes from the Press
New Clout for Cradle to Cradle Design
Three leaders in sustainable-design consulting are collaborating to leverage their expertise, stimulate new products, and boost "Cradle to Cradle" certification
THE INNOVATORS
Material ConneXion was recently featured in the May 20 issue of the New York Times Magazine in its story "THE INNOVATORS".
Open For Design
MSN recently featured Material ConneXion, as well as one of our recent Medium Award winners, Frano Violich, in an Open For Design online feature on materials. To see the full experience click the link above.
We Are The World
Material Connexion. The company houses thousands of material for designers to browse. Now it’s working with the Philippines to develop new prototypes, from shells to bamboo, that are harder to knock off by competing countries like China
Living in a Material World
Americans have always held a soft spot in their hearts for futuristic materials, from the amazing lightweight properties of titanium to the chance to conquer Superman with kryptonite. So it's no surprise that marketing mavens have pounced on the nation's love of revolutinary products, promoting a vast array of textiles, plastics, and metals all wielding lofty claims...
Material ConneXion was selected one of the top “LEADING EDGE INNOVATORS - a salute to 25 torchbearers lighting the way to new and better design”. This wide-ranging resource center alerts builders, architects,and manufacturers to new developments in production materials and innovative use for old materials.
Material ConneXion on the Discovery Channel's Daily Planet Show.
Take a tour of our materials resource library with Daily Planet host Natasha
Stillwell and Library Director Andrew Dent. Click on the following link and
scroll to Material World.
http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=11/30/2004
An interview with Material ConneXion Founder and President George M.
Beylerian on Business World Review hosted by Laura Wells.
Learn more about
George, his ideas and the material world.
Click on the following link to Material ConneXion and click on George's
picture.
http://businessworldreview.com/ceointer.php
Dwell Magazine - July, August 2006
Editors Note: “You must be talking about the excellent New York-based Material Connexion”
New York Times Magazine - Fall 2005
“In 1997 the two formed Material ConneXion, a materials resource library for designers, architects, engineers and manufacturers where clients like Nike and BMW visited to check out the latest fibers, gels and resins.”
The New York Times - March 14, 2002
"The Guru of Goo (And Gels, Mesh and Resin)"
Home Furnishings News - January 7, 2002
"Where do Ralph Lauren, Nike and BMW go when looking for the newest trends in materials? Where else but Material ConneXion?"
Surface - December 2001
"Where do Calvin Klein, Fendi and Fiat look for inspiration? Not just to 60's Antonioni films or musty back issues of Vogue from Gallagher on East 12th. Inspiration can be a progressive thing. The aforementioned companies, for instance, all drop by Material ConneXion-New York City's resource for artisans who are looking to create anything from a car interior to a perfume bottle to a bathroom wall"
LDB Interior Textiles - October 2001
"Exciting, exotic, expansive, and extraordinary is Material ConneXion, the Manhattan-based resource for the discovery and presentation of innovative materials"
Blueprint - April 2001
"The name says it all, with the X in ConneXion symbolizing its mission: this is the crossroads; connecting user to material"
Architectural Record - March 2001
"The search for new materials is never over at George Beylerian's resource center"
Interiors & Sources - June 2000
"Material ConneXion is is helping to define a new path - one which the public can readily understand. Material ConneXion is about new discoveries, about bringing adventurous pioneers into the mainstream"
Italian Design & International Trade - May 2000
"A unique and so far unrivaled model having typically American service and Italian fantasy, which its president and founder George Beylerian has always turned to."
Additions & Decks - May 2000
"Incorporating industrial materials in unique ways for use in the home is gaining popularity, thanks in part to Material ConneXion, a clearinghouse for all kinds of innovative products, with its own gallery space in Manhattan as well as a database and archive on the Internet."
Ottagno - May/April 2000
"The extraordinary world of Material ConneXion in New York: a research center with classifications of all materials which may be used in architecture, design and industry."
Departures - May/April 2000
"A Manhattan membership-based archive, whose mission is to play matchmaker to individuals and cutting-edge materials."
Los Angeles Times - February 2000
"In Material ConneXion's extensive archive, designers can examine the newest substances and finishes from all over the world as they ponder the home products of the future."
Form - January 1, 2000
"Between the raw materials and the finished product there is one interim step: the material. And between the materials in this world and the designers there is a mediator: George M. Beylerian."
Modo - October 1999
"Unique in its field, Material ConneXion is intended to be a focal point for designers, architects, engineers and materials manufacturers: namely a place where those who design materials and those who use them can compare ideas and suggest new ways forwards."
Metropolitan Home - September 1999
"In addition to its primary function as an inspirational playpen, Material ConneXion plays a larger educational role consulting with users and manufacturers, organizing conferences, enhancing the image of still-not-glamorous ecologically correct materials and getting the word out through the firm's website www.materialconnexion.com."
Variety - September 1999
"Material ConneXion is a clearing-house for raw materials used in industry and construction. Manufacturers from around the world submit their materials to the archive and database, which is an invaluable resource for architects and designers."
House Beautiful - November 1998
"Here designers and architects can examine some of the best and newest high-tech substances, finishes, and processes obtained from manufacturers all over the world."
Today's Homeowner - July/August 1998
"Material ConneXion, a gallery space/"petting zoo" of exotic materials in New York City."
Italia Magazine - August 1998
"Material ConneXion represents the future of material research - from titanium to composite wood - with two important guiding principles: innovation and respect for the environment."
Interior View - June 1998
"Imagine a place where creativity meets industry, design meets chemistry, and ecology meets technology. Such a place would be an amazing catalyst for innovation, a powerhouse for inspiration. Material ConneXion, opened just over one year ago, is such a place, redefining the relationships between new materials and their users."
Interior Design - May 1997
"Material ConneXion is a venue for matchmaking, a place where manufacturers and designers can meet on neutral but mutually stimulating ground."
Interiors & Sources - May 1997
"One of the most innovative influences and adventurous personalities in the American design community. George Beylerian is on the move again with his new enterprise, Material ConneXion…"
Metropolis - May 1997
"By accumulating, categorizing and making available so much information about these essential building blocks, Material ConneXion is one resource that may very well change the nature of design."
Wall Street Journal
"About 500 members including Philips, Prada, Ralph Lauren, and Estee Lauder, plus individual designers and others, have the run of Material ConneXion's stacks. Members search for inspiration for packaging, store design and visual merchandising. Trends they set can influence commercial interiors and, to a lesser extent, residential settings."
New York Times Magazine - April 1998
"Material ConneXion operates as a clearinghouse for the innovations emerging almost daily from corporate plants and scientific laboratories around the world."
I.D. Magazine - March/April 1997
"Think of it as a sample room for the whole world: New York's latest resource for designers is Material ConneXion, a center for disseminating information about new and interesting materials."
Monument
"After drowning in guilt from a more than adequate dose of retail therapy in New York, all disciples of design must check into Material ConneXion for rehabilitation. This gallery/library/database "petting zoo" will help calm those nasty consumer urges and reboot one's desire to create."
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