Material of the Month (2013 – 2020)

by 2. January 2021

MAKE ACRYLIC ONE MATERIAL OF THE MONTH
Material of the Month is an ongoing project where MAKE. offers new or unconsidered materials to be used in the projects of our BURG students. The only condition to document and share the ideas and experiments which have been realized with the sponsored material. For current or upcoming “Material of the Month” editions, please check our Weblog.

Suggestions?
Of course we would like to get your opinion. What is your substance of desire? Feel free to send your suggestions to make(at)burg-halle.de and we will do our best in getting your stuff at the BURG for future experiments.

What happened so far

2020
– Material Vending Machine: Corona created the “Materialautomat”
2019
– Material of the Month: Scrap Glass
– Material of the Month: Hanji Paper
– Material of the Month: Piñatex Vegan Leather Alternative
– Material of the Month: ThermHex Honeycomb Panels
2018
– Material of the Month: RELEA Recycled Leather
– Material of the Month: Precious Plastic
2017
– Material of the Month: Corn-based Bricks
– Material of the Month: Stone Paper
2016
– Material of the Month: Dutch Design Trash (Reuse)
– Material of the Month: Concrete Canvas
2015
– Material of the Month: Used Truck Tarps supported by FREITAG
– Material of the Month: Seaweed (with Julia Lohmann)
– Material of the Month: Mushroom (Die Welt)
– Material of the Month: 3D Printing (at the Digitale Werkstatt)
2014
– Material of the Month: Salt (Video)
– Material of the Month: Polycaprolactone (Video)
– Material of the Month: Beeswax (Video)
– Material of the Month: Tyvek (Video)
2013
– Material of the Month: Latex (Video)
– Material of the Month: Bamboo (Video)
– Material of the Month: Acrylic One (Video)
– Material of the Month: Kraftplex (Video)


Materialautomat @Burg Galerie

· by 1. July 2020
#materialautomat – since mid-June 2020 you can find our material vending machine in the Volkspark in front of the exhibition of the Burg Galerie. #get it – at the vending machine you can draw a surprise package with a donation of 5 cents, each of which contains a material. #make it – various experiments can be tried out at home with the material: melting, combining, deforming, gluing, heating. #share it – under the hashtag #materialautomat and #burgmaterial, the results can be shared on Instagram and exchanged.
Stay up to date on our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/burgmaterial

Material Snack: Glassworkshop (20.11.)

· by 18. November 2019

Material Snack: Cotton Wool Experiments

· by 20. May 2019

2019_05 MATERIAL SNACK COTTON WOOL

Photos: Norman Seils


Material of the Month: Piñatex – Vegan Leather Alternative

· by 24. April 2019

MATERIAL SNACK PINATEX


Exhibition: “Raise the Bar” at the Burg Material Collection

· by 15. January 2019

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100x five meters roof batten

Students of the design foundation course present works from material.form.object.

What is the potential of a roof batten?
What can you do with it in only two days?
How intimate can you get?
By what ways can the long, coarse wood be formed into an individualized object?

An exhibition in the Burg Material Collection

Opening at 16.1.2019 at 12.00
Introduction Prof. Reiner Maria Matysik

Exhibition from 16.1-5.4.2019
Download Invitation (PDF)


Material of the Month: Recycled Leather

· by 22. May 2018

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Our next Material of the Month is a new type of leather material called “RELEA”. The material is made of recycled leather scrap for applications in fashion, furniture, products, crafts and more. – Designer Thomas Beck will be presenting the material and provides BURG students (free) material samples for experimentation.


Material Snack: Design with Grind Competition

· by 23. April 2018

Material Snack: Lecture on Lightweight Materials

· by 12. December 2017

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Material Snack: Lecture on Innovative Concrete

· by 20. October 2017

MATERIAL SNACK BETON