Photo gallery

  • Base Structures provided 3D fabric facades for several Olympic venues, including the Velodrome. Photo: Base Structures
  • Photo: Jeongmoon Choi
  • "When drawing with wool threads or cotton yarn, the instrument and material are not separate and the hand has tactile contact with both," says Ursula Panhans-Buhler, writing about Jeongmoon Choi. Photo: Jeongmoon Choi
  • COTA's VIP customers experienced the GRAND AM of the Americas beneath well-engineered, modern cantilevered shade structures. Photo: TUUCI
  • Photo: GuildWorks LLC
  • The Yoga Temple at the Envision Festival 2012 in Costa Rica provided shade for morning yoga classes and mid-day workshops, using local bamboo for support and custom-dyed stretch fabric. Photo: GuildWorks LLC
  • Photo: Baytex Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
  • Photo: Roder HTS Hocker GmbH
  • Photo: Eventstar Structures Corp.
  • New York City's $26 million, five-acre former shipping pier is now home to three multipurpose recreation areas, offering spectacular views of the urban landscape and waterfront. Photo provided by Value Vinyls
  • Shade Systems Inc., Ocala, Fla., designed and engineered custom "sail" canopies for the Pier 5 ballfield at Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York. Each canopy is over 45 feet across and soars 31 feet above the ground. Photos provided by Value Vinyls
  • The Audience of the Emperor (or The Chinese Prince's Audience) Photo: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  • RAL certification requires launderers to prove they are following ongoing quality assurance procedures. Unannounced, external audits are regularly carried out on certification holders. Photo: Hohenstein Institute
  • Aaron Hunzinger’s wine rack design used Sunbrella 4672 (heather beige) and 4828 (mahogany stripe) awning fabric, along with a ceramic tile top and lacquered pine. Photo: Ahdidit Lighting and Creations
  • The Golden Portals in a bright gold color shined during the day to encourage festival attendees to wander out into the forest, and glowed brightly at night to direct foot traffic through the forest between stages.
  • The Electric Trees in deep purple interspersed throughout the forest actually looked electric with night lighting, creating a fantasyland environment. The hollow trees were also a popular spot to gather, with room for about 20 people.
  • PowerParking allows people to charge electric cars with solar power while their shade reduces air conditioning needs. Photo: The Solar Cloth Company Ltd.
  • A team of researchers working at Rice University in Houston, Texas, has developed a process for CNTs that look and feel like textile thread, but conduct heat and electricity as well as metal wires. Photo: Jeff Fitlow, Rice University
  • Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are called “the prima donna of nanomaterials,” difficult to work with despite their exquisite potential. Photo: D. Tsentalovich, Rice University
  • Photo: David Saidden
  • The Rubber Duck appeals to young and old, but Florentijn Hofman wanted to make a larger point. All the harbors “are connected to the local seas, and all of these seas are part of one big ocean,” says festival director Bertels. Photo: Trey Ratcliff
  • Photo: Dainese & AGV
  • D-air® is a protection technology platform that uses an intelligent system to detect dangerous situations and inflate special air bags around the body, sometimes within milliseconds. Photo: Dainese & AGV
  • Photo: Dainese & AGV
  • Photo: MPOWERD Inc.
  • Photo: MPOWERD Inc.
  • Photo: MPOWERD Inc.
  • Photo: MPOWERD Inc.
  • Energy-poor families living on less than $1.25 per day can buy Luci for $10, saving $100-300 per year on kerosene costs and reducing CO2 emissions. MPOWERD™ Inc. has also launched a “buy one, get one” program. Photo: MPOWERD Inc.