Interactive quarter, plain, rift, and live sawn wood cutter for architects and designers

Furniture maker feeding a board through a tablesaw in woodshop.

Architects and designers should know how different wood cuts affect the aesthetic of their projects There’s more than one way to saw wood. And there are a lot of ways to change its appearance depending on your needs for durability and costs. Architecture and design projects can dramatically alter their budgets by altering wood cut … Read more

How to specify: Climate-positive materials

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Listen to the 20-minute podcast now iands.design editors spoke with Material Intelligence founder Kenn Busch about climate-positive materials in a far-ranging podcast. Host Robert Nieminen and Busch spoke about the impact that climate-positive materials have on human health, as well as sustainable choices, how to fight climate change, and how decorative laminates and composite woods … Read more