various materials and textures in warm orange red hues.

What’s your Material IQ? Take this no-risk 10-question quiz and find out

Published on

Reading Time: < 1 minute

Tagged with: interactive, quiz, sustainability

The following ten questions cover topics from sustainability and innovation to material safety and selection. You’ll get instant feedback from each question and final results at the end. No sign-up, email, or other info required.

Step 1 of 10

Which certification ensures that wood is harvested sustainably?

Ready to increase your material intelligence even more?

Subscribe for sustainable specifier resources. You can also contact us to book Kenn Busch for a keynote or lecture.

SUBSCRIBE NOW

Kenn Busch studio portait on black background

Article by Kenn Busch

Madison-based Kenn Busch is a journalist and the founder of Material Intelligence, a sustainability subject matter expert, and the founder of ClimatePositiveNOW.org. He is dedicated to bridging the knowledge gap between materials and sustainability for furniture and interior architecture.

More about Kenn »

You might also like

The Shores family seated in front of their sod house with chairs, barrels and a team of horses

The best way to protect the environment? Understand the inherited wealth of the land

Best way to honor nature is to use furnishings designed to last Before about 1880 in the United States, people would travel to a photographer’s studio to have their “likeness” taken. A new genre of photography developed around 1880 as photographers could bring mobile cameras with them. The result was entire families standing outside their ... Read more
Two of Thomas Chippendale's original ink-and-wash chair designs, one Chinese and one Gothic, pinned to a polished mahogany surface

Ancestral furniture designers, craftsmanship, and the nearly extinct wood you’ve probably never seen or heard of

Before Henry Ford, there were furniture makers moving through an early precursor to the assembly line. See how one famous furniture designer was almost forgotten to history.

Material Intelligence proudly partners with these great organizations

Arauco AWFS Bierson Blum BTD Caron CGS Chemtal Closets Columbia Dackor DHA E.B. Bradley Egger FDMC Freama Tech Genesis Global Connect Heimtextil I.S. Interprint Interzum Jacaranda Keyland Kiri Toppan Lamitech Lunawood Messe Frankfurt Metropolis NeoCon NHLA Northern Contours Northstar NWH OFS Onyx Panolam Profol Renolit Richelieu Richlite Riken Sicam SSI Stevenswood Tafisa Uniboard Weinig Holz-Her
Material Intelligence logo

A deep-dive materials resource for interior designers, architects and students. Find material guides, global trend coverage, certified educational content, designer interviews, and more.

LinkedIn Instagram

©2026 Material Intelligence. All Rights Reserved.