A library for materials

ORIGINAL: The Economist / Material Connexion

Material ConneXion (materialconnexion.com) (A Sandow Company) is the leading global platform for material solutions and innovations. Built on the belief that Every Idea has a Material Solution™, we are the trusted advisor for Fortune 500's, smaller forward-thinking companies, and government agencies seeking a creative or competitive edge through strategic material selections. With offices in New York, Bangkok, Beijing, Cologne, Daegu, Istanbul, Milan, Seoul, and Shanghai, Material ConneXion's international network of material specialists provide a global, cross-industry perspective on materials, sustainable alternatives, and their potential uses.

Sandow, a leader in publishing and in building multichannel, vertically integrated brands, acquired Material ConneXion in May of 2011, establishing a merger of forces from the design, materials and publishing realms.

Material ConneXion maintains the largest subscription-based Materials Library of innovative materials and processes in the world—an indispensable asset to a wide audience of designers and architects and a vital tool for the development of design, industry and economy.

Andrew Dent, vice-president of Material ConneXion in New York and keeper of a library of innovations, explains how recycling and biomimicry will shape the materials of the future