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Founded by a team of creative experts, passionate about design, we’re a leading destination for discovering a wealth of products and surfaces for your projects.

Sheila Bird's new HQ for Stockport based contractor TMT playfully celebrates The Art of Construction - an absolute maste...
26/11/2025

Sheila Bird's new HQ for Stockport based contractor TMT playfully celebrates The Art of Construction - an absolute masterclass in playful, tactile design 😍 - https://www.materialsource.co.uk/sheila-birds-new-hq-for-stockport-based-contractor-playfully-celebrates-the-art-of-construction/

The vibrant products specified are from a range of brands including Material Source Studio Partners: Agua Fabrics, Autex Acoustics, Camira Fabrics, CDUK, Crown Paints, Forbo Flooring Systems, Sixteen3 Ltd, Smile Plastics, The Good Plastic Company.

📸 Josh Kemp Smith

Much Peace, Love and Joy by Japanese creative unit SPREAD is an immersive installation born from a desire to evoke happi...
24/11/2025

Much Peace, Love and Joy by Japanese creative unit SPREAD is an immersive installation born from a desire to evoke happiness through colour.

Presented at We Design Beirut 2025, the installation explores the emotional resonance of colour through two distinct configurations. One being a net installation where hand-torn shapes float freely in space, and the second a framed series in which colour appears to hover within defined boundaries. Discover more: https://www.materialsource.co.uk/spread-positions-colour-as-a-catalyst-for-joy-and-vitality-at-we-design-beirut-2025/

📸 Image credits: Dia Mrad / Youssef Itani

Explore Roar's groundbreaking LEED Gold Certified Montessori environment for PIF Daycare Centre in Riyadh: https://www.m...
21/11/2025

Explore Roar's groundbreaking LEED Gold Certified Montessori environment for PIF Daycare Centre in Riyadh: https://www.materialsource.co.uk/explore-roars-groundbreaking-leed-gold-certified-montessori-environment-for-pif-daycare-centre-in-riyadh/

Rooted in the Montessori philosophy, Roar's design aims to foster social, cognitive, motor, and language skills among young children. "Inspired by neuroarchitecture, which recognises how spaces can deeply impact behaviour and emotions, we have created an environment where every element is tailored to nurture curiosity, comfort, and a sense of belonging,” comments Pallavi Dean, founder and creative director of Roar.

📸 Credit: Yasser Ibrahim

The new Mixture tile range, offering a fresh interpretation of the classic terrazzo aesthetic, is available now only at ...
20/11/2025

The new Mixture tile range, offering a fresh interpretation of the classic terrazzo aesthetic, is available now only at Parkside Architectural Tiles.

Bringing a timeless elegance combined with a modern colour palette, Mixture’s design features delicate flecks, giving the surface an authentic and natural look, inspired by the traditions of Venetian terrazzo. The collection comes in a versatile 4.8x45cm format, 12 x colourways, and has an EPD available. Discover more: https://www.materialsource.co.uk/introducing-mixture-a-fresh-interpretation-of-the-classic-terrazzo-aesthetic-only-available-at-parkside-/

A defining feature of the Exchange Quay campus has always been its huge-scale wayfinding totems. Once a uniform, monochr...
18/11/2025

A defining feature of the Exchange Quay campus has always been its huge-scale wayfinding totems. Once a uniform, monochromatic orange, taken from the campus’s feature brand colours, the striking totems have now been transformed in the course of a new environmental branding scheme by Jasper Sanders + Partners to form a vibrant, contemporary and ever-changing experience of colour, angles and light, mirroring the campus’s fluid interchange of people, work and ideas. Discover more: https://www.materialsource.co.uk/from-landmark-to-living-campus-jsp-reimagines-campus-totems-at-exchange-quay/

📸 Gunner Gu

Cigarette filters, shells, and hair extensions will all be transformed for Green Grads London.Waste becomes a valuable r...
13/11/2025

Cigarette filters, shells, and hair extensions will all be transformed for Green Grads London.

Waste becomes a valuable resource in the hands of the Green Grads, with the fifth cohort exhibiting this weekend in Hackney, London (15/16 November).

Creative use of waste is the main preoccupation for Green Grads at Yorkton Workshops, the upcoming November show of eco-conscious projects from 25 recent graduates of UK universities. This unique spread of talent is returning for the second time to the gallery of Pearson Lloyd design practice in East London for this coming weekend. Discover more, here: https://www.materialsource.co.uk/cigarette-filters-shells-and-hair-extensions-will-all-be-transformed-for-green-grads-london/

📸 Images courtesy of Green Grads / exhibitors

SpaceInvader has completed the interior design of Stockroom, a transformative £14.5m cultural and creative hub in the he...
12/11/2025

SpaceInvader has completed the interior design of Stockroom, a transformative £14.5m cultural and creative hub in the heart of Stockport.

It was a key talking point at our recent Greater Manchester Property Outlook roundtable, where SpaceInvader founder/director, John Williams, and AEW director, Phil Hepworth were guests. And now having opened its doors it has been brilliantly received by the local community and beyond.

Commissioned by Stockport Council and funded through the Future High Streets Fund, the 30,537sq ft project reimagines a series of previously underused retail units as a dynamic and inclusive new creative hub, designed for learning, creativity, and community connection.

Discover more: https://www.materialsource.co.uk/spotlight-on-stockport-transformative-new-cultural-and-creative-hub-stockroom-by-spaceinvader/

Interior design: SpaceInvader
Architectural collaborators: AEW
Brand strategists: Boardroom Consulting
Branding designers: Studio DBD
Murals: Mike Sian Studio

📸 Courtesy of Stockport Council

📢 The programme for the first-ever Assemble with Material Matters conference has been announced.The event, which takes p...
12/11/2025

📢 The programme for the first-ever Assemble with Material Matters conference has been announced.

The event, which takes place on Thursday 20 November, at the Bank of England Conference Centre, promises to be a lively mix of keynote lectures and panel discussions that focus on three key threads: fashion, transport, and housing. Click here to see the line-up in full: https://www.materialsource.co.uk/programme-unveiled-for-material-matters-assemble/

The V&A has announced that V&A East Museum, designed by architects O’Donnell + Tuomey, will open on East Bank in Queen E...
06/11/2025

The V&A has announced that V&A East Museum, designed by architects O’Donnell + Tuomey, will open on East Bank in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 18 April 2026.

Co-created with young people, creatives, and those living, working and studying in east London, V&A East Museum celebrates making and creativity’s power to bring change around the world. Take a first look, here: https://www.materialsource.co.uk/new-va-east-museum-will-celebrate-making-and-creativitys-power-to-bring-change/

📸 V&A East Museum on East Bank, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. © Niall Hodson for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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Material Source is an online magazine for architects and designers worldwide, exploring a wealth of materials and interiors to inspire your next projects.

From wood, glass, ceramic and concrete to vinyl, paint, textiles and recycled materials, we share the latest in industry news, showcase new products and surfaces from emerging and established designers, makers and manufacturers around the world, and we take a closer look at the people and practices who use these materials every day.

Answering to a growing appetite to discover how things are made, we look at how specifiers and makers choose materials, the challenges they face and the thought process behind specifying for their projects or products.

Launched in September 2018, our aim is simple – to inspire and inform as well as celebrate the importance of the materials that bring products and interiors to life, especially ones with outstanding environmental content.