Kenn Busch

1 week ago | iands.design | Robert Nieminen |Carrie Meadows |Kenn Busch

Journalist, educator, and sustainability subject-matter expert Kenn Busch and i+s are gearing up for a meaningful examination of the role of materials in commercial design with the latest iteration of the Material Intelligence: Destination NeoCon Pavilion this June. Visitors will find the next evolution of this interactive experience on the seventh floor (Location 7-5067) at The Mart in Chicago.

Aug 23, 2024 | metropolismag.com | Kenn Busch

BASED ON RECENT focus groups, dozens of conversations with A&D specifiers, and research I’ve done creating CEUs on materials and sustainability, here is a story of the impacts of forest products. Through science, practical wisdom, and historical context, let’s explore our relationship with the only infinitely renewable building material we have—wood. 01 How is wood sourced? 02 What about reclaimed wood and wood composites? 03  How does wood help with decarbonization?

Mar 19, 2024 | metropolismag.com | Kenn Busch

Discover 10 products that make use of recycled, recyclable, or renewable materials or are designed for reuse, disassembly, and repair. Circularity is the ultimate goal for sustainable buildings. To get to a circular economy, we need to embrace incremental progress with the same enthusiasm as quantum leaps. Ideally, architects should build with circular products, materials, and components that become part of, or even food for, future buildings.

Jan 9, 2024 | iands.design | Kenn Busch |Lauren Brant |Robert Nieminen

Circularity: it’s the final frontier, as Captain Kirk said (sort of). It’s a future where the concept of waste has become a relic of the past and a closed-loop economy is not just policy, it’s a way of life. We’re boldly going where no industry has gone before.

Jun 1, 2023 | woodworkingnetwork.com | Kenn Busch

Design Material Intelligence: Polypropylene trending at Milan Milan’s Design Week and Salone del Mobile exhibition are the Holy Grail of furniture design, and not only for furniture dealers and designers. Top materials suppliers also flock to Milan, often for inspiration, and sometimes just to confirm their own designs are "on trend."Profol, a manufacturer of cast polypropylene (PP) engineered film for decorative surfaces from Germany, is one of these suppliers.