Designed to Engage

Materials for learning environments

project: Hans Christian Anderson Exhibit: Greatest Fairy Talematerial: Varia Ecoresin®–Various Woven Colorsfirm: Ralph Appelbaum Associates

“Engaging spaces enable us to relate successfully to our environments and… become a place of exploration, discovery, and developing environmental awareness.”

—MARK DUDEK Children’s Spaces

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A Sensory EducationInstitutional spaces compel, commemorate, reinvent and most importantly engage inhabitants. Invigorate your designs with refreshing elements such as custom imagery, bold color, intriguing textures and natural organics. Design to captivate, cultivate and connect.

Design to the power of 3form.

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project: CSUS, Stanislaus, CAmaterial: Varia Ecoresin®–Pure White, Ocean Mist, Gulfstreamfirm: Perkins + Will

Communal Areasanything but common

Expansive lobbies, atriums, and meeting areas – large public spaces hold amazing opportunity for engaging installations. Create large-scale focal points that elevate the mind to higher learning, reinforce an architectural theme or give an overall sense of awe.

1. 3form Architecture delivers support for large installations requiring complex geometry and precise installation.

2. 3form Fabrication can create heat-formed curves, custom shapes, large mitered boxes and more.

3. Make a bold, lasting statement with complete design freedom.

“The challenge was to create a feature from the large seismic base structure for the observatory on the roof. The solution was to incorporate a strong sustainable material in natural, aquatic tones, to reinforce the green mission of the environmental biology studied within the building.”

—KAREN CRIBBINS-KUKLIN Perkins + Will

Bring communities together with inspired design.

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project: CIT Aerospace Lobby, CAmaterial: Varia Ecoresin–Pattern Cut Filmfirm: John Friedman Alice Kimm AIA

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project: Timberland Headquarters, NYmaterial: Varia Ecoresin®–Birch Grove: Custom Lay-Upfirm: Cubellis a/r environetics

“The goal was to create a new aesthetic communicating authentic existence, innovative vision and respect for nature.”

— ANNIE LEE, IIDA, LEED AP Sr. Project Designer

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project: Corporate Learning Center, WAmaterial: Chroma–Renewfirm: NBBJ–Los Angeles

project: Sinai Academy, CAmaterial: Chroma®–Various Colorsfirm: Studio Pali Fekete Architects

Corridors a path to learning

Enliven transitional spaces with intriguing color, inspiring organic materials and interesting architectural elements.

1. 3form material is durable and easy to maintain for high use areas.

2. Use 3form panels to divide space and define traffic flow.

3. Varia Ecoresin has greater than 40 times the impact strength of glass.

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Signageproper identification

Eliminate confusion in public spaces with eye-catching signage. Bold colors, natural elements or custom imagery will help identifying marks stand out and leave patrons free to learn and explore.

1. 3form offers materials suitable for both interior and exterior use.

2. 3form Fabrication can etch logos and copy into 3form Varia Ecoresin®, Chroma® and Glass.

3. Use 3form HighRes to create durable custom signage.

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project: UCSD, CAmaterial: Varia Ecoresin–Bali

firm: Carrier Johnson

project: Mondavi, CAmaterial: Varia Ecoresin–Pure Color

firm: Fuel Creative Group

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project: Healthcare REIT, TNmaterial: 1/2" Chroma–Various Colors, 3form Cablefirm: Gresham, Smith & Partners

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project: Museum of Tolerance, CAmaterial: Chroma® Clear

firm: Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design

project: Cal State Fullerton Performance Hall, CAmaterial: Varia Ecoresin®–Pure White

firm: Pfeiffer Partners

Concert Hallsa visual symphony

In prominent performance spaces, design is more than what it sounds like. Use glowing 3form translucent material to transform any large performance space. Use custom fabrication to insert dramatic architectural elements. With 3form it is possible to create spaces that perform at the same intensity as the artists on stage.

1. 3form Fabrication can form panels any radius, for precise acoustical requirements.

2. Translucent 3form material provides an innovative element to any traditional performance space.

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project: Lincoln Center–Alice Tully Hall, NYmaterial: Varia Ecoresin–Custom Wood Veneer

firm: Diller Scofidio + Renfro

“The resin panels form a band around the front of the hall… LED bulbs are mounted behind the panels, so that with a button’s touch, a variable amber glow emerges in a diffused band.”

— DANIEL J. WAKIN, As quoted to the New York Times

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Public Librarya new chapter for design

Stacks and stacks of books, constant silence, libraries can be drab and dreary. Infuse life with organic material, bright and open colors and captivating shapes.

1. 3form Shapes, Continuous Pattern – transform ordinary walls or partitions into captivating architectural elements.

2. Varia Ecoresin® encapsulates a variety of real organic elements to breathe life into dark spaces.

3. Don’t be limited by the material you need – with 3form C3* color matching system, you can specify the color you want in the material your application requires.

C3 Color matching system is subject of one or more patents pending

project: Encinitas Community Library, CAmaterial: Varia Ecoresin–Bear Grass firm: Yamada Enterprises

Captivate minds and enthrall the senses with engaging materials.

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project: Saatchi + Saatchi, CAmaterial: Varia Ecoresin–Various Colors

firm: Shubin + Donaldson Architects

“We combined 3form Varia Ecoresin panels in a seemingly random pattern to accent the wood and create general graphic interest.” —RUSSELL SHUBIN, AIA, PRINCIPAL

Shubin + Donaldson Architect

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project: Ludlow Taylor Elementary, DCmaterial: Varia Ecoresin®–Various Colors

shapes: Sculptural Formshardware: Variable Angle Standoffs

firm: Meditch Murphy Architects

Early Educationa fresh start

Young minds are full of potential and are acutely receptive to their surroundings. Design safe environments that are interactive, playful, informative and comforting. From custom imagery to whimsical suspended shapes, the options for enchanted design are endless.

1. All 3form materials are Greenguard™ Indoor Air Quality Certified.

2. 3form Shapes, Sculptural Forms – make intriguing ceiling applications easy to specify, order and install.

3. Choose from an array of over 50,000 custom color options for maximum impact in your space.

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project: Willow Glen Library, CAmaterial: Varia Ecoresin–Bali, Emerald, Sprout, Marshhardware: Variable Angle Standoffsfirm: Desta Krong Designs, JCA Architects

“We were pleased with the effect created by using 3form colors layered together, which gives a sense of movement to the fluttering leaves.” —DESTA KRONG, KELLY SIMCOX

Willow Glen Library

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project: Museum of Natural History–Butterfly Museum, DCmaterial: Varia Ecoresin®–Evo White, Spider, Pure Whitefirm: AECOM Design

“We wanted to emulate the appearance of a caterpillar’s silk cocoon—we needed a material with ethereal qualities with formable, translucent qualities. It also needed to be low-emitting to protect the fragile habitat of the butterflies. 3form fit in all categories.”

—AECOM DESIGN Butterfly Museum

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project: Museum of Tolerance, CAmaterial: Chroma® Clearfirm: Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design

project: Churchill Museum, Englandmaterial: Varia Ecoresin–Custom Digital Wovenfirm: Casson Mann, London

Interactive Exhibitsilluminate the past and future

Commemorative installations, retrospective narratives, informative displays – all museums share the need to illustrate and illuminate. Use 3form HighRes technology to accurately depict memorable images and descriptive text.

1. 3form LightDesign can assist in the proper illumination of 3form material.

3. HighRes technology makes large scale installations easy to install with proprietary panel to panel registration.

3. High Resolution images maintain color quality for long-running memorable installations.

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It can positively change our planet, our environment, and people’s lives.

Institutional spaces narrate, commemorate and educate. Create memorable installations that feature the skills of women in developing countries. 3form develops the Full Circle® Collection of products in collaboration with skilled artisans in diverse regions. From Africa to Nepal, we work directly with these groups to bring authentic regional hand crafts to the architecture and design community. Through this process we encourage the development of their skills, their business and ultimately the community at large.

Design has the power to transform more than just space.

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1. Raw MaterialsIn the beginning, Full Circle products come from the earth. Their core is the hemp that grows tall in fields bordering Nepalese villages, the lush coconut palms that sway deep in Colombia’s coastal regions. These natural creations are the seeds of potential.

2. Farmers and ArtisansThe raw materials are crafted by passionate hands into something new. Around the world, whether high in the mountains, or down in the plains, skilled artisans weave and spin, dry and stretch. They transform the materials into crafted creations such as ribbons of Jaguri silk, and cross-hatched sheets of bamboo and hemp.

3. DesignFull Circle spins again when 3form designers begin to collaborate with the global artisans. Through a process of research, experimentation and refinement, traditional crafts are trans-formed into large 4'x 8'

and 4'x 10' patterns. When complete, the Full Circle products are ready to travel from the artisans and specialists to you.

4. CommunityEvery client that purchases a Full Circle product makes a difference. The new income from each sale is introduced to the artisans’ communities. This money funds educational programs that fight illiteracy, improves living conditions, and creates positive momentum. From third world to first world, and back to third world again, the Full Circle cycle is complete. With each Full Circle product specification, the program’s positive impact grows larger still.

5. Reclaim + SustainMeanwhile, another cycle begins – 3form’s Reclaim program. All Full Circle products – which already contain 40% post-industrial reclaimed material – can be reclaimed and used again and again and again. Together, Reclaim and Full Circle guarantee products with a positive social impact, and a miniscule environmental footprint. The best of both worlds.

3form thanks Docey Lewis Designs and Aid to Artisans. These unique organizations, committed to helping artisan groups around the world, have provided invaluable connections and continue to help these relationships thrive.www.aidtoartisans.org

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THE CONNECTION STORYLiterally reviving the silk industry from near annihilation, 3form Connection provides income for hundreds of Nepalese villagers. This vast group includes the families who tend the silk worms in their attics, the farmers who grow the mulberry plant to feed the worms, the silk traders and finally the skilled workers who soak, pull and place the delicate strands in precise formation.

The Nepal WorkshopIn a country with a tumultuous economy and the highest illiteracy rate in Asia, 3form is committed to human development. 3form works with our dedicated Nepalese partner, Lhakpa Sherpa, offering valuable opportunities to underserved artisans. Through his wife’s connection with the Kathmandu Association of the Deaf, Lakpa employs members of the deaf community. He also provides work for skilled weavers, whose jobs almost became obsolete through the technological advancement of the power loom. From remote villages in the Everest Base Camp region to Nepal’s busy capital Kathmandu, 3form’s products have successfully created hundreds of new jobs in one of the poorest countries in South East Asia.

As one of the first graduates of the Himalayan school funded by Sir Edmund Hillary, our partner values education. The organization provides educational opportunities for young female employees facing illiteracy and exploitation. 4% of the proceeds from the 3form Full Circle products are reserved for school funding. The workers are also among very few in Nepal who are offered medical benefits.

Varia Ecoresin® – Connection Pure

CONNECTION | FULL CIRCLE

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CompuCredit Headquarters

design firm: Warner Summers Ditzel Benefield and Ward Architects, GAmaterial: Varia Ecoresin–Connection, Sapphire 3form advantage: Authentic Full Circle Interlayer

Varia Ecoresin – Connection Pure, Sapphire

THE CHALLENGE:To inject color and authenticity into a clean and sophisticated environment.

THE SOLUTION:Designers at WSDB + W sought to create a sophisticated neutral environment with bold and invigorating color fields. The team chose Sapphire + Connection encapsulated in Varia Ecoresin for this feature installation. Among it’s many unique properties, Varia Ecoresin offers a 40% recycled content with design customization. Designers were able to choose color, gauge and finish along with the Connection pure silk interlayers.

CONNECTION | CASE STUDY

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Unravel Black Bamboo Rings Natural

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Migration Saffron

Capiz Honey/Sienna

Ithemba

Lasso Coal x2

Fossil Leaf Spade Full Straight

China3form works with artisans in an isolated village in southwestern China who transform abundant local materials into valued products. This relationship has produced a market for skilled processes and regional designs.

Africa3form works with various groups throughout Africa who help impoverished women find meaningful work in order to combat widespread poverty.

ColombiaThe Indigenous people of Colombia experience severe financial struggles from economic shifts. Through a unique distribu-tor committed to finding and promoting hand-crafted and sustainable materials from across the country, 3form employs two distinct groups of skilled artisans in need of a market for their craft.

Indonesia3form supports a family on the island of Java in Indonesia through the development of our extensive Capiz collection. As a sole purchaser of this unique product, 3form has enabled remarkable change in this remote seaside community.

IndiaIt is estimated that close to 30% of people in India live below the poverty line. 3form is pleased to work with a trading company that collaborates with women in five remote villages across rural India. By employing artisan women who work from home, 3form hopes to support the family unit and thereby the community as a whole.

PRODUCTS | FULL CIRCLE

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VARIA ECORESIN® Open up new, low-impact dimensions in color, pattern, and texture with Varia’s unique inter-layers and ecoresin base.

CHROMA®

Create brilliant possibilities and introduce light to Chroma’s solid surfaces saturated with luminous color.

GLASS™ Transcend expectations with the beauty of nature captured in crystalline Glass.

100 PERCENT® What could be greener than material made entirely from post-consumer recycled HDPE?

STRUTTURA® Build stronger and safer projects with superior structural capabilities.

ALABASTER™ Make a classic move with the warmth and translucence in Alabaster’s polyresin panels.

MATERIALS

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About 3form3form is the leading manufacturer of award-winning, eco-friendly materials and hardware systems for the architecture and design industry. Our signature material platform, Varia Ecoresin®, encapsulates color, organic materials, textures and custom images in translucent ecoresin panels. Among our material offerings, you’ll find a range of aesthetic and performance options for virtually any application. From doors and partitions to custom and pre-designed sculptural installations, 3form provides complete solutions.

Path to Zero™ 3form is committed to decreasing our overall environmental footprint.• Continually increase the recycled content of our products• Eliminate waste to landfills• Become carbon neutral by 2017

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Photo Creditscover: Skylar Nielsen

p 2: Robert Canfield Photography

p 3: Benny Chan: Fotoworks

p 4: Eric Laignel

p 5: left – John Linden

right – Lara Swimmer Photography

p 6: Donald Satterlee

p 7: Stephanie Mullins

p 9: Iwan Baan

p 11: Tom Bonner Photography

p 13: Bernard Andre

p 14: Ron Solomon Photography

p 18: Robbin Saidman

p 19: Robbins Photography

On the cover:location: Salt Lake City, UTfirm: 3form material: 3form Struttura Fizz + Cranberry, 3form Slide 06photo: Skylar Nielsen