Nihal Aarons Designs

An absolute banger of a year.
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I'll see you all around the world.
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Cheers!

Product categories that Re.Wood can be used in.
- Audio Products -
It is still a cellulose based material with porosity and therefore still has good acoustic properties.
- Consumer Electronics -
Since it can be molded, it can be used in consumer electronics to make user touch points friendlier and give products a warmth.
- Interior -
It can be used in areas that don't require structural integrity, specifically flexural stresses. It does well under compressive stresses.
- Home Decor -
Companies that produce furniture in house can use their waste wood into complimentary home decor products.
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Re.Wood
The most sustainable alternative to traditional wood.
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Re.Wood is about revitalizing value in what is otherwise perceived to be waste. It is about creating versatile and scalable systems to allow stakeholders (furniture, interior & consumer tech industries) to bring more value to their customers by repurposing the waste wood they create into new products.
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The process takes waste wood from waste streams at the source (factories, studios, workshops). Combines it with a natural binder harvested from renewable sources to create a composite material that is moldable. This in itself is a non-destructive process where wood isn't chipped away to obtain desired shapes and profiles.
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The goal of the project is to challenge our perception of value and promote a culture that honours, respects, and values a material to it's fullest.
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You can find more details and info on the project at - www.nihalaarons.com/rewood
(Link in bio)
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Mentored by
Laura Clèries
Saúl Baeza Argüello
Carlos Sáez Comet
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Wooden Foam

In collaboration with Laura Gusart Santos

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Experimented with fusing bioplastics and sawdust to discover a material with unique properties, surface finish, and use cases.

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Image 4 - We used different grades of ground pista shells as a coating on the surface of the foam. The material was flexible and had two sides with different surface textures.

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Image 5 - By changing the cooling patterns in our casting process, we discovered it's possible to create a 'layered' material. This gives us two properties through just one process.

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Image 8 - Under the microscope, we can see the difference between our wood-infused foam and that of regular industrial foam.

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You can find more details and info on the project at - www.nihalaarons.com/woam

(Link in bio)

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Experiments with 3D printing ceramics at .studio
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Tried different additives to see different outcomes post firing. Chalk (calcium carbonate) and saw dust which gets burnt away altering the porosity.
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Additionally, played around with grasshopper to experiment with different geometries.
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And finally, experimented with the idea of morphogenesis and trying to grow crystals on the ceramic pieces.
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Partner in crime:
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@ Barcelona, Spain

New toy, new materials and details to admire.
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@ Barcelona, Spain

(5/9) Keraflex - By Kerafol Gmbh. Is green (unfired) porcelain tape. It's based on ceramic raw materials with an organic binder.
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This tape is highly flexible and can be molded into numerous forms.
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Keraflex can be laminated (joined) together with ease by using a slurry which forms a strong and invisible bond.
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Because of its thinness it only needs to be air dried before firing at 1280 degrees celsius. It may be fired as many times later to build layers of glazes, prints or any other decorative post processes.
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Additionally, it does not need to be fired to bisque.
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@ Barcelona, Spain

(4/9) Nitinol a shape memory alloy made from almost equal parts of Nickel & Titanium
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A metal alloy that exhibits some very unique properties. These properties allow it to be used in a variety of niche use cases. Stents that help blocked arteries. Retainers/braces that don't require tightening as frequently. Bone staples to hold bones together while they heal.
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Would love to hear more ideas on where you think this could be used?
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Cheers!
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@ Barcelona, Spain

(3/9) Piñatex (
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An innovative and versatile textile that uses waste pineapple leaves and corn based PLA to create some vibrant non-woven fabrics
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Next post is going to be an advanced material called Nitinol which is a shape memory alloy.
Cheers!
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@ Barcelona, Spain

(2/9) Here's Bee's Wrap (
) An easy, reusable, all natural way to store food.
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Made from organic cotton infused with bees wax, organic jojoba oil & tree resin(hmm but what resin?)
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It's washable and reusable for upto a year or until it goes soft and loses its self adherence.
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It's compostable and does well as a natural firestarter
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Next post is going to be Piñatex's natural textiles
Cheers!
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@ Barcelona, Spain

(1/9) Elisava Escola Universitària de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona kicks off it's Masters in Design Through New Materials in style. Got this materials 'starter pack' and it's filled with some wild goodies. Each that deserve their own post just so I can share more info on each material.
Here's a list of what's inside -
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⚪ Piñatex innovative natural textiles
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⚪ Bee's Wrap
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⚪ Grown (wall dot) mycelium
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⚪ Smile Plastics
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⚪ Bendywood
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⚪ Keraflex
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⚪ Emanagreen Papel De Piedra
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⚪ Thermochromic Liquid Crystal
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⚪ Nitinol
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Will be dropping more information on each of these materials in following posts.
Cheers!
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