A Wider Net

In the latest Archi-Tech magazine, a small photo of some really cool bumpy plastic caught my attention. It turns out that Acrylex has been busy with several new products:

Acriglo, a new alabaster-like material for lighting panels, will continue to glow blue after the power is removed due to photoluminescent goo buried within the material.

Brushed Metallics create the look of brushed metal laminates in an easy-to-manipulate acrylic.

And Impressions, the bumpy plastic I mentioned, is a new line of textured acrylic sheets. Since everyone knows the best bumpy plastic can’t rival the visual quality and variety of the best bumpy glass, it will be interesting to see what they’ve come up with here. You can’t have enough varieties of bumpy see-through stuff. Shine your laser pointer through it and play some Pink Floyd.

They have more new products worth a look - frosted materials, glitters - all interesting looking stuff if you’re into materials.