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Eco Design Initiative

By admin On April 14, 2012 · Add Comment · In Design & Architecture
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The Eco Design Initiative mobilizes global youth to improve life & opportunities by applying good design processes that enable social, environmental and economic well-being.

Here’s a glimpse into the Sustainable Design Competition, Fresh Talent Challenge and recent Showcase themed “Home is where the Heart is”.

The activities took place at City Hall Cape Town [...]

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OUT THE BOX

By admin On March 30, 2012 · Add Comment · In Exhibitions & Events
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Thinking outside the cardboard box, Xanita highlighted the creative possibilities of their fibre board at Design Indaba Expo and Conference.

If you ever wanted to see thinking outside the (cardboard) box, you just had to take a look at how Design Indaba 2012 supplier Xanita employed their next-generation recycled and repulpable composite fibre boards [...]

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Spheres by AUT University

By admin On November 10, 2011 · Add Comment · In Exhibitions & Events, Retail Displays
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A combination of diverse skills, talent and experience from various disciplines taught at AUT University contributed to the stage props on this year’s We Can Create stage.Michael Grobelny, Anthony Cribb and Nick Redwood designed and created a stage centre piece using our X-Board (Xanita Board), the latest in construction cardboard. Their work for We Can [...]
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5th Ave New York – Living Perfume Exhibit

By admin On October 7, 2011 · Add Comment · In Exhibitions & Events, Retail Displays, Shopfitting
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This New York retail exhibit was developed and installed using the responsible design principles of sustainable materials and eco-friendly sourcing.

Sculptural forms made from silhouetted layers of white sustainable X-Board create natural elements — trees, stone formations, and a forest path. The exhibit is constructed of Xanita recycled post-consumer and 100% re-pulpable materials, light weight [...]

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16sqm Micro-Maisonette

By admin On October 7, 2011 · Add Comment · In Design & Architecture, Exhibitions & Events
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For “Decoration and Design Expo” held in Sydney, Xanita Australia supplied 16mm unprinted X-Board to Environa Studio, a leading Sydney-based sustainable architecture practice.

A 15m² “micro-maisonette” prototype was constructed, which will later be repulped back into paper for re-use, through normal paper-recycling channels.

The two greatest challenges facing residential design are sustainability and [...]

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Humidity hold-out

By admin On October 7, 2011 · Add Comment · In Technical News
X-Board Humidity Hold-Out Characteristics

Xanita’s in-house Research and Development laboratory conducted a series of tests to determine X-Board’s humidity hold-out capabilities.

X-Board was placed in a humidity cabinet, along with other substrates such as gypsum, MDF and chipboard. X-Board was the only substrate that showed stability in high humidity and high temperature conditions.

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Legit uses X-Board for 3D retail display

By admin On October 7, 2011 · Add Comment · In Design & Architecture, Retail Displays, Signage
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Edcon (Pty) Ltd, a leading clothing, footwear and textiles retailing group in South Africa, selected X-Board for an in-store visual merchandising display at Legit clothing, located in Canal Walk, Cape Town.Large, three-dimensional letters were cut from X-Board and the edges were painted white using standard water-based paint.

The lightweight word cut-outs were speedily [...]

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Eco POS units at the Good Food and Wine Show

By admin On October 7, 2011 · Add Comment · In Exhibitions & Events, POP Displays, Retail Displays
A Cape Town-based design consultancy, Lisa Losken Design (LL Design), used X-Board to produce standees for Saldanha Tuna at this year’s Good Food and Wine Show.

Two point-of-sale standee units and a curved table were manufactured using X-Board Print.The curved table was produced by cutting multiple slits into the underside of the board liner and [...]

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X-Board – POP Display Durability Test

By admin On October 7, 2011 · Add Comment · In POP Displays, Retail Displays
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Spur Steak Restaurants – bottled sauce stand made from X-Board, photographed in-store after four years.

There is no notable deterioration or visible signs of wear and tear, proving that X-Board can last indefinitely in recommended indoor conditions.

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Head on Design creates Eco Sculptures

By admin On October 7, 2011 · Add Comment · In Design & Architecture, Museum Displays
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Head On Design’s X-Board sculptures: An ironic twist on the hunting trophies us as South Africans love, or loathe. From her studio in Cape Town, Joanna Orr of Head On Design has explored this concept by creating wall-mounted African animal sculptures, all of which exude an Afro-chic elegance. The pieces are made almost [...]
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Aidan Bennetts Design – Decorex 2011

By admin On October 7, 2011 · Add Comment · In Design & Architecture, Exhibitions & Events
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Xanita recently collaborated with Aidan Bennetts Design, Stephen Lasker Design and Furnspace3D to help produce their booth exoskeleton and an octagonal slot-in-slot tree structure for this year’s Decorex exhibition, held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

‘Furnspace3D and Aidan Bennetts Design teamed up again this year to communicate the effectiveness of 3D visualization tools [...]

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Woolworths gets World Cup Soccer Fever

By admin On October 7, 2011 · Add Comment · In Retail Displays, Signage
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In keeping with the World Cup spirit, giant soccer balls made from printed X-Board, were manufactured for the Woolworths head office.The lightweight structures were printed, flat packed and then erected on site with minimum hassle and disruption to trade.

The soccer balls serve as a great example of how X-Board [...]

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Polytope X-Board seating wins prestigious Core77 design award.

By admin On August 5, 2011 · Add Comment · In Exhibitions & Events, Museum Displays, Sustainability
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Polytope, by James Hurd, is an environmentally-conscious flat-pack seating system ideal for temporary seating needs. Comes pre-cut, flat-packed and can be assembled in 15-30 seconds. Polytope is light for easy stacking and redeployment, allowing for dynamic use of space. The shape of Polytope allows for various seating configurations and opportunities for branding.

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Baja Multi-functional DIY Children’s Furniture

By admin On August 5, 2011 · Add Comment · In Childrens Furniture, Sustainability
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Growing up on a continent where education is a major social issue, I have embarked on a mission to find a possible solution through Design as a discipline. I found abundant proof in my research that there is in general a drastic desk shortage in (especially the rural and lower income) schools, play [...]

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Airport Lounge

By admin On July 29, 2011 · Add Comment · In Commercial Fitouts, Design & Architecture
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Veneered X-Board Plus was recently used for large over-hanging beams in the Frequent Flyer lounge for a major airline.

Weight-savings generated by the switch from solid MDF or plywood were over 50%.

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Supermarket Signage

By admin On July 28, 2011 · Add Comment · In Signage
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X-Board Print and X-Board Kraft  are perfect, super-lightweight, repulpable substrate for temporary or semi-permanent in-store signage that requires changing anywhere from a few weeks, to up to five years.

Here are a few examples:

Suspended signage that will end up in the recycle bin post-use.

The below-shown, direct inkjet printed panels were edged with white [...]

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LifeArt Eco-Coffins

By admin On July 27, 2011 · Add Comment · In Coffin Manufacturing
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In 2003, LifeArt was conceived by founders, Natalie Verdon and Eckhard Kemmerer, after overwhelming research from funeral industry, consumers and governments. This research concluded that new practices and products focused on personalisation and the environment would be a welcomed innovation. Consumers would be a major force in driving the change, seeking [...]

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X-Board Plus Magnesium Oxide

By admin On July 27, 2011 · Add Comment · In Building Construction
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X-Board plus MGO for insulated, fire-retardant internal building walls

X-Board Plus, the most flexible and sustainable panel solution on the market today, offers an exciting new tool for designers and builders for use as structural and non-structural wall systems, furniture, doors, case goods, cabinetry and other interior design applications.

23 Feb [...]

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Christmas Eco-Displays

By admin On July 25, 2011 · Add Comment · In Christmas Displays, Retail Displays
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Retailers can now embrace large, creative displays made from X-Board Print or Kraft.

Displays weigh less than 1/6th of the weight of solid MDF, plus they contain no urea formaldehyde resin, meaning they can be recycled as waste cardboard post Christmas.

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Wine & Liquor Displays

By admin On July 25, 2011 · Add Comment · In POP Displays
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Xanita has designed and developed a wide range of structurally-strong liquor displays, which can be shipped flat-packed into bottle shops.

Designed to last for up to 3 years in-store, with optional scuff-protection, the displays assemble without tools  and can later be pulped and recycled as waste cardboard. The designs  are the culmination of two [...]

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Bonds Clothing POP-Up Store

By admin On July 17, 2011 · Add Comment · In POP Displays, Retail Displays, Shopfitting
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Sydney display company Craftech produced these innovative 100% repulpable flat-packed displays for Bonds Clothing, incorporating X-Board Kraft.

Read their case study on their web site here.

Watch a quick video of the install into MYER retail stores in Australia:

 

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