A start-up to replace your office materials library
Material Bank is a New York City-based start-up seeking to upend the building industry's relationship to building materials sampling and ordering. The company is founded by Adam I. Sandow, an entrepreneur who leads the SANDOW company, a collection of interconnected media and designer- and consumer-oriented businesses that include the magazines Interior Design and Luxe Interiors + Design as well as the annual NYC X DESIGN showcase. Material Bank bills itself as "the world's largest material marketplace of its kind" by offering free, customizable, and on-demand material library services for architects and designers to use. Anyone who has worked in a design office knows that nearly every practice has a motley collection of material sample books, paint swatches, and other catalogs scattered around the office that designers use to select finishes for their work. In larger offices and universities, these collections might have dedicated spaces and staff on hand to coordinate the materi...
Material Bank is a New York City-based start-up seeking to upend the building industry's relationship to building materials sampling and ordering.
The company is founded by Adam I. Sandow, an entrepreneur who leads the SANDOW company, a collection of interconnected media and designer- and consumer-oriented businesses that include the magazines Interior Design and Luxe Interiors + Design as well as the annual NYC X DESIGN showcase.
Material Bank bills itself as "the world's largest material marketplace of its kind" by offering free, customizable, and on-demand material library services for architects and designers to use.
Anyone who has worked in a design office knows that nearly every practice has a motley collection of material sample books, paint swatches, and other catalogs scattered around the office that designers use to select finishes for their work. In larger offices and universities, these collections might have dedicated spaces and staff on hand to coordinate the materi...
