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Yes, Material Bank is free to use and place orders for approved design community members.

Design Professionals. Use your company-affiliated email address and an approval process will follow to verify your status as a qualifying architect, designer, or industry professional. To note: Registering with a public domain email address (such as Gmail, Yahoo, etc.), or a shared company email address (such as info@, designer@, etc.) will delay the approval process.

Manufacturers and Brand Reps. If you are a current brand partner or represent one or more brand partners, use your company-affiliated email address. To note: If you’re not a current brand partner and want to become one, you can learn more here.

Students and Faculty. Use your university-affiliated email address.

Millions of packages saved and counting. Consolidating samples into a single box saves excess packaging and eliminates waste. Since 2019, over four million packages have been saved by members ordering samples from Material Bank.

Sample Return Program. Focused entirely on circularity, we aim to reuse all returned samples. Material Bank has redistributed over 1.2 million samples since 2019. With returned samples that are damaged and cannot be reused, we have diverted over half a million pounds and counting of samples from sanitary landfills.

Climate Impact Program. A free, exclusive Material Bank program supporting firms on their sustainable design journey. Program partners gain access to firm-specific custom filters, sampling impact metrics, and customized digital tools to support sustainability education and material specification efforts. The program is available for firms with 10+ Material Bank members and requires minimal set-up and execution time.

Climate Pledge Signatory & Science Base Targets Initiative. Material Bank was approved and has committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, ten years ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050.

Carbon Neutral Shipping. Since October 2020, we have been offsetting shipping emissions for 100% of sample packages shipped from our warehouse to your shipping address. We work with ACT Commodities to purchase verified carbon credits supporting projects in Canada, Turkey, and China. We also purchase carbon credits from ClearLoop, to support their solar farms in Jackson, Tennessee and Panola County, Mississippi.

Highly visual and unbiased search experience. Unlike other search tools, Material Bank's search is unbiased. Brand partners do not pay for ranking or placement, and materials displayed are the most relevant match to your search.

10M+ Creative Assets. With the launch of Inspiration, Material Bank’s proprietary discovery engine, there’s never been more searchable design images gathered and organized in a single A&D resource. Users can access 10M+ creative assets and sample what they see, harnessing Inspiration as a turn-key creative tool and launchpad for design exploration.

Boards provide organizational and collaboration tools for saving, tagging, viewing and sharing materials for your projects. You can add materials from our catalogue of hundreds of thousands of materials as well as upload your own images to enrich your board’s story. You can create custom tags, share your board with members and non-members alike and collaborate with colleagues who are Material Bank members for input and review. You can even export your material’s attributes. Once you’re ready, you can quickly sample your entire board, all in one box, overnight.

Try getting more specific with your search keywords. Be sure you’re taking full advantage of all filter options to hone your search results even further. If you’re still unable to find what you’re looking for, our support team is here to help walk you through your request and assist in getting you what you need. If you’re searching for a particular brand, product, or category that is not available on Material Bank, please contact us at support@materialbank.com or send a message via the “Chat/Help?” button at the lower right-hand corner of your screen.

Please contact our support team by clicking on the “Chat/Help?" button at the lower right-hand corner of your screen. We will be happy to transfer your Material Bank account to be used for projects with your new firm.