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- Painting With Light: MIT’s MorphoChrome Enables Programmable Structural ColourResearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed MorphoChrome, a new fabrication system that allows designers to apply iridescent, colour-changing effects to…
- Inkjet-Printable Structural Colour Enables Durable, Pigment-Free SurfacesA new materials breakthrough from Kobe University could reshape how designers apply colour. Researchers have developed an inkjet-printable structural colour that removes the need…
- Non-iridescent structural colour inkResearchers at Kobe University in Japan developed non-fading structural colours that do not depend on the viewing angle and can be printed. An object…
- Growing paints using colourful bacteriaWe have seen plastic eating bacteria, bioplastic producing bacteria, brick-growing bacteria… Needless to say, bacteria can be very useful in the production (or destruction)…
- Pressed Colour GlassPressed colour glass is made by using lightly coloured glass combined with coarse relief on one side, resulting in a surface that creates a dynamic play of light. The surface changes from transparant to deeply coloured, depending on the viewing angle. The glass can be produced with various types of relief and any colour glass. Max. dimensions are 30 by 30 cm, with a thickness between 1 and 3 cm.
- 5 innovative materials that won the Global Change AwardsFast fashion is a major problem for our planet. In a survey, it turned out that three quarters of British people throw out old…
- Colouring outside the boxPainted glass panels bridge modern and classical design in this vibrant façade for a new school extension in Paris by AS Architecture-Studio. Acting as…
- Duality: Colour, Pattern, and Innovation in 3D Concrete PrintingAt the 2025 Venice Biennale, Duality shows a new way of thinking about 3D printed concrete. Developed by Assist. Prof. Cristina Nan and architect…
- Ripening Rugs reveal their true colours over timeDutch designer Adrianus Kundert developed Ripening Rugs, rugs that slowly change colour the more they are used. In our throwaway society, we are used…
- Liquid Crystal “Color-Change” CollectionThermo-chromatic Liquid Crystal “color-changing” also known as “mood materials”, is based on the property of certain molecules moving when warmed. By this action, whether by touch or increasing ambient temperatures, visible color within the material is dramatically changed. These unique chemicals are encapsulates within the polyurethane polymer.
- Orchids: Colour meets Biobased InspirationDuring Dutch Design Week 2015, Willemijn de Wit and Ulrike Jurklies (mo man tai) created an opulent visual experience with their ‘Orchids’ installation, which…
- Octopus inspires texture-changing camouflage robot skinA master of disguise, the octopus can change the colour and texture of its skin to blend in with its environment. Inspired by this…
- Rain change concreteHere are two examples of a concrete material that is altered when it comes into contact with any water. In eastern France, designer Mathilde…
- Game-changing floorGerman engineers ASB have developed a novel type of glass flooring system that uses pre-programmed LED lights to create the lines and markings needed…
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- Black=ColourThe pile of the floor covering in 3D striped structure is a result of a knitting process with yarn dyed Polyester fibres. By coating it with a special polymer on the backside we gain a contrast in colour that gives the product its special aesthetic value.
- ColourfulArchitect Ryuji Nakamura explores the effect of colours on solids with his mysterious installation Colorful. Using only paint and corrugated cardboard he produced a…
- Sandwich board changes shape under weight of objectsJapanese designer Taijiro Ishiko used a sandwich material of wood and silicone rubber called Stretch Board, which is laser-cut to changes form according to…
- ThermobatchThermobatch is a thermochromic colour concentrate in universal plastic carrier. It allows for plastic articles with reversible colour change controlled by temperature variation. Common settings are body temperature, and many colours are available. The material is suitable for interior use.
- Photopia AQ InkOrganic photochromic colourant that changes colour reversibly and repeatedly. Available in three reversible colours: yellow, purple and blue. The colours are activated when exposed to the sun or other ultraviolet light sources and then change from clear to colour and change back when the ultraviolet light source is removed.
