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- Environmentally-friendly multicolour colourants inspired by butterfliesResearchers from the University of Central Florida (US) created the first environmentally friendly, large-scale and multicolour alternative to pigment-based colourants, inspired by butterfly wings.…
- Wall++: Turning walls into enormous touchpadsWalls generally don’t do much but stand, keeping your roof up and separating rooms. But since everything is becoming smart, why not your walls…
- Whiter than white polymer cools down buildingsEngineers from Columbia University made white paint even whiter by removing white pigment and add a polymer coating that acts as a spontaneous air…
- Making highways smarterReconsidering everyday materials such as the asphalt and road paint that make up our highways is opening the door to some exciting innovations. Highways…
- Can You Own A Colour? Controversy Surrounds the Blackest Black EverDeveloped by UK based NanoSystems, Vantablack paint is the darkest man made substance in the world. Originally designed for disguising satellites and stealth jets,…
- Encoded Mirrors by Florian Born‘Encoded Mirrors’ by Florian Born is an installation made up of 1600 tiny mirrors that reflect colours from the surrounding room, turning reflections into…
- Long-lasting illumination coatingRadiant paints for roads, pathways and industrial applications are receiving a significant performance upgrade. Dutch paint manufacturer Anker Stuy Verven (ASV) is releasing a…
- Reflective LifePaint might save cyclists from colliding with carsIf there is something we love to do in the Netherlands, home of Materia – aside from cheese and clogs of course – it’s…
- The liberation of Barbie pinkBritish artist Stuart Semple has created what he calls “the Barbiest pink”, an acrylic paint called Pinkie, as a challenge to Mattel’s ownership of…
- Be cool with the world’s coolest whiteIn collaboration with Monopol Colors, UNStudio developed the world’s coolest white, an ultra-durable paint that protects buildings and urban structures from excessive solar radiation…
- Polyurethane staircase creates whimsical patternsEspecially for children, French studio Artificial Architecture designed a spiral staircase made with the soft material polyurethane foam, which is slowly covered in whimsical…
- How to live in space on Space Exploration DayOn this day in 1969, US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to set foot on the moon. In honour…
