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- 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…
- 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…
- Natural minerals enable cost-effective structural colour coatingsResearchers at the University of Michigan have introduced a new method to create vibrant structural colour coatings from unprocessed natural minerals. Their approach reduces…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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)…
- Colour-changing compression bandage signals pressure levelResearchers at MIT developed a compression bandage with pressure-sensing photonic fibres, which change colour when stretched. Compression bandages and stockings are use for conditions…
- Coloured Solar Films Enable Custom Patterns on Photovoltaic ModulesResearchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have developed a new way to integrate photovoltaic (PV) systems into architecture. They use…
- New material changes colour under the influence of moistureWhat if you could just breathe on something and it changed colour? Researchers at the Technical University Eindhoven in the Netherlands created a material…
- Behind the scenes: colour and materialsWhich colours and materials will define the trends in design for the coming years? This seemingly impossible question is one of the focal points…
- Octopus-Inspired Material Enables Dynamic Colour And Texture ChangesResearchers at Stanford University have developed a soft, flexible material that can rapidly change both colour and surface texture. Inspired by the adaptive skin…
- A 3D knitted structure with integrated lightsCatalonia-based French architect Stephanie Chaltiel, founder of MuDD Architects, designed a 3D knitted structure with incorporated LED lights. Called D.lights, the structure consists of…
- A pavilion made of recycled colourful yarnThe 3DKnit pavilion, a collaboration project between Jane Scott of Responsiveknit and Stephanie Chaltiel of MuDD Architects, aims to highlight new fabrication methods that…
- Nature-Inspired Petal Structure Could Lead to New Reflective MaterialsResearchers at Shinshu University in Japan have uncovered the secret behind the glossy appearance of the hardy ice plant (Delosperma cooperi). Their findings could…
- Anti-fogging and colourful coatings made of woodResearchers at Aalto University in Finland have developed new types of coatings made of lignin from wood, amongst them colour-alterning films and anti-fogging coatings.…
- House of Monitors Integrates Light, Structure, and Material Strategy on the Scarborough BluffsHouse of Monitors is a private residence by Williamson Williamson Inc., located on the edge of the Scarborough Bluffs in Toronto, Canada. The project…
- Material Innovation: Thermochromic Design in Realme’s Colour-Changing SmartphoneRealme has unveiled a groundbreaking innovation in its Realme 14 Pro+ smartphone—a back panel that changes colour in response to temperature fluctuations. This unique…
- Desserto unveils cactus-based material that changes colour with sunlightMexican company Desserto, known for its cactus-based vegan leather, has introduced a new material that reacts directly to sunlight. This cactus-derived innovation changes colour…
- Dyeing marble inspired by counterfeit gemstone colouringChinese design studio Buzao experiments with the dyeing of marble, inspired by the open ‘secret’ of the gemstone industry: the process of colouring of…
- Sustainable structures made of 3D printed woodMexico-based company MANUFACTURA and furniture and design workshop La Metropolitana created 3D printed objects made of wood. The project, called The Wood Project or…
- A mass timber canopy with 3D printed colourful lightsA group of architecture students from the Canadian University of Calgary completed a 70 feet long mass-timber canopy that includes interactive 3D printed colourful…
