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Pollution Absorbent Ink Garments

Bowker Creates Iridescent Clothes That React to Climate Change

— December 17, 2013 — Tech
As part of an art project for the Wearable Futures conference that took place in East London, alchemist Lauren Bowker has created a series of incredibly luxurious PHNX fashion pieces that were constructed only using feathers. That’s not all though; these feathery fashion pieces are incorporated with special type of ink that changes color depending on the climate or environment like heat, friction or light.

The ink is able to respond to seven different climate conditions by absorbing pollution and changing its color from yellow to black in polluted environments and changes back when the conditions are better. “Not only will it absorb air pollution, it will change colour to UV, heat, air friction, moisture and more. This gives it the capability to go through the full RGB scale,” says Bowker on the pollution absorbent ink.
Trend Themes
1. Pollution-absorbing Clothing - Using special ink to create clothing that reacts to different climate conditions by changing color based on pollution levels is a trend that is disrupting the fashion industry.
2. Climate-responsive Ink - The use of ink that changes color based on various environmental factors like climate or light is a trend that is emerging across various industries.
3. Luxury Wearables - Creating high-end, innovative wearables like the PHNX fashion pieces is a trend that is disrupting the fashion industry.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion - The use of pollution-absorbent ink garments is disrupting the fashion industry by offering a new type of clothing that responds to environmental factors.
2. Environmental Technology - The usage of pollution absorbing materials in fashion opens up an innovation opportunity to those in the environmental technology industry.
3. Art and Culture - The creation of technology-driven art pieces like the PHNX fashion pieces calls for more collaboration between the art and technology industries, presenting an opportunity for disruption.
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