Clever Dressing Products and Materials Bazaar

Snowboarding jacket by Peratech
Uses quantum tunnelling composite in fabric form to allow for i-pod to be controlled from the arm

d3o beanie by d3o
A hat that provides impact protection as the d3o is strain rate dependant. d3o is a specially engineered material made with intelligent molecules. They flow with you as you move but on shock lock together to absorb the impact energy.

Cornelius swatches by Cornelius
Thermochromic and Photochromic plastic swatches. Cornelius are the UK distributor of Matsui thermochromic and photochromic products

Jacket by Outlast
This is a phase change material that takes away body heat and returns it to you when needed

EL T-shirt and strip light by Light and Motion Lichtechnik
T-shirt with an electroluminescent display that reacts to sound and music and strip light of electroluminescent material

Reactions glasses by Specsavers
Photochromic lenses that adapt to light conditions. Indoors, the lenses are clear, outside they quickly darken in sunlight.

Shape memory metal
Metal that has a memory and returns to its memory state upon application of heat. This is also known as shape memory alloy or SMA.

Kinetic Dress by Cute Circuit
KineticDress is a Victorian-inspired evening gown reactive to the wearer’s activities and mood. The KineticDress is sewn of an elastic textile embedded with sensors that follows closely the body of the wearer. The sensors are able to capture the wearer’s movements and interaction with others and display this data through the electroluminescent embroidery that covers the external skirt section of the dress.

Garments by Couture Clubbing
Belt with in built LED lights and clear plastic spikes.Gold leather top with circular details, decorated with clear crystal prisms creating a myriad of rainbows, cuffs and fastened by gold magnet at the back. Black circular skirt with sewn in electroluminescent wire and corset.

Wall of Light by Luminites
The fibre optic fibres that are woven into the fabric are bundled at the edge of the material. Then, with the use of LED technology, light is passed through the fibres creating a lighting effect never seen before in textiles. These fabrics can be integrated with electronic sensors to create interactive materials and products

Thermochromic textile and photochromic yarn samples by Sara Robertson
Thermochromic materials change colour in response to heat and photochromic materials change colour in response to light

Piezo materials demonstrations by NPL
One energy harvesting piezo demonstrator; One fabric swatch bundle; 1 polycarbonate sample display case containing piezo materials, ceramics- fibres - polymers

Fibre optic scarf by Philippa Brock, Sharon Baurley and Andrew Moore
Woven fibre optics with electronic remote controller

Heatable jacket by NEL Technologies
Fabric-based ‘Neltex’ heating element

This event is part of the London Design Festival.

This exhibition is open and there is no need to book

Event organised by:
The Science Museum in collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory and the University of Arts London

This event is supported by the National Physical Laboratory, the University of the Arts, the Creative Industries Technology Innovation Network, SMART.mat and MADE of the Materials Knowledge Transfer Network, and the Institute of Materials.

Image: copyright Couture Clubbing