Towerblock, Hong Kong

18 Kowloon East is a massive tower integrated in the skyline of Hong Kong, designed by Aedas and serving various space and living purposes. According to the architects, “the project is a 28-storey mixed-use building with offices, retail spaces and a car-park. With the building located in a community with dense industrial blocks.

Galaxy dress

The GalaxyDress uses the smallest full-color LEDs which are flat like paper and measure only 2 by 2 mm. The circuits are extra-thin, flexible, and hand embroidered on a layer of silk in a way that gives it stretch, so the LED fabric can move like normal fabric with lightness and fluidity. To diffuse the light there are 4 layers of silk chiffon that moves really beautifully as well. The extra-thin electronics allows the design to follow the body shape closely like with normal fabric.

HearWear

HearWear is a concept created by Younghui Kim and Milena Iossifova, uses the sound/noise level of the environment to create active color patterns on clothing or bags.These cool garments interact with ambient sounds and show the levels on the garment.  The microphone and processor converts the sound levels into light via LEDS and EL wire.Despite its coolness, this may also have safety purposes too.

Luminites

The Fabric is a non-reflective material that can omit its own light.
Harnessing the technology of light with the luminous fibres used in the material has produced a material that can be used in
many different areas.
Using integrated electronics the fabric can also be used as an intelligent material processing signals from a heartbeat or body temperature and respond consistently to environmental stimuli.

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.

This exciting innovation is only available in the UK from Luminites.