Wind-Reactive Fabrics Change Color Like A Chameleon

London-based creative studio THE UNSEEN has designed chameleon-like clothing that makes your average heat-activated, color-changing t-shirts look like a high school science project. The fashion project, a couture capsule collection called "air," includes specialized fabric that changes color when hit with wind and other stimuli. The material integrates nano compounds and chemical technology with inks and dyes so when its subject to environmental factors—like wind, UV rays, moisture and four other elements—the fabric responds and changes its appearance.

Each of the stimuli affect the fabric in different ways. According to DesignBoom, "Heat affects color in RGB and pantone irreversibly, where pollution can only go back and forth, from yellow to black." The clothing even looks like some creature-like skin or armor—an iridescent facade fitting for a dragon or exotic bird.

THE UNSEEN notes that "air" is "intended to reveal the otherwise unseen turbulence surrounding the human as it goes about its environment." The collection must look simply gorgeous on a sunny, summer day, but the mind reels at how it would respond to a hurricane.

See some images of "air" below, as well as a video detailing the innovative material:

For more on THE UNSEEN, visit the company's website here. h/t DesignBoom

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