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CNN showcases Diffus

Written on August 7, 2013. Posted in press releases.

CNN tech program called Blueprint has highlighted two of our projects on their online version. The two projects are The Climate Dress and the UV-dress and they put them in a future scenario of bionic fashion trends where a day in the life of a wearable technology user is imagined in the year 2015. CNN Blueprint is a new series exploring the very latest design and technology trends. Online, they are showcasing cutting edge inventions and beautiful new designs from across the world, bringing a...

Diffus featured in National Danish Newspaper

Written on August 5, 2013. Posted in press releases.

In July the national Danish Newspaper Politiken brought an article on SpaceEmotion (Previously called “Wall-E(motion)”). The article was a part of a special focus on intelligent textiles and Wall-E was highlighted as a way to rethink the apparatus and integrate electronic devises in an aesthetic and multi-functional interior design. Below is the article in Danish: At gentænke apparatet Politiken Søndag 14. Juli 2013 Af HELLE LORENZEN Ethvert hjem er fyldt med tekniske apparater, der ikke er...

Diffus exhibits at Buda Art Center

Written on June 24, 2013. Posted in Uncategorized.

Moving Materials is now located at the Buda Art Center (previously a textil Factory) in Kortrijk (Belgium) until the 30th of June 2013. Moving Materials is a travelling and growing exhibition. The design caravan will visit Essen, Eindhoven, Lancaster, Kortrijk, Paris and Helsinki. New materials will be taken on board at each location Moving Materials is evolving and developing in the framework of PROUD (People Researchers Organisations Using Design for co-creating and innovation) and initiated...

An interview for Société Perrier

Written on June 13, 2013. Posted in Uncategorized.

Courtney Lochner from Société Perrier comments and asks the following question: ‘The world is getting exponentially smarter. Your phone alone can tell you how to walk from your house to anywhere on the planet, what the weather will be like for the journey, and even what to wear. Cars, computers, robots, they’re all getting smarter. But what about fashion — can it get smarter?’ An answer to that question is given through the work of our design in the article: Diffus: Fashion with intelligent Design. Read...

Meeting with the LTM Consortium at Brunel University, London

Written on May 28, 2013. Posted in Uncategorized.

From June 4-6 Diffus Design will attend the second meeting with the consortium of Light.Touch.Matters, a project funded by the Seventh Framework Programme. The session will be hosted by Brunel University, one of the participants of the consortium. The Light.Touch.Matters project is a design driven development of touch-sensitive luminous flexible surfaces for applications in care & well-being. The project represents an articulated process towards the generation of a new set of ideas, that...

See you in Milano, Salone Internazionale del Mobile

Written on April 5, 2013. Posted in Uncategorized.

Diffus Design, together with 23 of the leading Danish design companies and the General Consulate of Denmark are pleased to invite you to the installation DANISH LIVINGroom – 2nd edition – which will be open from 9–14 April in Milano at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Pavilion 10 – Stand B03. DANISH LIVINGroom will display new design creations and innovations in six rooms and two “outdoor” spaces. At this occasion, as a world premiere, Diffus Design will introduce SpaceEmotion. Seize the...

New major publishing showcasing the work by Diffus

Written on April 5, 2013. Posted in press releases, Uncategorized.

A book on wearable technologies showcasing among others the work by Diffus is expected to be published by MIT Press in Spring 2014. This will follow other prestigious release by international publication houses like Phaidon and Thames & Hudson. Stay tuned…

Diffus to exhibit at Kent State University Museum

Written on April 5, 2013. Posted in Uncategorized.

Diffus is invited to exhibit at an exhibition titled Shifting Paradigms of Identity: Creative Technology and Fashion, supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The innovative subject focus will be about new attitudes and possibilities of the creation, production, and dissemination of fashion directly linked with burgeoning technology. The exhibition will take place at the Kent State University Museum from september 2013 to august 2014. It is curated by Margarita Benitez (Assistant...

Jump-starting “Light.Touch.Matters” in Delft.

Written on February 10, 2013. Posted in press releases, Projects.

In May 2012 news came to our ears that our consortium’s submitted EU proposal were among the 3 out of 32 competing entries that got through the second submission round, meaning that grants were given. A long process of setting up the logistics and securing the fulfilment of the initial concepts followed. Finally in February 2013 the kick-off of ‘Light.Touch.Matters‘ takes place. Light.Touch.Matters is a unique cooperation between product designers, material scientists and the industry, with...

Diffus featured in “Textiles, The Art of Mankind”

Written on November 3, 2012. Posted in press releases.

The work by Diffus Design in the field of design and innovative textiles is presented in Textiles, The Art of Mankind, a book commissioned by the leading publisher “Thames & Hudson” and written by Mary Schoeser, specialist author in textiles. With 568pp, 1100 Illustrations in colour, this work is expected to become a major reference book celebrating the breath and depth of the textile field today. Diffus Design is pleased to be recognized as one of the cutting edge design offices...