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Tribute to Valérie Lamontagne

It is with great sadness we learned that Valérie Lamontagne passed away last week on October 4th. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. We had the pleasure of inviting Velérie to collaborate with us through Copenhagen Artist in Residency program (CPH AIR) in autumn 2011. This was a really interesting and fruitful collaboration and we kept in close contact afterwards due to our common interests and also because she chose one of our projects as a case study for her PhD project:...

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CREATIF Press release, end of year 1

CREATIF allows smart fabric printing directly from a designer´s drawing The CREATIF project will allow creative designers to convert their design drawings directly into smart fabrics using printing technology without the need for specialist electronics or smart fabric expertise. Three creative partners; Base Structures (UK), Diffus Design (DK) and Zaha Hadid Architects (UK) collaborate in the project with four technical and research based partners Ardeje (FR), Grafixoft (BG), Institut für Textiltechnik...

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Eclipse Solar Bag on Hardwired 2.0

Our Solar Bag is featured on the newest episode of Hardwired 2.0 an influential online channel that is part of AOL (America Online). The host of the show iJustine (A.K.A Justine Ezarik) is a one-woman new media phenomenon: Techie, Gamer, Vlogger, and Digital Influencer. She is one of the top personalities on YouTube amassing over 3 million subscribers across her channels, more than 1.5 million Twitter followers and has garnered more than 440 million views on her vides. In the same month Justine...

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CNN showcases Diffus

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...

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Diffus featured in National Danish Newspaper

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...

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

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...

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Diffus featured in “Textiles, The Art of Mankind”

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...

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Designe Solare

A new book is showcasing the work by Diffus: “Designe Solare” by Antonio Marano, architect, associate professor at the university of Chieti Pescara. Edition Gangemi, Italy.

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