STONE ISLAND AW’013
STONE ISLAND AW’013_ICE JACKET_J VIDEO
LOCATION:
Biomedical Chemistry Institute_Cold Laboratory_NYC
PREMISE:
In the video the scientific procedure was juxtaposed with the thermo sensitive jacket to show how a chromatic change dynamically visualizes information.
Just as the jacket’s chromatic shift indicates a change in the environmental atmosphere, the chromatic range of the materials in a chemical procedure signals information about a cellular mechanism.
Colour can be responsive and indicate a change of state such as a chemical change; or, it can tell you something about your environment.
ICE JACKET – J – Stone Island extends its research on thermo sensitive materials to stretch fabrics.
A water and wind resistant polyurethane film is embedded with micro-encapsulated pigments.
The molecules of these pigments modify the passage of light and colour morph in relation to tempera¬ture changes.
The film is bonded to a light polyester mesh base and is used to construct a garment insulated by a polyester fibre quilting.
STONE ISLAND AW’013’014 CAMO_VIDEO
STONE ISLAND AW’013_MESH REFLECTIVE _VIDEO
LOCATION:
City University of New York
Astrophysical Observatory_Engineering and Physics Department_ I.A.U. Station #294
Telescope:
MEADE LX200 GPS
Computerized Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
f/10 spherical primary mirror
To explain the mechanics of the 1000s of microspheres coating the Mesh Reflective coat, the video looks at how light behaves. The two principles at work are reflection and refraction.
The purpose of a telescope is to collect light. The telescope in the video uses a spherical primary mirror to collect light. The larger the telescope’s main light-collecting element, the more light collected — which in turn determines the level of detail. The light gathering capability creates very bright, high contrast images.
The observatory is the laboratory component of the astronomy program.
45561 MESH REFLECTIVE
Hooded down jacket in Mesh reflective.
The historical Reflective Jacket, made in a highly refractive material owing to a coating made of thousand of glass microspheres, is layered on the outer side with an industrial feel nylon run-proof mesh which enhances the refracting qualities of the internal fabric creating optical and three-dimensional effects.
The coating of the material makes the piece water and wind resistant.
The finish piece has then filled with the finest down to achieve optimal thermal insulation.
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