SICH VERÄNDERNDE FARBEN
Ein biophiler Ansatz für die Zukunft sich verändernder Farben
Description
What does the future of colour production look like — how can we create colours that not only do no harm to the environment but actually enrich it?
The wings of Morpho butterflies are among the best-known examples of structural colours. The nanostructure of the wings allows their shades to change through the interaction of movement and light.
But could microorganisms also produce structural colours? Flavobacteria are a class of marine bacteria that form dense, highly organised colonies on a scale corresponding to the wavelengths of light. This results in optical structures known as photonic 2D crystals, producing structural colours.
As a habitat for the flavobacteria, I worked with 3D-printed Biotubes, part of a current BurgLabs research project. The result is a concept for building blocks that can be integrated into a kind of living (and colour-changing) installation.