Wooden crystals make fashion shine

Processing wood into nanocellulose conjures a vivid, intense structural colour without harming people or the environment. For Noora Yau, Anna Semi and Konrad Klockars luxury is first and foremost about valuing the material and respecting nature.
The nanostructure of Shimmering Wood reflects just one wavelength of light and lets the rest pass through. The reflected wavelength goes back in a specific direction, just like in a mirror, which is why the structural colour is so bright and intense. The colour also varies from direction to direction, because the viewing angle determines which wavelength is reflected to the viewer’s eye.
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Video: Anna Berg / Aalto University communications
Photography: Anna Berg, Kalle Kataila

[@DanielOelert]

The crystals are not 3D printed, the title is misleading.

[@DanielOelert]

Should have written: "There are no crystals being printed at all, just coated PLA." ... Typed that comment in a rush, so this is the clarification.

[@aaltouniversity]

Hi Daniel, thanks for your comment! You are right, the title was misleading and we changed it now.