Fancy a glimpse at the future ahead of CES next month? Check out these concepts from Liquavista, a spin-off of Philips, and design agency Seymourpowell.
They show Liquavista’s flexible ColourBright displays applied to concept gadgets, making them instantly interactive and engaging.
Liquavista says its technology will make for more dynamic interfaces. The Seymourpowell watch, for example, uses ColourBright displays to create a full colour display with high contrast. Their mobile design, meanwhile, uses ColourBright’s flexible displays to coat the back of the handset with a graphic display, making use of otherwise wasted space.
“The combination of the design expertise of Seymourpowell and the innovative display technology of Liquavista ColorBright in these concepts demonstrate the possibilities for transforming everyday products,” explained Mark Gostick, Liquavista’s CEO. “This comes at a time when the increasingly challenging market environment is making product differentiation more important and more valuable than ever.”
We’re particularly taken with the concept of a colour display on the shower, and full colour e-paper. But these are still concepts at the moment. We’ll be catching up with Liquavista in person at CES next month.
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Colour flexible e-paper is still the holy grail and it would be amazing to see it in production. Interesting how many of the uses here (e.g. the shower dial) still rely on traditional forms – what I’d really like to see is what new design paradigms colour e-paper could give us.