Items applied with thermochromic ink or crystals change color when temperature changes making your design interactive and fun. One popular example of this is the famous mood ring. If you want to know more about thermochromic technology, go here. For the designers, here are some clever ways thermochromic technology is used for design:
Polar Ice Cap shirt which demonstrates the drastic melting of the North Polar Ice Caps from 1980 to 2009. Using a water-based thermochromic ink, the image of the 1980 ice caps will “melt” away as your surrounding temperature rises to 96.8 Fahrenheit.
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When heated up by the simple touch of a hand, theCD artwork will change opacity, revealing hidden images on the cover and hidden song titles on the back cover.
An ever changing book cover was created by combining a photochromic and thermochromic ink. The ink that is used for the typography is thermochromic and is getting transparent when temperature rises. The image (photochromic ink) appears only when exposed to UV light (sun).
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Activist posters about change through posters that change with just a slight touch of the hand.
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This mask is printed with thermochromic ink so it changes colors as your breath gets hotter or cooler.
One good example where thermochromic design is useful. When the food is hot, the packaging turns red.
And another one. Thermochromic paint on a cup where the exterior design changes once the hot drink warms up the cup.
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Color becomes brighter on this 100% cotton fabric when heat is applied.
Awesome. Can you think of other designs that would work perfectly with thermochromic tech?
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