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Heat-Sensitive Table Tops

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

Studio801's Lexham Bedside Tables are Deceivingly Warped

— June 16, 2011 — Art & Design
At first the Lexham Bedside Tables may look like simple, yet extremely contemporary pieces of furniture. When you look closer, however, strange details will start to appear. First of all, the surface of each table will begin to look more and more warped, and it will also look like it is shifting colors. That is because the Lexham Bedside Tables features a clever optical illusion as well as heat-sensitive tiles.

Designed by Studio801, the Lexham Bedside Tables were custom built over a six-month period. Made from Corian, it features acute angles that create a forced perspective. 137 pieces of thermochromic liquid crystal sheet interact with different sources of heat to change through a color spectrum from deep red to dark blue.
Trend Themes
1. Optical Illusion Furniture - Design furniture products that feature optical illusions as a way to make them more appealing and unique.
2. Heat-sensitive Decor - Create home decor items that are heat-sensitive as a way to offer customers interactive experiences in their homes
3. Color-shifting Products - Develop products that change colors in response to different stimuli as a way to offer customers a dynamic and ever-changing experience.
Industry Implications
1. Furniture Design - Incorporate new and innovative technologies into the design of furniture products to create products that are unique and visually appealing
2. Home Decor Industry - Experiment with new materials and applications to offer consumers decor items that are visually intriguing and provide sensory stimulation
3. Consumer Goods Manufacturing - Create new products that incorporate color-shifting technologies and interactive features that enhance consumers' overall experience with the product
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