Developing colour-changing technologies

Lauren Bowker calls herself a materials alchemist. But the transmutations she works on with her company The Unseen are all visual – colour changing technologies that fuse chemistry with art. ‘Everything we do has to be as innovative as it is beautiful,’ explains Bowker. ‘All the formulations that we create and visualise are led by curiosity.’ With many high profile projects, including a collection in Selfridge’s, Bowker is bringing materials chemistry to high fashion – and soon to the masses with the launch of the world’s first colour-changing hair dye.