While PETA counsels its followers to ‘rather go naked than wear fur’, the Austrian designer named Sonje Baurnel seeks to dictate almost the same but in a different manner. She is making fabric from invisible bacteria skulking on human body. Anyhow, the product will not be transparent, mind you. Her project dubbed “(In)visible Membranes: Life on the Human Body and Its Design Applications” will lend visibility to the sustainable fabric.
How her clothing will react to environment is simply incomprehensible? Well, she reveals that the body membrane supports innumerable bacteria. Through some biological process, Sonje hopes to transform them into a visible, functional and flexibly adapting fabric layer. The layer could react to an individual’s body temperature based on body warmth and insulation.
