The Amazing Technicoloured Squid Jacket

 

Inspired by the camouflage capabilities of the squid, this jacket looks quite like a normal black jacket by day, but by night it reflects every known colour in the spectrum. Made from 2 billion tiny glass spheres embedded into the jacket, Vollebak co-founder Steve Tidball says "when light hits the jacket, it travels through the curved surface of these black glass spheres and strikes the back of them, before being reflected back at the original light source and scattered away from it simultaneously, so that the fabric looks like it’s emitting light.’

The fabric resembles an oil slick and the fully waterproof jacket has a liquid aesthetic that looks quite alien. Pretty cool really, see more at Design Boom.