EXPs interviews with Silvia Vignolini
A Journey into Nature’s Structural Colors
In this video interviews, Silvia Vignolini shows how nature’s hidden architecture creates colours that never fade – and how her department is harnessing them for sustainable new materials.
Understanding the role of color in nature
If "we dress to impress" – how does nature use color for communication?
Discovering the color that never fades
Ever wondered how some plants and fruits produce vivid colors that never fade? They are created not through pigments but through microscopic structures that manipulate light – this is called structural coloration.
Extracting design from nature
How can we derive design principles from nature and apply them to technological problems—an approach known as biomimicry?