Self-Assembly Lab, MIT + Ministry of Supply + Hills Inc. + U. Maine + Iowa State U.

MIT’s Self Assembly Lab and MIT-born apparel company Ministry of Supply have developed Climate-Active Textiles that continually adapt to temperature changes to keep us comfortable in ever-changing environments. This new type of textile can reversibly transform its porosity for breathability, thickness for insulation and shape for compression or fit. This technology was developed with support from the federal non-profit Advanced Functional Fibers of America (AFFOA).

Self-Assembly Lab, MIT: Lavender Tessmer, Carmel Snow, Alice Song, Schendy Kernizan, Jared Laucks, Skylar Tibbits

Ministry of Supply:

Oye Ajewole, Aman Advani, Gihan Amarasiriwardena

Iowa State U.:

Rui Li, Guowen Song

U. of Maine:

David Erb, Bill Yori, Justin Crouse

This project was generously supported by AFFOA, MIT Dept. of Architecture, and the International Design Center.