The new Vantablack S-VIS nanotube coating, now even darker than the original super-black Vantablack, absorbs almost all light hitting its surface thus making this crumpled foil look like a smooth, flat surface. Large-scale applications in art, design and - gasp! - architecture are to follow soon. (Image courtesy of Surrey NanoSystems)
The British company developing the uses of a super black, light absorbent material called Vantablack S-VIS is working with leading architects as well as the British artist Anish Kapoor.
The founder and chief technology officer of Surrey NanoSystems, Ben Jensen, says that the company is working with “some large and well respected global architects,” and that the coating is already available for “suitable applications”. He declined to name the architects involved “due to prior agreements”.
— theartnewspaper.com
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if only they had this in the 80s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46kXH6GGtT0
mmmmmmmmmmmmmnope.
Anish Kapoor can go to hell.
http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2016/03/05/british-indian-sculptor-anish-kapoor-now-owns-the-rights-to-the-darkest-pigment-in-existence-a-fact-that-has-sparked-outrage-among-artists-worldwide/
Can I get this made into a turtleneck and slacks?
what about glasses frames? when can I order these?
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