Lauren Bowker
Lauren Bowker (born 16 September 1985) is an English designer, particularly known for her colour-change inks. Bowker is a designer, inventor, director and speaker who works with museums, galleries, institutes and industries across the world, specialising in material science and design. Bowker is the founder and creative director of THEUNSEEN, a material innovation research and development house that develops intelligent materials using colour to visualise data.
Lauren Bowker
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- Lauren Bowker
- Born
- 16 September 1985
- Birthplace
- Rossendale, Lancashire
- Occupation
- Designer
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- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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She is also the inventor of a number of colour-change inks and compounds, launched an environment-responsive colour change fashion collection into Selfridges department store in October 2015, and is one of the creators of her own version of color changing hair dye "FIRE" in January 2017. In June 2017, Bowker presented a T-Shirt range responsive to climate change at the UN Nature summit on World Environment Day in Washington. Bowker is editor at large of science for Dazed, a Creative Review creative leader and winner of the most innovative brand award at the WGSN Futures award 2016. Bowker's skin-based beauty products are set to be launched in 2019. The products include, Atmo Spheres, a colour pigment for the cheeks, eyes, lips and skin that changes when it comes into contact with heat, a breeze or seasonal temperature changes; Soul Shades, a skin-accentuating blusher that responds to skin's natural temperature fluctuations; and Helio Veil, a self-forming freckle base activated by UV rays. In 2026, Bowker launched Exist, a skincare brand developed around space-age biotechnology and ingredients studied for their resilience in extreme environments.
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• Name — Lauren Bowker • Born — 16 September 1985 • Birthplace — Rossendale, Lancashire • Occupation — Designer
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- 1.Meet Lauren Bowker, London's First Fashion-Channeling Witch. Vogue.
- 2.WIRED. The Unseen uses chemistry to create reactive fashion.
- 3.WIRED UK. Lauren Bowker: How the Unseen uses Chemistry to Create Reactive Fashion WIRED. 2015-11-02.
- 4.TEDx Talks. Why I Believe in Magick Lauren Bowker TEDxUCLWomen. 2017-11-28.
- 5.Erizanu, Temujin Doran and Paula. Color-changing inks respond to the environment. CNN.
- 6.The Unseen Official Website
- 7.TEDx Talks. Intelligent textiles Lauren Bowker TEDxBermuda. 2014-12-04.
- 8.Erizanu, Temujin Doran and Paula. Color-changing inks respond to the environment. CNN.
- 9.Lauren Bowker: the 'textile alchemist' fashioning a bright future. Evening Standard.
- 10.Dazed. The witch who's made the world's first colour-change hair. 2017-02-17.
- 11.Nature Summit in Celebration of World Environment Day World Environment Day. worldenvironmentday.global.
- 12.Dazed. We created contact lenses that respond to emotion. 2017-09-07.
- 13.Lauren Bowker – Creative Review. creativereview.co.uk. 23 May 2016.
- 14.WGSN Futures Awards 2016: The Winners. wgsn.com.
- 15.This Futuristic Chemist Is Changing The Face Of Beauty. Vogue. 28 November 2018.
- 16.Rae, Sophie. Space-Age Skincare: Meet Lauren Bowker’s New Brand Exist. BeautyNewsDaily. 2026-05-28.
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