According to US government readings of the Air Quality Index below 100 are regarded as satisfactory, but artist and designer Nikolas Bentel says otherwise, “Everyone should be living in good air conditions and not moderate conditions.” At 60, the color of the fabric of the aesthetic shirt begins to alter slightly from black to white, and at 160 which is deemed officially as an “unhealthy” level, the pattern of the fabric is totally exposed.
The change in color and pattern of the fabric is reversible for two of the chemicals, but radioactivity could stimulates a permanent change. Fetched at a price of $500, it is quite pricey for a clothing that provides aesthetic look but lacking in any practical use.
Bentel stated to Quartz that sales aren’t essential to him as “The project’s store is secondary to the actual project.” The aim of Bentel is to put into limelight the hazards brought about poor environmental practices. Bentel added, “Yes, it’s good to get this technology into the hands of the public, but it is also good to spread awareness about the hidden pollutions in our urban spaces.”
The two contrasting realms of technology and fashion are now slowly combined with environmental awareness in mind.
If you are keen on determining how dangerous the air in your place is, you may tab one of the three Aerorhomics t-shirts. When you are walking around a city you will instantly become a walking air quality monitor if you wear one of the high-tech t-shirts. Bentel’s t-shirts are spruced up with color-changing dyes that act as sensors for air pollutants such carbon monoxide, particle pollution, carbon monoxide and radioactivity.
When the air pollution level increases, the fabric starts to literally squirm. A geometric pattern will surfaced out in the formerly plain t-shirt when it is exposed to a specific particle, cautioning its wearer about the hazardous level of pollutants that is present in the air.
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