has joined forces with ePaper technology leader E Ink in an unexpected collaboration to be unveiled on Wednesday at the Belgian luxury brand’s presentation during Paris Fashion Week. Flanking Delvaux’s seasonal offering, the Helios limited-edition capsule collection will showcase four leather designs inspired by E Ink’s color-changing Prism film, a dynamic electronic ink technology that previously enabled BMW to create the world’s first color-changing car. Now it’s the turn of leather goods, as the project promises to express the pioneering spirit of both parties involved by mixing leather craftsmanship and innovative technology in accessories for daily use.
“Our Helios project unifies extreme tradition with extreme innovation. Once more, it’s the fruit of an encounter and truly collaborative work, which started more than two years ago between E Ink’s and Delvaux’s teams,” said Delvaux’s chief executive officer , recalling how the discovery of E Ink’s innovative technology “which lets you change the appearance of a surface at the touch of a button” at CES in Las Vegas in January 2022 kicked off the partnership. “This technology, which has evolved from the famous e-paper of e-readers like the Kindle toward color, fascinated us.
We immediately saw the potential for our designs and contacted their teams to launch the project,” Loubier said. “What’s impressive about their technology is that changing color consumes very little energy and once th.
