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Color Changing Architectural Glass  
Welcome to the thinktank of color-changing material science. Inside this tank you will find what is possibly the most visually dynamic, viewer - interactive material in the world called Dichrolam™.
It is the first glazing and surfacing material in full size architectural glass and plastic panels that has dichroic, color changing technology built right into the material that actually changes color in full spectrum color shifts according to viewing angle. For those fortunate enough to be familiar with dichroic glass (small scale, EXPENSIVE color-changing art glass often found in jewelry), then Dichrolam is optically identical, yet without the price, size and fabrication limitations.
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You may even find your own custom sculpture from the tank (like this new wall), splashing with inter-reflecting colors that are only possible through the techniques developed by this furniture designer turned material innovator, John Blazy - the guardian of the tank and Dichrolam's inventor.
Dichrolam won the "Most Innovative Product" award at NeoCon 2000, and has been named in the top ten list of wildest materials archived in the Material ConneXion library of materials for architects and designers in New York City.
A truly original new medium for architectural glazing, lighting and surfacing design, these products were invented by a designer, for designers. This website is photo-intensive, as the only way to convey the color dynamics and application possibilities is to devote much space to this - so look thoroughly and often, as it is updated constantly.
John Blazy Designs - Dichrolam Dichroic Laminates Division and Scultpure and Art Division. E-mail: - dichrolam@att.net or go to contact page for sampling. |
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Martini Bar at Pickwick and Frolic Restaurant, Cleveland, OH in Crystal Sea Red Dichrolam lit from underneath flanked with Black Sea Dichrolam drink rails.
Below: Bloomberg Executive Offices, New York, NY. Fourteen foot high sheets of Dichrolam Green in laminated glass create light boxes of unreal color-changing infinite-mirror FX. Designer - Studios Architects
Photo courtesy of Metropolis, November 2005 issue, ©2005 Bellerophon Publications, Inc. Permission granted by Metropolis http://www.metropolismag.com/
Below is a seventeen foot conference table for MTV made in Black Sea Dichrolam. To its right is the sculpture "Projection" in Dichrolam Red and Green. Designer - John Blazy
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