Illusory Material is initiated and led by Jiani Zeng and Honghao Deng.
Following research in lenticular 3D printing was conducted by Yunyi Zhu, advised by Professor Axel Kilian and Professor Stefanie Mueller at MIT.

Virtual Intimacy in the Physical Reality

In the form of interactive spaces, materials, or designs across different scales, we explore how digital tools or information influence the way we live physically and the tangible product we use every day.

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"Illusory Material" was included in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2021 list

TIME Magazine

Nov 2021

Full paper accepted by ACM UIST 2021

ACM UIST

Oct 2021

Invited talk at Design Shanghai 2021 Forum

Design Shanghai

Jun 2021

IF Design Award | Discipline: Product

IF Design Award

Feb 2021

Selected as "Wallpaper* Next Generation 2021"

Wallpaper Magazine

Jan 2021

Featured on "China Design Magazine" front cover

China Design Magazine |《设计》杂志

Jan 2021

THE DIGITAL PHYSICAL

DAMN Magazine

Dec 2020

"Into the Next Dimension": Illusory Material featured by Financial Times

Financial Times

Dec 2020

Nseen is a see-through perfume bottle covered in invisible writing

Dezeen

Nov 2020

This incredible 3D printing technique generates impossible objects

Fast Company

Oct 2020

A 3D printing framework to design illusory objects

Domus

Sep 2020

Jiani Zeng and Honghao Deng Unveil 'Illusory Material'

Dexigner

Aug 2020

Design Duo Spots Untapped Potential of Multimaterial 3D Printing

Core77

Aug 2020

Reimagining product design with multi-material 3D printing

3D Printing Media Network

Aug 2020

Voxel Print Illusory with Stratasys J8 Series 3D Printers

Stratasys

Aug 2020

Reddot Design Award 2020: Best of the Best

Reddot Design Award

Jul 2020

Platinum A' Design Award

A' Design Award

Feb 2020