Janus Fabric is a new conceptual material, whose surface can work as a heating or lighting system. The combination of the material diversity and incorporated functional system creates multi-dimensional designs, which are both functional and aesthetic. Janus Fabric originated from the idea to expand the definition of a simple surface material to a performing component. To add a function to a product, additional components and complex production systems are usually required. Since Janus itself can perform the function, this can help to solve these problems and allows to focus on the design.

Hyemin Kim is a designer who focuses on user-experiences through designing materials. She is interested in exploring materials by pushing its boundaries and by researching how people perceive the values of a material. She worked as a material designer for the automotive, furniture, fashion and mobile industry in the field of new material developing. Afterwards, she did her master degree in Product Design focusing on challenging our perceptions of recycled polymers through innovative reprocessing. In the future she would like to expand her experiences in material designs.