Material Sense is presenting an exciting new international travelling exhibition: ‘Responsive'. This exhibition follows the previous successful shows ‘D-Compose' (2008), ‘Rematerialize' (2007) and ‘Innovations Update' (2006). The first port of call will be the world's largest ICT fair CeBIT in Hannover, as part of the show ‘Design Driving Innovation'.

The Responsive show focuses on materials and developments in materials that are somehow influenced by changes in their environment, e.g. light, sound, temperature, or by interaction with the human body. "

This exhibition is about how materials can attract our attention. And also about how they support us, offering comfort and safety. Many of the materials change according to the varying needs of users.

During CeBIT, as a teaser, ‘Responsive' will be grouped around a special selection of interactive materials that are all connected to growth. Passers by will find that Daan Roosegaarde's installations react to them by lighting up and following them with subtle sounds. Soil Lamp by designer Marieke Staps gets its energy from the metabolism of all the little creatures that live in mud. The ‘Grow' exhibit by Sustainable Minded Interactive Technology - or Smit - from Brooklyn, New York, generates electricity for buildings via the fluttering of solar panel ‘leaves' mounted on their facades.