In 2022, LG Display announced the world’s first high-resolution stretchable display. News on the new display type has been quiet since then, until last week the company presented its displays in a surprising venue: Seoul Fashion Week. The displays, which can be stretched, folded, and twisted, were showcased as part of clothing and bag concepts. When the prototypes were revealed two years ago, the displays could stretch from 12 to 14 inches while maintaining a high resolution of 100ppi and a full color spectrum.
LG Display says that the displays integrated into clothing allow designs and colors to shift continually, are featured on the front of garments, sleeves, and clutch bags crafted by Korean designers Youn-Hee Park and Chung-Chung Lee.
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The design initiative is part of a national project led by South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy with the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology to test the commercial potential of Stretchable displays. LG Display says that in addition to the fashion industry, its stretchable displays have potential applications in IT by enabling devices that can be worn like clothing or attached to the body.
