汽车CMF设计新方向：把“安全可视性”直接做进材料里

RheoLight™核心亮点：

·是一种即用型水晶玻璃颜料色浆，适用于涂料与油墨，为涂层赋予逆反射特性。

·引入的Twin-Flop与AIPoV创新概念，应用于交通出行外饰涂层，提升车辆可视性与可探测性，从而提高安全性。

·夜间可增强人类视觉、摄像头以及激光雷达的识别能力，支持更精准的判断与决策。

2025国际CMF设计奖-样品类色彩金奖

INK INVENT-RheoLight™

汽车的安全可视性与摄像头、激光雷达、灯光等息息相关。那么从CMF维度，能否实现这种可视功能性设计呢？答案是可以的。思路是将“可视性”作为一种材料属性，主动与光发生作用，从而提升涂层表面的可视性、空间层次感以及光学性能。

Vehicle safety visibility is closely connected to cameras, LiDAR systems, lighting, and other sensing technologies. But from a CMF perspective, is it possible to achieve this kind of functional visibility design? The answer is yes. The idea is to treat “visibility” as a material property that actively interacts with light, thereby enhancing the visibility, spatial depth, and optical performance of coated surfaces.

RheoLight™就是打造了一种即用型水晶玻璃颜料色浆，适用于涂料与油墨，为涂层赋予逆反射特性。提升车辆可视性与可探测性，从而提高安全性。尤其在夜间，RheoLight™可增强肉眼、摄像头以及激光雷达的识别能力，有助于实现更精准的判断与决策。

RheoLight™ has developed a ready-to-use Crystal Glass pigment dispersion for coatings and inks, giving coated surfaces retroreflective properties. This improves vehicle visibility and detectability, ultimately enhancing safety. Especially at night, RheoLight™ strengthens recognition by the human eye, cameras, and LiDAR systems, supporting more accurate perception and decision-making.

CMF设计解读

RheoLight™是由Ink Invent开发的一种功能性液体添加剂，可将可控的光反应性微玻璃结构引入涂料和涂层体系中。

RheoLight™ is a functional liquid additive, developed by Ink Invent, that introduces controlled, light-reactive micro-glass structures into paint and coating systems.

不同于主要用于改变颜色或纹理的传统颜料或效果填料，RheoLight™的设计旨在主动与光发生作用，从而提升涂层表面的可视性、空间层次感以及光学性能。

Unlike traditional pigments or effect fillers that primarily modify color or texture, RheoLight™ is designed to actively interact with light, enhancing visibility, depth, and optical performance of coated surfaces.

RheoLight™以即用型分散体形式提供，兼容水性和溶剂型涂料体系，可无缝集成至现有工业涂料生产流程中，无需改变既有工艺路径。

RheoLight™ is supplied as ready-to-use dispersions, compatible with both water-based and solvent-based coating systems, allowing seamless integration into industrial paint manufacturing without altering established processing routes.

RheoLight™的 CMF 设计理念基于“将可视性作为一种材料属性”。

The CMF design concept of RheoLight™ is based on “visibility as a material property.”

在传统认知中，可视性通常被视为色彩选择或光泽水平的次要指标。而RheoLight™重新定义了这种想法，将光学行为直接嵌入材料配方中，使可视性成为一种有意且可控的CMF参数。

Traditionally, visibility is treated as a secondary outcome of color choice or gloss level. RheoLight™ redefines this approach by embedding optical behavior directly into the material formulation, making visibility an intentional and controllable CMF parameter.

CMF设计理念聚焦于：

· 强调对光的管理，而非单纯提升色彩饱和度

· 采用精妙的光学效果，而非装饰性闪耀

· 兼具功能性美学，提升安全性、识别度与感知体验

Our CMF philosophy focuses on:

· Light management rather than color saturation

· Subtle optical effects instead of decorative sparkle

· Functional aesthetics that improve safety, recognition, and perception

这种方法使设计师和配方师能够打造出在不同的光照条件下(无论是日光、微光还是人造光源)都能保持视觉清晰、易于识别且富有表现力的表面。

This approach allows designers and formulators to create surfaces that remain visually clear, readable, and expressive under changing lighting conditions including daylight, low light, and artificial illumination.

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CMF Design Challenge | CMF 设计挑战

在对涂料与涂层市场进行深入分析过程中，我们发现了一个关键且尚未解决的 CMF 难题：车辆可视性并未被视为一种可测量、可调控的材料属性，尤其是在低光照环境下。

During an in-depth analysis of the paint and coating market, we identified a critical and unresolved CMF challenge: vehicle visibility is not treated as a measurable, adjustable material property, especially under low-light conditions.

现有解决方案（如灯光、反光膜类材料及颜色选择）在物体识别和形状感知方面仍存在不足，尤其是在基于摄像头与激光雷达的高级驾驶辅助系统（ADAS）应用背景下更为明显。

Existing solutions such as lights, reflectors, and color choices, do not sufficiently support object recognition and shape perception, particularly in the context of advanced driver assistance systems (camera- and LiDAR-based).

我们解决这一挑战的目标是：在不影响色彩自由度、表面质量和工业化生产可行性的前提下，提升完整物体的三维可视性。

Our objective to resolve this challenge was to enhance three-dimensional visibility of complete objects without compromising color freedom, surface quality, or industrial manufacturability.

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CMF Design Approach | CMF 设计思路

我们将“可视性”重新定义为一个核心的CMF 参数，并将其直接整合进涂层材料本身，而非作为外部附加元素。

We reframed visibility as a core CMF parameter, integrated directly into the coating material rather than applied as an external element.

设计过程重点围绕：

· 使可视性具备：可测量、可调节

· 保留现有的色彩体系

· 确保与大规模工业涂装体系的兼容性

The design process focused on:

· Making visibility measurable and adjustable

· Preserving the existing color landscape

· Ensuring compatibility with large-scale industrial coating systems

基于此，我们开发出一套CMF 工具体系：

RheoLight™水晶玻璃颜料提升可视性，3D色彩可视性标签对其进行量化评估等级。

This led to the development of a combined CMF toolset:
RheoLight™ Crystal Glass Pigments to influence visibility, and the 3D Color Visibility Label to measure it.

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CMF Solution & Innovation | CMF 解决方案与创新

将经过光学设计的水晶玻璃颜料引入涂层基体中，RheoLight™显著增强了涂层内部的光交互作用。

By introducing optically engineered Crystal Glass Pigments into the coating matrix, RheoLight™ enhances light interaction within the paint layer.

这一技术在不依赖颜色与光泽的前提下，提升了三维物体的识别度与轮廓可视性，使设计师能够在保持美学自由的同时增强安全性能。

This improves object recognition and shape visibility of three-dimensional forms independently of color and gloss, allowing designers to enhance safety while maintaining aesthetic freedom.

该解决方案具备以下特点：

· 颜色自由选择

· 可实现工业化规模生产

· 兼容水性与溶剂型体系

The solution is:

· Color-independent

· Industrially scalable

· Compatible with both water- and solvent-based systems

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Design Outcome | 设计成果

该 CMF 设计最终形成了一种全新的价值主张：将以安全为导向的可视性直接融入色彩设计之中——“安全，亦可美丽”。

The CMF design process resulted in a new value proposition:
integrating safety-driven visibility directly into color design — “Safety made Beautiful”.

这一方法使制造商与消费者能够有意识地选择可视性更高的表面，从而在不牺牲设计表达的前提下，推动更安全的出行方式。

This approach enables manufacturers and consumers to consciously choose more visible surfaces, contributing to safer mobility without sacrificing design intent.

获奖团队

CEO Paul Mijnen

Paul Mijnen，MBA、理学硕士——Ink Invent 首席执行官安全、色彩设计与出行领域的前瞻型创新者

Paul Mijnen, MBA MSc – CEO Ink Invent

Visionary Innovator in Safety, Color Design & Mobility

Mijnen 先生毕业于荷兰代尔夫特理工大学航空航天工程专业（1990–1996），并于 TIAS NIMBAS 商学院获得 MBA 学位（2001–2002）。他兼具严谨的分析能力与创造性的领导才能。其职业经历涵盖商业智能与金融领域的战略岗位，随后成功创立并运营一家生物医学植入公司。

With a foundation in Aerospace Engineering from the Dutch University of Delft (1990–1996) and an MBA from TIAS-NIMBAS (2001–2002), Mr. Mijnen brings a rare combination of analytical rigor and creative leadership. His career spans from strategic roles in business intelligence and finance, followed by the successful founding and management of a biomedical implant company.

Director Innovation Jacques Arthur Knoote

在其医疗器械公司成功完成并购之后，Mijnen 先生于 2018 年与 Jacques Arthur Knoote 先生共同创立了 Ink Invent BV（总部位于荷兰），致力于重新定义色彩在出行领域中的作用。

After a successful M&A process of his previous Medical Device Companies, In 2018, he co-founded Ink Invent BV, now headquartered in the Netherlands, together with Mr. Jacques Arthur Knoote with a mission to redefine the role of color in mobility.

凭借 Mijnen 先生不懈的创新热情促成了 RheoLight™的诞生，这是世界上首款可应用于提升车辆可视性的水晶玻璃颜料。这一屡获殊荣的专利产品组合，推动了汽车色彩技术的第二次范式变革。

Mr. Mijnen's relentless passion led to the creation of RheoLight™, the world’s first Crystal Glass microsphere Pigment designed to enhance vehicle visibility for humans and sensors alike. This award winning patented product portfolio, champions a second paradigm shift in automotive color technology.

作为首席执行官，Mijnen先生负责研发、战略市场、专利布局（拥有完善的全球专利体系）以及涂料与出行领域的跨学科创新。他的前瞻性理念获得业界广泛认可，并屡获殊荣，其中包括凭借 RheoLight™在支持自动驾驶与智慧城市安全举措方面的突破性潜力，荣获 CES 及 WSCE 2024 智慧城市创新奖。

As CEO, Mr. Mijnen leads R&D, strategic marketing, patent development (with a robust global portfolio), and interdisciplinary innovation across coatings and mobility industries. His thought-leadership has earned industry accolades, including the CES and WSCE 2024 Smart Cities Innovation Award for RheoLight’s breakthrough potential in supporting autonomous driving and smart city safety initiatives.

作为多篇学术论文的发表作者，Mijnen先生具备业内少见的跨领域技术专长。他通过其创立的http://VisibilitySavesLives.org，积极推动将三维视角（PoV）可视性建模引入功能性出行涂料中，以提升人类视觉、计算机视觉与激光雷达之间的多模态感知能力。

As a published author of academic papers, Mr. Mijnen offers a unique technology expertise not frequently found. Through his foundation http://VisibilitySavesLives.org he champions the integration of 3D Point-of-View (PoV) visibility modeling into functional mobility coatings to enhance multi-modal perception across human vision, computer vision, and LiDAR.

正如SAE（国际汽车工程师学会）所发布的那样，可视性标签树立了新的行业基准。它为行业提供了量化车辆可视性的工具，评估依据包括车辆形状、涂层和颜色，并且对ADAS（高级驾驶辅助系统）、AV（自动驾驶系统）以及智能基础设施具有实际意义。这种方法将涂层从被动的美学表面转变为主动的材料界面，架起了材料科学与传感器性能之间的桥梁。

As published by SAE, the Visibility Label sets a new industry benchmark. Enabling the industry with tools for quantifying how visible a vehicle is based on shape, coating, and color, with real-world relevance for ADAS, AV systems, and smart infrastructure. This approach transforms coatings from passive aesthetics into active material interfaces, bridging material science with sensor performance.

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Thoughts on Receiving the Award and wishes to the Award | 获奖感言及寄语

荣获2025国际CMF设计奖金奖，对Ink Invent及我们的团队来说是莫大的荣幸。这也充分证明，CMF设计正在超越单纯的美学范畴，切实具备了实用性和社会价值。

Receiving the Gold Medal of the 2025 CMF DESIGN AWARD is a great honor for Ink Invent and our team. It is a strong recognition that CMF design is going beyond aesthetics and contributes to real functional and social value.

这一奖项进一步证实了我们的观点，即材料、颜色和表面处理能够对安全性、感知能力以及人类体验产生积极影响。

This award confirms our belief that Materials, Color, and Finish can actively influence safety, perception, and human experience.

获得国际CMF设计奖及多领域专家评审的认可，激励我们持续探索材料层面的创新如何能够同时兼顾美感和责任。

Being acknowledged by an international CMF platform and a jury of experts in their respective multidisciplinary fields motivates us to continue exploring how innovation at the material level can support both beauty and responsibility.

我们衷心感谢国际CMF设计奖推动前瞻性设计创新，并搭建设计师、材料开发者与产业之间的全球对话平台。

We sincerely appreciate the CMF DESIGN AWARD for promoting forward-thinking CMF innovation and for building a global dialogue between designers, material developers, and the industry.

我们祝愿国际CMF设计奖持续发展，激发更多具有意义的设计，推动一个更理性、更安全且更可持续的未来。

We wish the CMF DESIGN AWARD continued success in inspiring meaningful design and shaping a more thoughtful, safer, and sustainable future.