{{short description|English designer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Lauren Bowker | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Lauren Bowker headshot .jpg | image_upright = | landscape = | alt = | caption = Bowker dressed in black holding hat | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|09|16}} | birth_place = Rossendale, Lancashire | baptised = | disappeared_date = | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | burial_place = | burial_coordinates = | monuments = | other_names = | siglum = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Designer | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | television = | height = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | other_party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charges = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | family = | callsign = | awards = | website = | signature = | signature_type = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}
'''Lauren Bowker''' (born 16 September 1985) is an English designer, particularly known for her colour-change inks. Born in Rossendale, Lancashire, Bowker now resides in London, United Kingdom.
Bowker is a designer,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/lauren-bowker-london-first-fashion-channeling-witch|title=Meet Lauren Bowker, London's First Fashion-Channeling Witch|work=Vogue|access-date=2018-01-21|language=en}}</ref> inventor,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lauren-bowker-the-unseen|title=The Unseen uses chemistry to create reactive fashion|last=WIRED|access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> director<ref>{{Citation|last=WIRED UK|title=Lauren Bowker: How the Unseen uses Chemistry to Create Reactive Fashion {{!}} WIRED|date=2015-11-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02I2ooX0Ef4|access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> and speaker<ref>{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=Why I Believe in Magick {{!}} Lauren Bowker {{!}} TEDxUCLWomen|date=2017-11-28|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VM-JWiFZDg|access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> who works with museums, galleries, institutes and industries across the world,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/27/europe/unseen-ink/index.html|title=Color-changing inks respond to the environment|last=Erizanu|first=Temujin Doran and Paula|publisher=CNN|access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> specialising in material science and design. Bowker is the founder and creative director of THEUNSEEN,<ref>[http://seetheunseen.co.uk The Unseen Official Website]</ref> a material innovation research and development house that develops intelligent materials using colour to visualise data.<ref>{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=Intelligent textiles {{!}} Lauren Bowker {{!}} TEDxBermuda|date=2014-12-04|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gAaNQZwGtY|access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref>
She is also the inventor of a number of colour-change inks<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/27/europe/unseen-ink/index.html|title=Color-changing inks respond to the environment|last=Erizanu|first=Temujin Doran and Paula|publisher=CNN|access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> and compounds, launched an environment-responsive colour change fashion collection into Selfridges department store in October 2015,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/fashion/news/lauren-bowker-meet-the-textile-alchemist-who-is-fashioning-a-brighter-future-with-colourchanging-a3096706.html|title=Lauren Bowker: the 'textile alchemist' fashioning a bright future|work=Evening Standard|access-date=2018-01-21|language=en-GB}}</ref> and is one of the creators of her own version of color changing hair dye "FIRE" in January 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/34769/1/the-unseen-colour-change-dye-lauren-bowker|title=The witch who's made the world's first colour-change hair|last=Dazed|date=2017-02-17|work=Dazed|access-date=2018-01-21|language=en}}</ref> In June 2017, Bowker presented a T-Shirt range responsive to climate change at the UN Nature summit on World Environment Day in Washington.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldenvironmentday.global/en/news/nature-summit-celebration-world-environment-day|title=Nature Summit in Celebration of World Environment Day {{!}} World Environment Day|website=worldenvironmentday.global|language=en|access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref>
Bowker is editor at large of science for Dazed,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/37312/1/blade-runner-2049-replicant-eyes-change-colour-emotion|title=We created contact lenses that respond to emotion|last=Dazed|date=2017-09-07|work=Dazed|access-date=2018-01-21|language=en}}</ref> a Creative Review creative leader<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/creativeleaders50/leader/lauren-bowker/|title=Lauren Bowker – Creative Review|website=creativereview.co.uk|date=23 May 2016 |language=en-UK|access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref> and winner of the most innovative brand award at the WGSN Futures award 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wgsn.com/blogs/wgsn-futures-awards-2016-the-winners/#|title=WGSN Futures Awards 2016: The Winners|website=wgsn.com|access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref>
Bowker's skin-based beauty products are set to be launched in 2019. The products include, Atmo Spheres, a colour pigment for the cheeks, eyes, lips and skin that changes when it comes into contact with heat, a breeze or seasonal temperature changes; Soul Shades, a skin-accentuating blusher that responds to skin's natural temperature fluctuations; and Helio Veil, a self-forming freckle base activated by UV rays.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/this-futuristic-chemist-is-changing-the-face-of-beauty|title=This Futuristic Chemist Is Changing The Face Of Beauty|access-date=28 November 2018|work=Vogue|date=28 November 2018 }}</ref>
In 2026, Bowker launched Exist, a skincare brand developed around space-age biotechnology and ingredients studied for their resilience in extreme environments.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rae |first=Sophie |date=2026-05-28 |title=Space-Age Skincare: Meet Lauren Bowker’s New Brand Exist |url=https://beautynewsdaily.com/move-over-earth-space-age-skincare-is-here/ |access-date=2026-06-01 |website=BeautyNewsDaily |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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