Dialogue Between Worlds

Fundamental Science and Fashion at Paris-Saclay

The Dialogue Between Worlds project explores an original approach to science communication by combining fundamental physics, creativity, and fashion. In response to contemporary challenges around democratizing knowledge and opening science to diverse audiences, this initiative proposes a concrete experiment: creating and presenting pieces inspired by fundamental physics research, designed not only to attract attention but above all to educate and evoke emotion.

Far from being a purely aesthetic endeavor, the project is based on co-production between researchers, artists, and mediators, combining scientific rigor with creativity. It aims to diversify the ways science is communicated, fostering a thoughtful and participatory dialogue with audiences often distant from research and scientific practice. This approach takes place in a context where scientific institutions seek to strengthen their societal impact by making complex knowledge accessible through innovative forms.

Panni Margot

Argentine Fashion Designer and Creator

Panni Margot is an Argentine fashion designer whose signature combines a strong futuristic visual sense with Japanese influences (kimono, minimalism, nature-inspired symbols) and a genderless approach to clothing.
He stands out, among other things, for his early use of artificial intelligence (AI) in fashion: he was the first designer in the world to create a collection from AI-generated designs (using a system like DALL·E) — images conceived by AI and then transformed into garments. This collection was presented in the United States at Runway Latinx in Chicago in 2022.
He was later invited to showcase a collection at New York Fashion Week (NYFW), as part of the Runway 7 event at Sony Hall in September 2024. This marked an important milestone in his international visibility.

Our Designs

The underground landscape of neutrino detection

Neutrino: Neutral elementary particle with infinitesimal mass.

This kimono transforms the invisible world of neutrino detection into a play of shifting color and light. Its surface changes tone with illumination; even a camera’s flash reveals new hues, evoking the way neutrinos oscillate between different flavors as they journey through space.
Neutrinos cross the universe almost without interacting. Billions pass through our bod- ies every second. Only on the rarest occasions does one collide with matter, releasing a faint flash of light that photomultiplier tubes capture deep underground, golden eyes that see the unseen.

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The unseen architecture of the universe

Gravitational lensing: light distorted by unseen matter.

This bodysuit reimagines how the universe reveals what it cannot show directly. A field of painted stars lies beneath a heat-deformed transparent layer whose curves distort and shift the light that reaches us. This visual effect echoes gravitational lensing: the bending of light by mass that does not emit light.
In cosmology, distant galaxies appear stretched, magnified, or displaced because their light is deflected by gravity along the way. These distortions act as clues: they map the presence of unseen matter in the cosmos, including the component we call dark matter, known not by sight but by its influence on how light travels.

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Coming Soon

New pieces conveying dark matter, primordial universe inflation, and cosmic rays will be unveiled during the Astroparticle Symposium at the Institut Pascal (from November 3 to 21).