
Industrial Designer Mat Brown creates glowing shelves by filling naturally formed voids in Chestnut planks with a photoluminescent resin. Mat Brown and Mike Warren are two different designers who have recently worked with this technique to great effect – and are sharing their secrets for creating this ‘glow wood’.


By mixing a phosphorescent powder with resin and the filling in the cracks and knotholes that naturally occur in wood materials, you can create beautiful surfaces that illuminate after being charged by sunlight.
