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Delong Instruments x SciCanvas

Electron microscopy as conference presence

Custom bow ties, top, and skirt created from microscopy images acquired with Delong Instruments microscopes for EMC 2024.

Client: Delong Instruments

Context: EMC 2024 conference

Finished pieces: Bow ties, top, skirt

Source: Electron microscopy images

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Delong representative wearing a custom SciCanvas top with a microscopy-derived pattern.

Client

Delong Instruments

Context

EMC 2024 conference in Copenhagen

Source

Electron microscopy images acquired with Delong Instruments microscopes

Finished Pieces

Custom bow ties, top, and skirt

Project Summary

Microscopy images made visible at a conference

For EMC 2024 in Copenhagen, Delong Instruments wanted conference pieces that would connect directly to their work: electron microscopy, imaging, and the visual world revealed by their instruments.

SciCanvas created a small set of wearable pieces based on images acquired with Delong Instruments microscopes. The result included bow ties used as booth giveaways, and a custom outfit: a top and skirt worn by a member of the Delong marketing team during the conference.

Custom SciCanvas skirt with a butterfly microscopy-derived pattern worn by a Delong representative.
Conference pieces were developed from the company's own visual world: electron microscopy images, scale, contrast, and structure.
Original electron microscopy image with curved line structures used as source imagery.
Original electron microscopy image: SEM electrode surface. BSE mode on an LVEM5D.

Client Context

A visual world already present in the company's work

Delong Instruments is a Brno-based company developing electron microscopy and electron-optical technologies. Their instruments make micro- and nanoscale structures visible: not only as scientific data, but also as striking visual material.

For an international microscopy conference, this visual world was already present in the company's own work. The task was to translate it into pieces people could notice, wear, remember, and take home.

Delong Instruments logo

Source Images

Real micrographs as source images

The starting point was a set of scientific images acquired with Delong Instruments microscopes.

Instead of treating the images as decoration, SciCanvas approached them as source images: looking for rhythm, contrast, scale, density, and pattern logic already present in the micrographs.

Original electron microscopy image showing repeating fine structures used as source imagery.
Original electron microscopy image: SEM: Butterfly Wing. Sample on stub. BSE. Gold coated.
Original electron microscopy image with curved line structures used as source imagery.
Original electron microscopy image: SEM: Electrode surface. BSE mode on an LVEM5D.
Repeated grayscale textile pattern developed from microscopy imagery.
Original electron microscopy image: TEM: Metal Organic Framework. Particles on carbon film.

Design Translation

Different formats, different scales

The designs were developed to work across two very different formats.

For the bow ties, the pattern needed to be readable at a small scale, with enough contrast to be recognizable from a distance but not too visually noisy when worn.

For the outfit, the image could become more immersive. The skirt allowed the microscopy-derived pattern to unfold across a larger surface, while the top created a coordinated but wearable conference look.

Custom skirt layout with microscopy-derived bow tie pattern artwork for Delong Instruments.
The same visual source was adapted for small giveaway pieces and a full conference outfit.

Final Pieces

Conference pieces grounded in microscopy

The final set included custom bow ties for booth giveaways and a coordinated top and skirt for the Delong representative at EMC 2024. Together, the pieces worked as conversation starters, linking the conference booth, the company's technology, and the visual beauty of microscopy in a form people could immediately understand.

Delong representative wearing a custom SciCanvas top with a microscopy-derived pattern.
Custom top worn by a Delong representative
Custom SciCanvas skirt with a butterfly microscopy-derived pattern worn by a Delong representative.
Custom skirt with microscopy-derived butterfly pattern
Person wearing a custom SciCanvas bow tie made from microscopy-derived pattern artwork.
Custom bow tie worn as a conference piece

Why It Worked

Three layers in one conference piece

This project connected scientific source, company identity, and conference presence at the same time.

Scientific source

The pattern came from real microscopy images, not generic science-inspired graphics.

Company identity

The visual material was directly connected to Delong Instruments' own technology and field.

Conference presence

The pieces gave the booth and representatives a memorable, human, and tactile visual element.

For SciCanvas, this was a clear example of how scientific images can become meaningful conference pieces: wearable, recognizable, and grounded in the client's actual work.

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