What is Ceraluminum? The Asus innovation explained [Video]

In September, Asus announced that it was opening a free exhibition as part of the London Design Festival. 

The Design You Can Feel exhibition, which explored materiality, craftsmanship and AI, placed a particular focus on the brand’s new Ceraluminum material. 

Ceraluminum is featured in Asus’ latest slew of Zenbooks, but what actually is it? Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about this high-tech material. 

Ceraluminum is a new material designed to combine with resilience of ceramic with the malleability of metal. The result is a lightweight, scratch-resistant material with a unique appearance that makes it ideal for a sleek and portable ultrabook like the Zenbook S 16. 

According to Asus, the brand spent the last four years fine-tuning Ceraluminum, including the colours, texture and hardness of the material. The colours and porosity of Ceraluminum are controlled by the electric current, voltage and mineral formula used in the manufacturing process, with no additional colour pigments …