About
Reflections are annoying.
Once you start noticing them, they're impossible to ignore.
That's how Polgaze began.
We couldn't quite let it go.
Why have we accepted this?
It's a simple question with a long answer. Answering it meant understanding what happens where light meets a surface, and that took time.
So the annoyance became a question, and the question became the work. What began as one person's irritation is now years of research.
Reflection is everywhere. That was the question that started Polgaze. It led us to ask how materials behave where they meet the world.
As the research progressed, it became clear that the same principles extended well beyond optics. What began as a question about reflection became a broader exploration of material surfaces and their interaction with the environment.
We are learning to work with light, rather than around it.
It started with a simple annoyance.
We're still asking why we ever accepted it.