Lumi, Inc. is a Los Angeles–based company founded by Jesse Genet and Steph Ango that offers packaging and supply chain management software.
[2] Unsatisfied with the results of screen printing and dye-sublimation she pursued her research and found what became a precursor to Inkodye, a chemical formula from the 1950s owned by a retired engineer.
[2] After meeting Stephan Ango while studying at Art Center College of Design, the pair acquired the chemical formula and began modernizing it.
[6] In June 2012, Lumi launched a second Kickstarter campaign[7] with an initial fundraising target of $50,000 to commercialize its printing process, Inkodye.
Inkodye is available in several colors (red, orange, copper, blue, navy, magenta, plum, sepia and black) which can be mixed together and diluted with water.