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Fashioning Technology is an introductory DIY book that brings technology and crafts together in a fun and unique way. You get jargon-free primers and lots of how-to projects that will have you making - and even wearing - functional works of art.

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2 blog posts by Syuzi were featured6 hours ago
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A blog post by Shagane Barsegian Launey was featuredon Thursday
From HypeBeast: As a popular fixture in the Japanese mobile phone market, QR codes represent the wave of the future for digital content. Having seen high-fashion brands take the plunge including the previously seen Louis Vuitton QR Code by Takash...
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I am looking for a source of material for prototyping that can advise me the size of wire that is needed for my intended use and either how or where I can get it tempured to the shape I need. Icold use a good sales engineer that will take the time...
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Syuzi

Color-changing Interactive Fashion

Color-changing Interactive Fashion



Made from recycled men's shirts, textile designer Joanne Hodge transforms something old into something new using a palate of thermochromatic inks.… Continue

Posted by Syuzi on July 6, 2009 at 11:05am

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Luxury links to technology II


From HypeBeast:
As a popular fixture in the Japanese mobile phone market, QR codes represent the wave of the future for digital content. Having seen high-fashion brands take… Continue

Posted by Shagane Barsegian Launey on June 30, 2009 at 4:00pm

Syuzi

Bono's Laser Jacket Lights up the Stage



Following the lead of artists such as Madonna and Kanye West, U2's Bono is the latest performer to embrace tech-infused illuminated stage costumes.

Illuminated Stage Costumes



For their 360° Tour 2009,… Continue

Posted by Syuzi on July 1, 2009 at 11:51am

Syuzi

DIY Fashion Tech Tutorial: Nightlife Necklace

Diana Eng's Nightlife Necklace



For those you interested in learning how to craft tech-inspired jewelry, Diana Eng's Nightlife Necklace is great place to start. The tutorial is from her new book… Continue

Posted by Syuzi on July 1, 2009 at 10:49am

Syuzi

Craft and technology kits from Lost Values

Solar Vintage Fan



Elena Corchero, a designer who melds craft with technology, has recently launched her online boutique Lost Values. Her shop carries e-… Continue

Posted by Syuzi on June 29, 2009 at 11:30pm

Syuzi

Aqua Light

 Aqua Light



Aqua Light is a luminescent curtain embedded with solar panels, LEDs and fiber optics. Designed by Lin Yun Lien, a recent graduate of Textile Futures program at Central Saint Martins, the project is inspired… Continue

Posted by Syuzi on June 29, 2009 at 11:07am

Syuzi

Klight — Motion-sensitive LED Dress

Motion-sensitive LED Dress



Designed by fashion student Mareike Michel, Klight is a motion-sensitive LED dress that senses the wearer's movements and converts the dynamics into a light pattern. What makes Klight rather un… Continue

Posted by Syuzi on June 22, 2009 at 10:30am

Syuzi

Call-Alerting Bluetooth Dress

Call-Alerting Bluetooth Dress



British fashion student Georgie Davies, in collaboration with Sony Ericsson, designed and developed a working prototype of a dress that animates and lights up when you receive a call. The dress is designed to wirelessly connect to a phone via bluetooth. W… Continue

Posted by Syuzi on June 19, 2009 at 10:49am

Syuzi

Squidarella — Hydrochromic Ink Umbrella



SquidLondon's color-changing umbrellas are now available for sale! Although it doesn't rain in LA much, I'm super excited to get one. I wish now they would make me some hydrochromic wellies (to match my umbrella of course) so I can watch them change color as I jump in water puddles!

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Posted by Syuzi on June 17, 2009 at 12:09pm

Syuzi

Not-so-Wearable Video Vests

Video Vest



When I saw this image, my heart sank. The elephant in the room which most of the interactive fashion world often fails to address is the social consequences of developing these technologies.

The world of advertising may (or may not) become one of the earliest adapters of i… Continue

Posted by Syuzi on June 17, 2009 at 11:11am

 
 

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