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Illuminated Sculptural Costumes

Lianna Sheppard



Lianna Sheppard sculpts bold and beautiful sculptural forms anchored around the human body. In her recent project for her MA at Kingston University, she create… Continue

Posted on September 1, 2010 at 1:35pm —

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Soft Circuit Contest on Instructables

Soft Circuit Contest


A large part of the DIY ethos is sharing your knowledge with your greater community. In order to grow the soft circuit and e-textile communities, we really need to share our successes and our failures with each other.

Instructables is having a… Continue

Posted on August 26, 2010 at 1:30pm —

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Kicks that auto-check you into Foursquare

Fourquare Auto-Checkin Shoes


For those of you yet to condition yourself to immediately check in upon arrival to a restaurant or dive bar, Casey Halverson may have the perfect shoe hack for you.

Halverson has hacked into the Nike+iPod s… Continue

Posted on August 24, 2010 at 9:43am —

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Nike Wiis



Nike asked 78 artists to hack into a pair of Nike shoes and challenge its function, using sports as inspiration. Created by Paul Jenkins, the project titled Nike78 is currently archived online and will be exhibited at the London Design Festival in September.

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Posted on August 23, 2010 at 9:00am —

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Wearables: The Future of Gaming?



I acknowledge that the Wii changed— hey maybe even revolutionized—the way we interact and "play" video games. No longer is gaming only an endurance exercise for our opposable thumbs, but, with the introduction of the Wii wireless controller, a full- bodied experience that we can share with our friends.

Personally, I believe networked wearables are the future of gaming. Wearables have the potential to dive deeper into an immersive gaming experience where the Wii has only skimm… Continue

Posted on August 20, 2010 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

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Kinetic Fashion



I've been researching kinetic structures and mechanisms lately and I stumbled upon the above video of Kerry Jia Yi Lin's kinetic dress. I had seen this project before but never in live action. It's great to see the garment's movement in relation to the human body.

The garment essentially is a barometer for the wearer's stress levels. It uses a heart rate sensor to trigger movement of the dress.

The project is wonderfully documented at Lin's site so please… Continue

Posted on August 13, 2010 at 2:24pm — 1 Comment

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Illuminated Coats Controlled Via iPhone

Alexander Reeder — Illuminated Coats


Currently in development, The Vanilla Series is a new line of wearables embedded with an LED display (on the cuffs or back of the coat) that can be dynamically controlled via your iPhone.

Switching the graphics via your smart phone is pretty darn cool but what I p… Continue

Posted on August 10, 2010 at 3:00pm —

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Embroidered Conductive Thread as Interface Controls



Thad Starner and Clint Zeagler from Georgia Tech have developed a series of "fabric manipulation interfaces" to control electronics using embroidered conductive thread. Using simple principles such as closing a circuit via touch and taking advantage of conductive thread's resistance, these gestural interfaces are designed as explorations for various electronic controls including use in military garb (hey it's Georgia Tech).… Continue

Posted on August 9, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

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Networked Safety Gloves for Firefighters

Networked Safety Gloves for Firefighters


Developed by Ashwin Rajan and Kevin Cannon, Frontline gloves are a ges… Continue

Posted on August 5, 2010 at 12:56pm —

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An Assistive Scarf for Visually Impaired

An Assistive Scarf for Visually Impaired


Katy Perry with her glowy gown may have caught the media's attention, but wearable technology does have a cultural role beyond the glitz and glamour.

If "clothing… Continue

Posted on August 4, 2010 at 11:00am —

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Social Networking While You Sleep

Alex Dodge Generative Wearable Technology



Alex Dodge, in collaboration with Brooklyn-based tech start up Generative, has developed a set of wearable prototypes that "fetishize the technologi-cal imperative, or the inevitable hybridization… Continue

Posted on August 3, 2010 at 3:15pm — 1 Comment

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Siggraph 2010: Overview

Siggraph 2010 Wearables


Thanks to all of you who dropped by the studio at Siggraph. Today is the closing day and we are wrapping up a week filled with lots of activity.

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Posted on July 29, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

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Siggraph 2010 Wearables Studio



If you're around LA, please join me at the wearables studio at Siggraph 2010. We have a wonderful wearables exhibit featuring a lot of the projects I covered on Fashioning Tech last year. So drop by and experience them in person.

Plus we'll be sitting around and making stuff all day long so there… Continue

Posted on July 26, 2010 at 9:25am —

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Iris van Herpen: 3D Printed Haute Couture

Iris van Herpen: 3D Printed Haute Couture



I was first introduced to Dutch Fashion Designer Iris van Herpen this year at the Voici Paris! Haute Couture at Den Haag. I immediately fell in love with her intricately pleated sculptural fashion… Continue

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 1:40pm —

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Peace Games: A Water-based Musical Controller



Peace Games uses the conductive power of the human body to create a water based musical controller. We've seen a lot of projects that use conductive fabrics and the conductivity of the human body as an interface for musical devices, but what makes Peace Games so inviting is the gesture of dipping your hands into bowls of water. This act feels almost ritualistic to me.

The project was developed by two artists, Ion Furjanic and Isaac Souweine living in Malaysia and Singapore Continue

Posted on July 20, 2010 at 12:30pm —

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Conductive Playdoh and Squishy Circuits

Conductive Playdoh


Ok how cool is conductive playdoh?! No seriously. Pretty darn cool!

Samuel Johnson, an undergraduate student at the University of St. Thomas, with the help of his prof. Dr. AnnMarie Thomas, made conductive dough as a fun… Continue

Posted on July 19, 2010 at 10:00am —

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LED Bracelet Study



Happy Friday everyone! It's been one long summer week: I'm sure many of you feel the same!

For a quick inspirational Friday post, we have a lovely LED bracelet study by Osamu Iwasaki. I'm not sure how the bracelet is going to powered since it's so delicate and thin but would love to learn more!

Have a great weekend! Continue

Posted on July 16, 2010 at 12:41pm —

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New Trend: Paper Circuitry



Takashi Kondo, an interactive design student at at IAMAS in Japan, has created these novel interface studies using conductive ink screened onto paper.

The first, Zipper Messenger (above) is an interactive card screen printed with an image of a ribbon using conductive ink. When the user tears open the card, a "Happy birthday, thanks for everyday" message plays in Japanese.… Continue

Posted on July 14, 2010 at 12:00pm —

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Reactive Wallpaper Visualizes Energy Consumption

Reactive Wallpaper



"Materializing" the immaterial, textile designer Celine Marcq develops sensitive and reactive wall coverings (interfaces or ambient displays of sorts) that are capable of visualizing electrical energy usage.

Her graduat… Continue

Posted on July 13, 2010 at 11:09am —

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More Illuminated Shoes

Creative Recreation Illuminated Sneakers



The trend for illuminated shoes is going strong. The latest (what looks to be a prototype) is a pair of sneakers by Creative Recreation and a pair of fiber optic heels by Francesca Castagna… Continue

Posted on July 7, 2010 at 1:30pm —

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At 1:02pm on March 20, 2010, Jenna Fisher said…
Thanks so much for accepting me this looks so inspirational ~
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At 8:08am on March 1, 2010, Udi Lagallina said…
Thanks Syuzi for the Links congratulation for your show
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At 11:10am on September 24, 2009, Joanne Hodge said…
Thanks so much for the blog post :) a wonderful write up indeed!! Jo x
At 10:24am on September 14, 2009, Joanne Hodge said…
Hi, Thanks so much for your comment. Keep in touch and for more info please see my website, blog and flickr page.

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At 11:49pm on April 20, 2009, Sam said…
Hello Syuzi,

thank you for your note. I will make sure you get the info when my book comes out. But just to warn you, it's going to be a 2 to 3 year project... So patience is in order...
Cheers
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