I want to wish everyone the warmest and happiest holidays! Thank you for making this community a rich and inspiring place. Enjoy your precious time with family and friends. 

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I would like a very similar costume for my festivals/events.  The creative genious displayed on this website tells me someone has to be able to create this.  Any ideas or proposals will be great. … Continue

I'm not quite sure what this collaboration between the French label Feiyue and a collection of artists known as Span-Kidz is all about, but it's involving wearable tech so I'm quite intrigued.

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I generally do not cover "concept" projects because I profoundly believe that all interactive prototypes should be made (and working to some degree). But this particular project, Thimble, a collaboration between Artefact and …

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Traditionally high-tech footwear is designed for the pavement not the runway. Shoe designer Zuzana Serbak breaks away from these traditions by…

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I bought this helmet in August 2009 and it is getting a bit tired now. Inspired by Tron I want to spray it satin or matt black after the success I had in spraying my bikes tank and engine in PJ1 Flat black. I will use EL Tape on the side and back.

The side ear buds lets call them are easy because they are hollow, thus allowing space for batteries. I can also work on them without affecting the integrity of the helmet. I had originally thought… Continue

Fierce is a perfect adjective to describe Anastasia Radevich's Kinect 2011 collection. Did you see those heels? And of course the lights. Using fiber optics, Radevich layers an ephemeral quality to her cutting edge designs.

A thin black mesh covers the fiber optics to diffuse the… Continue

You be the voyeur from Kristina on Vimeo.

This month saw the first staging of ‘You be the voyeur’, an interactive performance piece which combines dance with wearable technology. It was premiered at NEoN Festival in Dundee.



The performance takes place in a small dark space – in this… Continue

Finding ways to express yourself in a socially acceptable way may be hard when you're filled with emotions. Social Skin is series of moving accessories that help to improve the communication between people by expressing these emotions. The project resulted in three prototypes, out of which two are conceptual prototypes and the third, a necklace, is fully functional.

Social Skin is a project by Seçil… Continue

With the opening line "Visionaries know that the cutting edge of technology is not sharp, but sensuous and soft" Bradley Quinn, in his latest book, "Textile Futures" poetically echoes the very sentiment that makes you either love or hate wearable… Continue

TSA Full Body Scanner under-armour works! This image was a printout from the TSA* of a prototype from our new line of Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) blocking undergarments. Pictured is the SAMBA design. We are currently taking orders and will post the other styles soon, after we book our next flight.

Not only does the TSA under-armour design provide privacy, but the fabric,…

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tron legacy costumer christine clark delivers a presentation showing how they made the costumes: the… Continue

Roböxotica Festival in Vienna has been making a splash in the world of cocktail robotics for 12 years. This evening I freed myself just in time to catch a wearable entry, Daredroid, that has… Continue

Moon Berlin is the latest techno-atelier that promises to bring RTW illuminated fashion to market in 2011. Founded this year by Brigette Franken and Christian Bruns, the design duo are collaborating with Stretchable Circuits to develop a range of high-tech couture garments with textile-based circuitry.



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A collaboration between the chair for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ETHZ) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), ShapeShift is a new, experimental electro-active polymer designed to created animated architectural skins.



The movement of the electro-active polymer is simply… Continue