Syuzi's Blog – April 2010 Archive (19)

Neighborhoodie—Interactive Gaming Garment

Want to motivate tweens to get off the couch and their game consoles and enjoy outdoor activities? The Neighborhoodie, developed by Rose Bianchini, Kathleen Climie, and David McCallum, is an interactive gaming garment that aims to do just that.

Neighborhoodie is a sweatshirt that links to a custom application on an Iphone or Ipod touch that allows gamers to play survival tag… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 30, 2010 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Stylish Illuminated Bicycle Coats

LED Bicycle Coat

By now we've seen our fair share of LED jackets, but none have really taken the design of the coat itself into much consideration. When I discovered Angella Mackey's illuminated bicycle coats, I was immediately drawn into the design of coat first and it's functionality second. Isn't that how all wearable technology should be?

The illuminated bicycle coat was born out of a desire to develop… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 29, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Frogr: E-Textile Lilypad Shield

E-Textile Lilypad Shield

One of my greatest frustrations with the Lilypad Arduino is the inability to swap out the microcontroller to use in different projects. This is particularly ineffective when I'm teaching workshops and I have ten different e-textile samples I want to demo — I always revert to using the Arduino Duemilanove because of it's flexibility.

Frogr, developed by Angella Mackey and… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 28, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Musical Suits

E-textiles are a fertile playground for exploring novel musical instruments. From the Aeolia cello garment to the electronic tapestries, we've seen a number of creative electronic textile-based musical interfaces.

Musical Suits

"Textile design for a nomad"… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 27, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Tweet Sleeve

From hoodies that update your facebook status to shoes that tweet, designers are fusing wearable technology with the two social networking darlings, Facebook and Twitter.

The latest project I discovered is the Tweet Sleeve by… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 25, 2010 at 6:50pm — 2 Comments

Lilly Heine's Laser Cut Fashion Collection

Yesterday I went on a mini rant about how rapid prototyping is certainly going to effect the way our garments are produced. Today I want to continue that conversation by also adding (perhaps its obvious) that along with the shifts in the modes of production, rapid prototyping technologies are also a vehicle for designers to explore a new aesthetic.

The work of Lilly Heine is a beautiful… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 23, 2010 at 11:42am — No Comments

3D Rapid Prototyped Fashion Fasteners

MARIE GENEVIEVE CYR

It never occurred to me fashion my own zipper — buttons yes, but zippers?

When you place rapid prototyping technology into a talented young fashion designers hands such as Marie Genevieve Cyr, a Montreal designer who just happened to be a contestant on the Canadian… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 22, 2010 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Kingston University MA Fashion Open Studio Event

Interested in exploring the future of fashion? Visit Kingston University April 28 at the Fashion Lab for an afternoon of open studios for prospective students.

Visitors will learn more about the MA Fashion program and have the opportunity to view the work of our current MA Fashion students and discuss the course work.

The visit will also… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 22, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Interview with Vin Burnham: Designer of Lady Gaga's "Living Dress"

Lady GaGa — Living Dress

Vin Burnham is an international, award-winning costume and creature designer whose body of work is extensive and downright impressive —including costumes designs for feature films, television, opera, ballet and exhibitions.

She is the talent behind the Batsuit, the Penguin and Catwoman costumes for Batman Returns. She has created creatures for Jim Henson’s… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 21, 2010 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Guest Blogger: Melissa Coleman

Melissa Coleman

Hello Everyone,

I am exciting to introduce you to Melissa Coleman who will be guest blogging for fashioningtech from the Netherlands.

Melissa is the talented artist behind Media Vintage which includes the beautiful conductive braille tapestries that I wrote… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 20, 2010 at 9:00am — 5 Comments

Squamata—Headphones with an Animated Skin

Squamata, designed by Jop Japenga is a prototype for an unusual pair of headphones with a dynamic skin. Much like a bird performing a mating dance, the headphones fluff their "feathers" or "scales" in reaction to the style of music.

Play Lady Gaga and the scales will exhibit an energetic behavior while a more mellow and moody tune will result in subtle movements. The concept behind the headphones was to… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 19, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Atmo: Wearable that Collects Environmental Data

Developed by Ishac Bertran and Mayo Nissen at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Atmo is an experiential sketch of a wearable that records environmental data.

The concept behind the project is to imagine a wearable that gathers environmental data overtime and… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 15, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Nike Hacks Own Shoes

Nike hacks into their own Nike Free Run+ shoes transforming them into musical instruments for a new ad campaign. The ad highlights the new flexible sole which is used as a controller for the audio.

The reason I'm posting this is because I enjoy the fact that hacker culture and DIY Culture is slowly infiltrating into the mainstream.

Via… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 14, 2010 at 8:54am — 2 Comments

Ping— A Social Networking Garment

So if my predictions for wearable technology in 2010 are correct, we will be seeing more networked garments in the vain of Ping surfacing this year. Ping, developed by Jennifer Darmour, is a socially networked garment that allows you to… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 14, 2010 at 8:31am — 1 Comment

Skôn: Knit Illuminated Hoodie

skôn—Illuminated Hoodie

skôn is a beautifully designed knit illuminated hoodie that changes the intensity of the light by tugging and stretching the hood itself. Designed by Paula Kassenaar in collaboration with Paula Segura Meccia at the Eindhoven University of Technology, the project was intended as a simple exploration into electronics and textiles.

The concept of… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 13, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Off to Rotterdam!

V2_ Lab

I'll be in Rotterdam over this next week visiting _V2 Lab. I've blogged a lot about the amazing projects coming out of _V2 (for example Embroidered Conductive Braille Tapestry, Sharewear,… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 6, 2010 at 11:44am — 2 Comments

Peristaltic Skin Machine

Lucy McRae is an artist whose work lives in the intersection of fashion, technology and the body. Her work often transposes the human figure with readymade objects creating imaginative skins from toothpicks, q-tips, balloons, and foam.

Her latest project titled Peristaltic Skin Machine resurfaces the body in tubes of colored liquid that dramatically stutter and flow across the body. The video… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 5, 2010 at 9:11am — 1 Comment

Arachnid LED Belt

I made this arachnid LED belt to wear to SXSW a few weeks back and I just got around to photographing it. The belt itself is made from searsucker fabric and the critter is constructed using buttons covered in wool and a variety of beads. It's a simple project so I don't think a tutorial is needed. If you've worked with LEDs before, the project should take you between 2-3 hours to craft.

Arachnid LED Belt

I'm… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 4, 2010 at 4:12pm — No Comments

Heatswell: 2D to 3D — Just Add Heat

Heatswell is a new material invention by Amron Exptl. that is paper-thin in it's inactive form and swells into a 3-D shape when activated by heat (an endothermic reaction). I believe the reaction works only once (doesn't return to it's original state once it… Continue

Added by Syuzi on April 1, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments