Dressing in technology

Jean-Baptiste Labrune, Dana Gordon, Michel De Meere, and Dirk Van Oosterbosch hosted a workshop called Designing Hybrid Wearables at Mediamatic in Amsterdam. The workshop aims to focus on merging communication technology with the things you wear. Here’s how they describe it:

“More and more objects are being connected to networks, and become carriers, collectors, and transmitters of various kinds of data. … We’re not just talking about pimping your outfit – we’re investigating the electronic extrapolation of the role of clothing and fashion. And we’re looking at transferring possibilities of other communication devices to clothing, where they may find a more natural home…”

The topics they explored ranged from clothes as media, social possibilities of RFID technology, tangible interfaces, conductive materials, and seamlessly integrating communication technology into garments.