Archive February 2009
Illuminating glass jewelry
German-born IT consultant and designer Marc Mann has created a line of gorgeous illuminating jewelry. According to the Hilde Leiss Gallery, ”Exotic deep-sea creatures, early kaleidoscopes and gothic cathredal windows served as the inspirational ...
Pattern-changing swimsuits
Textile designer Yun Ding has created Aqua Chameleon, a line of delicate-looking swimwear printed with smart pigments such as thermochromatic and photochromatic ink that change patterns based on certain conditions. The patterns gradually shift ...
Solar-powered necklace
Designer, Plusea, created this solar-powered t-shirt with an integrated electronic necklace. A motor mounted on the shoulder runs continuously or in short bursts, depending on how much sunlight is available. ...
Video dress aimed to hit the market
Future-thinking fashion designer Hussein Chalayan and Swarovski have created a dress that is covered in leds. It’s one of the few attempts I’ve seen at creating an illuminating garment that ...
Diana Eng’s inflatable dress
This is an older project, but still worth a reminder. Diana Eng, in collaboration with Emily Albinski, created this gorgeous dress way back in 2003, which ended up making its way ...
The aesthetics of DIY
Leah Buechley’s LilyPad developers kit provides a terrific platform for designers to prototype wearable projects. In a LilyPad Arduino workshop hosted in Austria, Buechley explores the aesthetics of wire insulation ...
Fractal: Living Jewelry by Philips
Philips Design has created yet another absolutely gorgeous wearable project for their Design Probes series called Fractal: Living Jewelry. Here’s how they describe it: “Fractal is a stunning, figure-hugging outfit consisting ...
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