Archive March 2009
Blogging in motion
Wearable technology designers Diana Eng & Emily Albinski co-founded Black Box Nation, a fashion technology company, where they created their Blogging in Motion project during a Yahoo! hack day back ...
Making sound from soft coils
(image source) Designers Vincent Leclerc, Joanna Berzowska, and XS labs created the Accouphene Tuxedo, which emits a sonic environment through gestures. The jacket is decorated with 13 soft speakers that are embroidered on ...
Voice pattern knitting
Magdalena Kohler and Hanna Wiesener are exploring the intersection between communication and fashion through their voice knitting collection TRIKOTON. The garments visualize the human voice in a dot-matrix-type knitted pattern creating a new aesthetics ...
Light as texture
Fashion designer Hamish Morrow is exploring light as pattern and texture. Video is projected onto an all-white dress that creates this gorgeous illuminating pattern that changes and animates. The dress is completely impractical, ...
Light as body ornamentation
Designer Kyeok Kim’s is exploring new forms of generating body ornamentation including objects that leave decorative imprints on the skin, jewelry that prints decorative traces on the skin, and stringy ...
Joanna Berzowska writes a paper on electronic textiles
Wearable technology designer and researcher Joanna Berzowska wrote a paper that is a great introduction to smart textiles titled Electronic Textiles: Wearable Computers, Reactive Fashion, and Soft Computation (pdf). Abstract “Electronic textiles, ...
Knee brace creates electricity
Physiologist Max Donelan is specializing in the biomechanics of walking. One of his current projects is a biomechanical energy harvester. Sensors are incorporated into a knee brace that help control and assist hamstring ...
About electricfoxy
Electricfoxy investigates on-body experiences that are enhanced by technology resulting in new wearable experiences that become a core part of our expression, our identity, and our individuality.