Category Archive: Aesthetics

11 Oct

Stretch sensing creates a new aesthetic

Stretch sensing creates a new aesthetic

I ran across this project while researching stretch sensing technology that is all the buzz right now. This gorgeous project, Aeolia, integrates stretch sensing directly into …

 
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09 Oct

Low-resolution modeled footwear

Low-resolution modeled footwear

I girl can never own enough footwear. So, in my never-ending quest for shoes that I can’t live without, I ran across these beauties created …

 
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26 Jun

Vital Jacket monitors heart rate

Vital Jacket monitors heart rate

“All sorts of huge machines are used by hospitals to monitor a patient’s vitals, but with the pace in which technology is miniaturizing, there are no real …

 
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06 Mar

Voice pattern knitting

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 …

 
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04 Mar

Light as texture

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 …

 
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03 Mar

Light as body ornamentation

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 …

 
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23 Feb

Pattern-changing swimsuits

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 …

 
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20 Feb

Video dress aimed to hit the market

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 …

 
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16 Feb

Diana Eng’s inflatable dress

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 …

 
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01 Feb

Fractal: Living Jewelry by Philips

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 …

 
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