Aesthetics
Turning energy into beauty
Student Mae Yokoyama from the Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design created this beautiful piece made almost entirely of solar panels. What I love about this work is that she ...
Daan Roosegaarde explores technology and intimacy
Daan Roosegaarde is currently an artist in residence at V2_labs in the Netherlands. He’s known for his incredibly beautiful electronic works such as (one of my favorites) Dune, which consists of ...
Swine flu mask reacts to your temperature
“Tis the season for the flu, and if the regular strain wasn’t bad enough, we have a new, porcine terror to contend with. These brightly patterned medical face masks, however, ...
Rodarte lights up his collection
During fashion week 2010, fashion designer Rodarte lit up the runway with gorgeous glowing heels that he incorporated into his showcase collection. I’ve seen a lot of “light up” clothing ...
Smart textiles integrated into your dashboard
This project, sent in from one of my colleagues, makes it clear that there are no boundaries to how technology can be integrated into textiles to create beautiful, useful and ...
Amy Thompson creates Plastic Analogue
This collection was recently sent to me by my friends at n-ktr. This gorgeously functional, yet slightly unwearable collection called Plastic Analogue created by Amy Thompson instantly reminded me of an analog ...
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 fabrics. “Each of the back ...
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 by United Nude founded by ...
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 doubts about fabrics becoming the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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