Aesthetics
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 ...
Automatically generating crochet patterns
Matt Gilbert, a grad student at Georgia Tech, created a program that automatically generates crochet patterns. Gilbert says that “this experimental work was inspired by the intimate historical ties between ...
Luminescent raincoat
Multimedia designer and programmer Elise Co, designed Puddlejumper, a concept that brings light and color to our usually gray and rainy days. These dreary and dark days reflect our mood and the ...
Illuminating heavy-knit dress
Designer Mary Huang created this heavy-knit dress that illuminates a soft white light. Conceptually, there’s not much there, but the LEDs that Huang has integrated into the textile makes for a lovely ...
Evoking memories of relationships
Designer Elena Corchero focuses on creating work that explores lost values through the combination of clothing and technology. “By evoking the beauty and melancholy of craft, her work challenges the ...
Bubelle blush dress reacts to emotions
Philips design probe program has created a variety of projects under the theme SKIN. The concept behind these experimental garments is to investigate the expression of emotion and personality through ...
Fashion technology as narrative
Fashion designer Angel Chang combines technology, data visualization, and narrative in a unique way that influences the aesthetics and function of her fashion collections. She’s been experimenting with color-changing inks, 3-D images, iPod clothing, ...
Electroluminescent dress
Designers Amy Winters and Kseniya Zagorodnyuk of Couture Clubbing believe that the demand for innovation in entertainment and fashion is growing, therefore, they collaborate with technology companies to design garments that ...
Liquid crystal textiles
Fashion designer Joshua Hupper of AlphaMicron is working with liquid crystal technology that he’s applying to garments. The technology is similar to that found in many flat-panel HDTV displays. AlphaMicron originally applied the ...
Wearable forest
Ryoko Ueoka, Hiroki Kobayashi and Michitaka Hirose created this beautiful piece titled Wearable Forest from University of Tokyo and I can’t get enough of it! This gorgeously delicate and illuminating dress interacts bio-acoustically with ...
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.