Category Archive: Augmenting

03 Jan

Architecting a sleeping suit

Architecting a sleeping suit

Architect Forrest Jessee is dabbling in architecture structures applied to garments in this gorgeous and cocoon-like functional pattern. “Inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s practice of Dymaxion Sleeping, …

 
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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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17 Jan

Exploring the effects of personal volume

Exploring the effects of personal volume

Designers Einar, Castillñano and Anette Andersen, call their collective the Spatials. They collaborated on a project that explores private and personal spaces and how they …

 
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09 Jan

Soft switch sculptures

Soft switch sculptures

Artist and sculptor Claes Oldenburg is probably best known for his public art installations that play with very large scale objects. Another theme in his work is …

 
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01 Dec

Sleeping jacket

Sleeping jacket

Matthew Gale designed a jacket that functions as a sleeping aid for when you’re on public transit, called Excubo. He came up with the concept …

 
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27 Nov

Haute Tech Keyboard Jeans

Haute Tech Keyboard Jeans

Erik De Nijs designed jeans with an integrated soft keyboard, called Beauty and the Geek. The pants have a softkeyboard integrated across the front so …

 
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24 Nov

Touch-Sensitive Apparel

Touch-Sensitive Apparel

Yasmine Abbas and Cati Vaucelle are currently working on a project called Touch-Sensitive. Through their low-fidelity prototypes, they are asking the question: “What if objects …

 
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22 Nov

Digitally printed fashion

Digitally printed fashion

Mashallah Design and Linda Kostowski have created incredibly beautiful garments using an unfolding polygon method that is commonly used by industrial designers to explore dimensional …

 
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21 Nov

Skin as the electronic platform

Skin as the electronic platform

Philips Design has a series of projects that explore the body and skin as the platform for electronics. One of the project called SkinTiles by Lucy McRae, consists …

 
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20 Nov

Dressing in technology

Dressing in technology

Jean-Baptiste Labrune, Dana Gordon, Michel De Meere, and Dirk Van Oosterbosch hosted a workshop called Designing Hybrid Wearables at Mediamatic in Amsterdam. The workshop aims to …

 
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Also posted in Accessories, DIY & Hacking, Ecosystems, Interactive, Interactive Fabrics
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