Augmenting
Will Turnage shows off his “rocker” garment at #sxsw
I’m currently at #sxsw interactive in Austin soaking in all the ideas, conversations and people. I was pleasantly surprised when R/GA‘s Will Turnage stood up in his talk with Chloe ...
Sneakers that take microblogging one step further
I’m currently at SXSW in Austin where the talks are barraged with analysis and future speculation around social graphs, keeping up with them, and taking them further. Twitter and microblogging ...
Robotic arm cuff therapy
Fire your shrink. Jens Dyvik, a freelance designer in Holland, has created a therapeutic robot that provides more intimate psychological coddling than you ever knew you needed. That’s because you ...
Wallets help you manage your money
Researchers at MIT’s media lab are exploring ways in which technology can be embedded into our wallets to help us manage our spending habits. “The widespread adoption of credit and ...
Exploring the relation between technology and intimacy
The Intimacy series is a project by Daan Roosegaarde, Maartje Dijkstra, Anouk Wipprecht, V2_ Lab (Simon de Bakker, Stan Wannet, Piem Wirtz) and the team of Studio Roosegaarde (Peter de ...
An analog interaction rich with narrative
Fashion designer Catherine Chow has been inspiring the fashion and art community for years with her avant-garde approach to her garments and her longing to push the boundaries of everyday ...
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, which involves four segments of ...
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 ...
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 are affected by our surroundings ...
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 the idea of “soft” that ...
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.