Examining the culture of militarization

Posted by on Oct 13, 2011 in Conceptual | One Comment

Carrie Mae Rose’s work is aimed to evoke emotion. Her work includes sculptural mandalas made of confiscated scissors and razors and a proposed necklace constructed out of violet wands (a ...

An emotional sensing necklace

Posted by on Aug 11, 2011 in Conceptual | No Comments

Philips Design is always exploring what our futures might look like through their dedicated “far-future” probes research that tracks trends and developments, which may evolve into mainstream issues that have ...

Catalytic clothing purifies the air

Posted by on Aug 10, 2011 in Conceptual | No Comments

Catalytic Clothing, a collaboration between designer/artist Helen Storey and chemist Tony Ryan in partnership with University of Sheffield and University for the Arts London, explores how textiles and nanotechnology can ...

Gloves that capture your secrets

Posted by on Jul 13, 2011 in Accessories, Conceptual, eTextiles | One Comment

Designer and maker, Meg Grant, has been exploring wearable technology and eTextiles. Her latest work Secret Keeper Gloves, extends human behavior and tendencies in a poetic, playful way through simple ...

Sensoree explores therapeutic bio media and body architecture

Posted by on Jul 5, 2011 in Conceptual, Other Designers | No Comments

Sensoree is an art and technology design lab focused on body architecture and therapeutic bio.media created by experience designer Kristin Neidlinger and team. Through her work, she explores nervous systems that ...

Rights Through Making explores Wear Culture

Posted by on Jun 28, 2011 in Conceptual | No Comments

Students at Rights Through Making in partnership with Eindoven University of Technology’s ID department are exploring on-body interactions and wear culture that promotes community and celebrates scientific advancement and its ...

Bracelet helps patients rehabilitate

Posted by on Jun 1, 2011 in Conceptual, Medical | No Comments

Health and body monitoring is a hot topic these days, which is what designer Petr Fiala is exploring with his Rehabilitation Bracelet. The bracelet monitors patient health and keeps doctors ...

Lulin Ding dreams up digital makeup

Posted by on May 31, 2011 in Accessories, Aesthetics, Conceptual | No Comments

Industrial designer Lulin Ding is investigating digital makeup with a recent project that turns your eyeshadow into a glowing, illuminated splash of color. “I was interested in the way women ...

Gesture controlled fitness experience for runners

Posted by on May 30, 2011 in Conceptual, Sports Tech | No Comments

Designer Adrien Guenette has envisioned a wearable experience aimed to help runners control their music through simple gestures during their run. “Technology is at its best when it feels completely ...

Electric Skin gives a breath of light

Posted by on May 17, 2011 in Conceptual | No Comments

New media installation artist and faculty member of Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Suzi Webster, has been exploring and critiquing the ways in which technologies impact and shape ...