eTextiles
A color-changing collection
Fashion designers are continuing to explore garments printed with color changing inks. The latest is Rainbow Winters Spring Summer Collection 2011 featuring garments that are printed with special thermochromic and hydrochromic ...
Clothing with integrated displays
Austrian designer Wolfgang Langeder just sent in a project he’s currently working on. Langeder and the Fraunhofer IZM / Stretchable Circuits in Berlin, have joined forces since january 2010 to ...
Woven electronics for commercialization
“Researchers have been experimenting with “intelligent” textiles for quite some time by integrating standard electronic components. However, for the most part the electronic parts have only been attached to or ...
Turning wear into pattern
“The ‘Decay’ project explores how traces of time and use can be embedded in textile. By wearing a carbon fibre suit over a white blouse, textile designer Marie Ilse Bourlanges captured ...
A collection of garments that illuminate and change color in an instant
A lot of designers have been exploring the idea of garments that can illuminate and change color in an instant based on mood, movement and environmental factors. There are still ...
A wind powered knitting machine creates scarves
This was sent to me by the talented designer from n-ktr.com. With the power of the wind, Studio Merel Karhof based in London, has created a knitting machine that automatically knits ...
3 Days of Smart Fabric Conference madness in Miami
I attended the Smart Fabric Conference in Miami this week and there was a lot of terrific discussion about the current state of eTextiles, trends and innovations happening with eTextiles ...
Exploring the potential of electro-active polymers
University of the Arts PhD Student Aurélie Mossé is exploring the potential of electro-active polymers. “Pursuing my journey through energy-harvesting and self-actuated textiles, I am currently exploring the potential of ...
Knitted stretch sensing
Hannah Perner-Wilson of Pulsea has been exploring knitted stretch sensing. She’s got a great photoset here that documents her experiments. I wonder how accurate the sensors ended up being. She ...
Smart Fabrics 2009 Conference Review
This review by the folks at Innovation in Textiles of the 5th annual Smart Fabrics Conference that took place in Rome this year is definitely worth the read for anyone ...
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.