Technology and Fashion Pinboard
Bio-Skin
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/mit-media-lab-biologic-living-sportswear
MIT’s Tangible Media Group is back with “bio-skin” — a “living” material that responds to perspiration and body heat. As the person wearing the “second skin” becomes warm and sweaty, the material peels away to reveal real breathable holes in the clothing. “We are trying to create an interactive feedback loop between the human body, biofilm and the environment,” said Chin-Yi Cheng, responsible for computation design and simulation at MIT Media Lab.
http://materiability.com/3d-thermochromic-textile-structures/
The emphasis of exploration is the integration of colour-change technology and electronics within a smart costume. Leuco thermochromic dye systems and fluorescent dye systems are used to create multiple colour-change signals that switch between non-emissive and emissive displays. They show different colours not only with controlled temperature change but also under different lighting conditions.
Black Eyed Peas, Superbowl 2011
http://v2.nl/lab/blog/from-lab-to-showbiz
The illuminating shoes were integrated with Luminex, a non-reflective material which emits it’s own light. For this piece Anouk collaborated with the Dutch master shoemaker Rene van den Berg, whose technical replications on Jan Taminiau shoes were worn by Lady Gaga.
As for the the leather skirt, a belt studded with countless Swarovski crystals were created. Last but not least, the American Football inspired chest-piece design with flashing LED’s was engineered by Tom Talmon.
Playtime, Interactive Dresses
Inspired by Jacques Tati’s film Playtime (1967), the Playtime garment series illustrates the ability to metamorphose when one tries to take their picture. Playtime 1 reacts to a camera flash by contracting and becoming blurred as the fabric, activated by light-sensitive sensors, begins to undulate. For Ying gao, “this blurriness is a space of freedom which defies the supremacy of the image, that capital element of the fashion milieu.”
Playtime 2 also reacts to its environment by means of light-sensitive light pads hidden in the fabric, the dress emits a fairly strong light when struck by a camera flash. Says Gao, “There is thus a quite playful element to this piece, which thumbs its nose at fashion shows where photography is king.”
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/new-fabric-is-activated-by-voice
In addition to cars, digital personal assistants and garage doors, there’s a new innovation that’s been made voice-activated: only this one we can actually wear. Incertitudes : sound activated clothing by Montreal based designer Ying Gao was introduced to the fashion world at large this week, and features a unique fabric created to respond to the human voice. Through the motion of specially crafted pins built to detect surrounding frequencies, the garments are (according to the press release) meant to “engage the spectator on a conversational level, which is filled with misunderstanding(s) and uncertainty.”
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/ying-gaos-gaze-activated-dresses
Other than the occasional blink, the two models don’t move. Their quiet stillness is the perfect contrast to their dresses, which rustle mysteriously as if blown by a subtle wind. Made of photoluminescent thread and embedded with eye-tracking technology, these dresses are activated by the human gaze. The more you stare the more the dresses shift and stir. Only when the spectator is present do the dresses move. We are faced with a new kind of fashion—wearable technology that demands not only a model but also an audience.
PSFK 2017 Forecast: The Next Phase of Wearable Tech Is…Better Fashion
Caress of The Gaze is an art piece consisting of a dynamic shawl covered with natural-looking, feather-like quills that expand and contract to the contours of the body as onlookers shift their gaze. A microcontroller connected to a camera guesses the age and gender of onlookers and responds differently depending on who is looking. The project addresses the emerging field of shape shifting structures and designs.
Mechanical Flowers “Bloom” And Change Color When Hit With Weather And Pollution Data
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/these-mechanical-flowers-bloom-and-change-color-when-hit-with-weather-and-pollution-data
The project by artist Filipa Valente was part of the art and architecture festival, SKYLINE 2014, and her work included “mechanical blooms,” or metal floral sculptures, equipped with electronic controllers that received light, temperature, and pollution readings from the surrounding neighborhood, subsequently causing them to move and change colors. Depending on the data the “leaves” received, the indoor jungle evoked a subtle breathing motion that changed when audience members approached.
Solar-Powered Fashion Designs
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/show/make-it-wearable–the-concepts-solar-powered-fashion-designer-pauline-van-dongen-video
As of now, one of van Dongen’s dresses is able to fully charge a smartphone after only two hours in the sun. “We’re all addicted to our smartphones, and we want them to be constantly powered,” she explained in our video profile. “Our garments are something we always have together with our smartphones, so this was quite an obvious connection. You would never need a battery again, you could just be sustainable and generate your own energy through your clothing.”
More Technology in Fashion
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/best-of-2014-the-year-in-fashion-tech
Very well done research, thank you.