Design Concepts: Future Fashion The Web is teeming with the unrealized ideas of both students and established designers who set out to produce astonishing renderings and prototypes for unusual products. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, money, or technology, many of those products never progress from the planning stages to the mass market. But that doesn't mean we can't salivate over them, nevertheless. Devotees of our Design Concepts column know that we already covered LED dresses back in January, but we're not quite done with fashion. We realized that we were being very narrow-minded when it came to the collusion of fashion and tech, and that our attire doesn't need to light up to qualify as clothing of the future (although we've included a few more articles that do). We thought about processes and materials, but mostly about wearability. Illuminated Heels by Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte While we wouldn't exactly call this a subtle look, we love the judiciously tasteful touch of tech in these fierce pumps.
Smart fabrics - Indepth - Catapult - ABC Online Clothes don't just look good, they're starting to think for you as well. Rebecca Martin reports on the next generation of textiles in part two of our fashion series. When you bought your last t-shirt or woolly jumper, you probably noted its colour, price tag and maybe it's washability. It's all about to get a lot more technical. Fabrics have become an arena for competition for scientists all around the world. The race is on to be the first to develop new fabrics that will not only keep you warm but also cool, dry, moisturised and free of bacteria, odour and stains while measuring your heart rate. Temperature sensitive textiles The fundamental job of clothes is to keep us warm or cool, so it's no surprise that many of the smart textiles entering the market look to regulate body temperature. Called phase-change fabrics, heat-modifying textiles are mostly seen in outdoor gear like windbreakers and beanies. "Paraffin changes its character. Odour eaters Medical material Top image: iStockphoto
TechCrunch Futuristic fashions will fight our health scares LONDON, England (CNN) -- From sensors in workout gear that monitor sweating while you run at the gym, to underwear that aims to detect cancer cells, the contents of our wardrobes have been quietly undergoing a revolution. Garments which monitor heart rate and motion of runners have been developed. Over the past decade, there has been a rise in the number of ways that technology is being incorporated into items of our clothing. Trials of smart clothes that can repel insects and mask nasty odours such as cigarette smoke have proved successful and are already being marketed. Last year, a design student at Cornell University designed a garment that can prevent colds and flu and, crucially, never needs washing. While, Textronics, a Delaware-based company, has developed a sports bra which monitors the heart rate and motion of runners. We can expect to see, in the not-too-distant future, fabrics that have in-built cooling, deodorant, moisturizer and even vitamins, experts say.
humansinvent Lucy McRae is an inventor who has a truly unique approach to technology. Trained as a ballerina and an architect, she spends her days looking at transforming the human body. In her own words she is “straddling the world of fashion, technology and the body.” Essentially McRae is a ‘Body Architect’ – a title actually fabricated to get her breakthrough job. “I went for a job interview and the human resources guy asked me “So…what are you?” Body architecture is born McRae worked in the Future Design Research Programme at Phillips looking at electronic tattoos, making dresses with light and electronic sensing jewellery. I hate the idea of being labeled and if I have to book something six months in advance, it totally freaks me out “I think it is an unconscious thing because I generally use what I have around me, it has always been a resourceful way of working,” she says. A sensitive technology project that McRae worked on with Phillips. Working outside the box Re-programming our bodies
PandoDaily | the site of record for silicon valley Katy Perry rocks a CuteCircuit (‘wearable technology’) LED dress And the winner of best use of LEDs in a dress goes to… Katy Perry! Katy Perry is a famous American pop star. On the aggregate, I’d say she’s far more listenable than Lady Gaga, but that’s not the issue right now. No, for the issue is that she wore a dress at some fancy even in New York that had built-in LEDs. The dress, designed by, CuteCircuit, lit up as she strutted around the Metropolitan Museum of Art. CuteCircuit, for the unawares, sells “wearable technology.” Is there, like, a male version of CuteCircuit I’m not aware of?
magnetU searches for nearby social matches magnetU is a wearable electronic device, that wirelessly seeks out other magnetU-users whose social profile is compatible with that of its wearer Image Gallery (2 images) When I was younger and cared a lot more about being "cool," I would sometimes wear T-shirts with the names of my favorite rock bands on them. While this was partly just to show off my supposed musical enlightenment to the world, it was also in hopes that some like-minded person (preferably female and attractive) would see it and strike up a friendship with me. Well, magnetU is sort of like a high-tech band T-shirt. The wearable radio frequency device wirelessly transmits your personality profile to the world as you roam the streets, ever on the lookout for another magnetU transmitting a compatible profile from a nearby person. Users can load the magnetU with a profile of their choice via their computer, depending on where they're going. About the Author Post a CommentRelated Articles
Notcot.com design *notcot - 04.13.14 , 15:19 - 0 Notes Sexercize: Transforming the Maserati Ghibli When first approached about Kylie Minogue’s Sexercize, I was skeptical at best… as I learned about the special music video by Roman Coppola, Chandelier Creative, and Maserati… my curiosity got piqued. At first glance, this bizarre retro car porn of a film is just that… until you see the original it’s an homage to - the ‘65 piece ‘Kustom Kar Kommandos’ by Kenneth Anger… and to peel back the layers even further, Chandelier Creative and Maserati further indulged my curiosity with a loaner Maserati Ghibli S Q4 and a behind the scenes peek at how much they transformed the Ghibli for the video - and wow! What a process! To be completely honest, the more i played with the Maserati Ghibli S Q4 all week, the more curious i got as to how they turned the car i was in into the stunner in the video! --> to more images *notcot - 04.06.14 , 02:20 - 2 Notes Jeremy Fish: Hunting Trophies Epic. --> to more images Wow. p.s.
High-Low Tech - PROJECTS Microcontrollers as Material We’ve developed a set of tools and techniques that make it easy to use microcontrollers as an art or craft material, embedding them directly into drawings or other artifacts. We use the ATtiny45 from Atmel, a small and cheap (~$1) microcontroller that can be glued directly to paper or other objects. Codeable Objects Codeable Objects is a library for Processing that enables novice coders, designers and artists to rapidly design, customize and construct an artifact using geometric computation using geometric computation and digital fabrication The programming methods provided by the library allow the user to program a variety of structures and designs with simple code and geometry. DIY Cellphone An exploration into the possibilities for individual construction and customization of the most ubiquitous of electronic devices, the cellphone. Pu Gong Ying Tu (Dandelion Painting) Pu Gong Ying Tu is an interactive painting of a dandelion field. LilyTiny Animated Vines
Fitted Fashion Uses 3D Scanners to Create Custom-Fit Jeans The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Fitted Fashion Quick Pitch: 3D scanners and pattern-making software are used to create perfect-fitting jeans and other clothing. Genius Idea: As almost any woman will tell you, the single most challenging item of clothing to shop for is jeans. According to a ShopSmart poll published in June 2010, more than 56% of women say they have trouble finding well-fitting and flattering jeans, with 8% seeking professional guidance to locate a pair. Fitted Fashion, a recent graduate of startup incubator Betaspring, is one of several startups aiming to address that problem. “Self or tailor-made measurements tend to have a lot of errors,” Motlagh notes. Fitted Fashion is currently testing its designs with a group of 65 women. The startup has raised $250,000 in private seed funding to date.
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