Fashionable Technologies @ Interface Cultures

October 18, 2007

Readings for Class 2

Reed the readings posted for week 1 - 4 until class 2 on November 9. The readings shall provide a guideline for the idea generation.
http://a.parsons.edu/~fashiontech/fall2007/bibliography/

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October 14, 2007

Materials

List of materials available on the Blog for my class at Parsons:

http://a.parsons.edu/~fashiontech/fall2007/materials-components-and-howto/

Research from Hannah:
http://www.plusea.at/cab.php

Alison's Link site to a ton of resources she collected:
http://www.alisonlewis.com/links.html

Info on materials from my Blog:
http://moondial.typepad.com/fashionabletechnology/materialstextiles/index.html

Rachel's Open R&D Blog
http://open.loop.ph/bin/view/Openloop/WebHome

Wearables Central to find info about electronics
http://wearables.blu.org/

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Readings Class 1

The following readings are introductions to the philosophy and construction of fashionable wearables:

"Lumbar Thought"
umberto_eco.pdf

"Smart Clothing: The Shift to Wearable Computing" from 1996
steve_mann.pdf

"Interactive and experiential design in smart textile products and applications"
sharon_baurley.pdf

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October 04, 2007

Dear Students,

Location: Sonnensteinstrasse 11-13
Dates and time: See below

Fr 19.10.2007    13:00    -    18:00
Fr 9.11.2007    10:00    -    14:00
Do 29.11.2007    14:00    -    19:00 (the date probably changes to the beginning of December 2007)

Please register online via UFG.

Fashionable Technology investigates the relationship between technology, fashion, craftsmanship, and design. The course builds on the foundation knowledge developed by students in Interface Culture. Contextual analysis, developed in group projects, reveals and defines the aspects of communication, aesthetics and functionality with specific focus on the idea of the garment as interface.

The first part of the class involves a theoretical discourse on the next generation of wearables, its history, its evolution, and its present state. The second part of the class focuses on developing a project focusing on textiles, wearables & technology. In this phase students will be mostly involved in applied research for the project. Students will participate in the entire design process from concept to completion. Through this process, students will gain understanding of the challenges and possibilities of designing technologies for the body.

The culmination of the studio is the creation of a fashionable wearable (garment or accessory) that incorporates functionality, practicality, and aesthetic appeal. The final project shall be finished during the summer semester 2007. The selected projects will be exhibited in public at the book launch event "Fashionable Technology" in May 2008 in New York and June 2008 in Vienna.

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