WTD – 1

Wearable Electronics and Smart Textiles: A Critical Review by Matteo Stoppa and Alessandro Chiolerio

  • smart material – sense + react
  • biomedical!
  • ECG, EMG, EEG
  • Fabric-based antennas (cute)
  • bio-sensor!

Losing the Thread by Virginia Postrel

  • forgetting about textiles, remembering about textiles
  • to contrive function and beauty from the simplest of elements.

Interesting to think about what does “weave” mean – the idea of designing something with simple unit in a structural way to achieve something unforgettable.

 

My keywords: bio, comfortable yet strong, mechanical, puppet with emotion, readymades, armor

 

Mood board <3

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