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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