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Project Persons Year Tags
Extreme Textiles Matilda McQuaid 2005 industry, science, textiles, smart materials, concept, projects, design, book, fashion design, catwalk
Extreme Textiles highlights successful collaborations between design, industry, and science. Large, full-color illustrations and essays by some of today's most influential designers and scientists trace the extraordinary developments made in textiles over the last twenty years and suggest what is to come.
Fab Lab (MIT) 2006 computer controlled tools, MIT, concepts, technological art, DIY, fashionable technology, wearable, workshop, design tools, circuits and microcontrollers, 3D Printing and Scanning Machines
A Fab Lab (fabrication laboratory) is a small-scale workshop with an array of computer controlled tools that cover several different length scales and various materials, with the aim to make "almost anything". This includes technology-enabled products generally perceived as limited to mass production. While Fab Labs have yet to compete with mass production and its associated economies of scale in fabricating widely distributed products, they have already shown the potential to empower individuals to create smart devices for themselves. These devices can be tailored to local or personal needs in ways that are not practical or economical using mass production.
Fabric/textiles/fournituren (Schroder Modestoffen) buy, materials, Fabric, textiles, fournituren, general
also at blaak market, tue and sat @rotterdam
Fashionable Technology Sabine Seymour 2008 Hussein Chalayan, New York University, XS Labs, MIT Media Lab, Burton, Philips, companies and artists, research institutes, clothing, fabrics, fashion design, wearables, electronic textile, book, Cute Circuit, fashionable technology, projects, conceps, schools, prototypes
Over 50 well-known designers, research institutes, companies and artists, among them Philips, Burton, MIT Media Lab, XS Labs, New York University, Hussein Chalayan, Cute Circuit or International Fashion Machines are introduced by means of their latest, often still unpublished, project, and a survey of their work to date. Given for the first time is a list of all the relevant information on research institutes, materials, publications etc. A must for all those wishing to know everything about fashionable technology.
Flare Dress Stijn Ossevoort electronic engineering, user interface research, product design, material research, technical project management, production management, microprocessor programming, graphic design, 3D visualization
This little LED number called Flare is the sustainable party girl’s answer to looking beautiful and technically tailored. Imagine showing up at the company holiday party aglow in the Stijn Ossevoort creation! In spite of all the buzz from the gadget geeks proclaiming the wonders of wearing something as fashion-forward as Flare, one question keeps flashing like a red light: What if it gets wet? No worries. The Flare dress runs on wind energy which means if worn correctly (read: walk really fast) the dandelions will light up from your personally generated breezes.
Gerrit Rietveld Academie Erik Wong, Anne-Grethe Filtenborg (Gerrit Rietveld Academie) exhibitions, workshop, bachelor, textile, design lab, fashion, master, school, academy, seminars, students
Materials and products are developed in TXT. The notion of a ësemi-finished productí plays an important role, enabling us to mediate between all kinds of end uses: architecture, fashion, interior design and industry. The atmosphere in the department is one in which thinking and doing permanently influence each other. Within the applied framework of the department, there is the opportunity to develop more autonomously oriented work. The world of visual designers is no longer strictly divided between artists and designers. The confusion between these two positions is productive, and you will be challenged to use it.
glues (VHZ) glues, materials, buy
Grado Zero Espace Pagliai Filippo (Grado Zero Espace) new technology, new material, leader, innovations, lobaratory test, prototyping, design, engineering, medical equipment, safety equipment, sport equipment, nautical, automotive, clothing, furnishing, wearable technology, textile structures, accessories, interior, smart material, research, company, nanotubes, fibers, fabrics, composite textile structures, limited edition, European Space Agency Ttp, oricalco fabric
The mission of the company is to develop and commercialize new materials and technologies for industry transfer to create new products with the aim to improve quality of life, work and environment. The company acts as a go-between among many industrial branches and research fields, in particular: nanotubes, fibers, fabrics, composite textile structures, extreme sport equipments and safe equipments, new performing materials and technologies for furnishing / automotive / nautical / medical areas.
High-Low Tech Leah Buechley (MIT Media Lab) manufacturing processes, physical materials, intersection of computation, future of technology, new cultural, building technologies, design, cultures, processes, high and low technological materials, MIT Media Lab, group, traditional crafts, electronic applications, wearable, tools, interaction design, people, students
The High-Low Tech group integrates high and low technological materials, processes, and cultures. Our primary aim is to engage diverse audiences in designing and building their own technologies by situating computation in new cultural and material contexts, and by developing tools that democratize engineering.
HookandLoop.com (Fastech of Jacksonville, Inc.) special materials, duragrip, velcro, online shop, sporting applications
We stock all the standard VELCRO Æ brand products and can help with and deliver all the special hard to find items manufactured by Velcro USA. We can deliver whole rolls or cut pieces, or our experienced technicians can fabricate custom straps with the VELCRO Æ brand fasteners. We also stock DURAGRIPô brand of hook and loop, a high quality, lower cost hook and loop especially suitable for heavy duty or sporting applications. 24 Colors are available in either sew-on or peel and stick adhesives.
How To Get What You Want Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson (Kobakant) 2007 DIY, fabric, LED, workshop, wearable technology, sensor, social
The site documents the range of wearable technology and soft circuit solutions that we have developed for our own practice since 2007. Many interesting techniques and possibilities never make it into a finished project. The site also contains collections of material and tool resources and example projects that explain the integration of individual solutions for smaller projects, aimed at showcasing what is possible and how it is possible.
IFAI Expo 2010 (IFAI-Industrial Fabrics Association International) workshop, expo, conference
A special "Advanced Textiles Conference" will focus on blending technology and materials. The 7th International conference on Safety and Protective Fabrics will take place at IFAI Expo Americas 2010 under the Advanced Textiles Conference. High-level symposiums presenting the most cutting-edge trends and information will be featured and are guaranteed to draw a large niche market buyer audience. OCTOBER 27-29, 2010
Interactive Architecture Ruairi Glynn blog, news, Architecture, Articles, Audio, Books, Devices, Events, Flying, Furniture, Haptic, Inflatable, Interactive, Kinetic, Lighting, New Materials, Reciprocal, robotics, Scuplture/Installation, Virtual, Visual
covers emerging architectural and artistic practices where digital technologies & virtual spaces merge with tangible and physical spatial experiences. An active architecture, sensing, observing, feeling, listening, thinking, reacting, proposing, adapting, learning, even sometimes interacting. It is an architecture in constant flux best suited to prototyping and semi-perminant installations.
IS-FOE 10 Dr. Argiris Laskarakis 2010 flexible, organic, electronics, science, research
The field of Flexible Organic Electronics is one of the most rapidly growing sector of the modern science and technology. Today, many resources and investments from government agencies, research institutes and local industries are devoted to the developments of materials, processes, instrumentation, equipment for flexible organic electronics. The IS-FOE is the Premier Scientific & Research Event in Organic Electronics devoted to gather scientists, engineers and industrials from all around the world and to exchange information and provide access to the latest developments of several topics covering organic electronic printable materials, device structures, system integrations, manufacturing processes, characterization adn monitoring, product applications and business opportunities.
ISPO China (Messe Munchen) 2010 media, designers, distributors, brand labelers, industrial festival, innovations, new trends, annual sporting goods industry forum, 113 countries, world's largest sports trade show, athletes, international sports, exibithion, brands, news, new technology, new materials
ispo, originated from Germany, is held once a year in Munich. ispo is the world's largest sports trade show with a reputation for excellence among exhibitors and visitors from 113 countries. Backed by 40 years of success, ispo is THE annual sporting goods industry forum to showcase the state-of-the-art in sports equipment and fashion - while looking ahead into the future with new trends and innovations. ispo china tries to draw the world attention to emerging Asian sports goods market and bring in international brands while showing local professional brands. Launched 5 years ago, ispo china developed quickly into the leading professional sporting goods business platform for the whole Asian Pacific Rim.
Jane Harris jane harris body scanning, 3D CG animation, CGI animation, designer, textile, artist, motion capture
Practitioner Jane Harris builds on her knowledge of materials and works digitally with advanced computer media to create representations of fluid, three-dimensional forms – the clothed and moving body in space.
Kathy Schicker Kathy Schicker new technologies, new materials, sustainability, collaborative projects, textile design, visual artist, multidiscipline arts projects
I am a visual artist who specialises in textile design and collaborative projects. I have recently completed an MA in Design for Textile Futures at Central St Martins College, which focused on issues including; sustainability, new materials, new technologies and the delivery of multidiscipline arts projects.
Laura Beloff Laura Beloff wearable objects, networked installations, artist
With acclaimed international reputation as an artist, the Finnish-born Laura Beloff's artistic works can be described as peculiar wearable objects, programmed structures and participatory, networked installations. In her pieces she combines technology fluently with various mediums ranging from video to textile, from sound to sculptural and organic materials. Many of her works deal with individuals in the global society trying to adapt to highly complex technologically enhanced world, which is becoming increasingly mobile. Collaboration with other artists, musicians and computer scientists has been one of the features typical for her working methods.
Luminex (Luminex s.p.a.) textile, light, new fabrics, non reflective, emit own light, different colours, luminous fibres, opting, sparkling, illuminate materials, integrated electronics, intelligent material, clothes, interior, accessories, innovations, leader
After numerous attempts and experiments, it has finally been possible to integrate a luminous fibre into a fabric, giving its own brilliance. Luminex is a new fabric that can emit its own light. Itís the result of a close collaboration between a highly technological electronics company like CAEN spa, which is in fact the worldís leading company in the planning and production of electronic equipment for use in Nuclear physics experiments, and two companies operating in textiles sector FIT spa in Prato and the Swiss company STABIO sa.
magnets (Aimants Neodyme) magnets, materials, components, buy
Making is Connecting David Gauntlett DIY, media, book, textile
In Making is Connecting, David Gauntlett argues that through making things, people engage with the world and create connections with each other. Both online and offline, we see that people want to make their mark on the world, and to make connections. During the previous century, the production of culture became dominated by professional elite producers. But today, a vast array of people are making and sharing their own ideas, videos, and other creative material online, as well as engaging in real-world crafts, art projects, and hands-on experiences. Gauntlett argues that we are seeing a shift from a 'sit-back-and-be-told culture' to a 'making-and-doing culture'. People are rejecting traditional teaching and television, and making their own learning and entertainment instead. Drawing on evidence from psychology, politics, philosophy, and economics, he shows how this shift is necessary and essential for the happiness and survival of modern societies.
Marcelo Coelho Marcelo Coelho shape changing composites, paper computers, design, material science, human computer interaction, researcher, designer, interactive garments, edible circuits
Marcelo Coelho is a designer and researcher whose work dwells in the intersection of human-computer interaction, materials science and design. He is an inventor of paper computers, shape changing composites, interactive garments, and edible circuits.
Margarita Benitez Margarita Benitez solo show, designer, installations, diy, materials, technology, interactive textiles, critical media, data sonifications, group show, internationally
Her current studio investigations are in interactive installations, DIY culture, experiments with materials and technology to create works that combine high/low tech, wearables and interactive textiles as critical media and data sonifications (with Markus Vogl). Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally.
Marielle Leenders Marielle Leenders wearable, new applications, clothing, garments, SMA, innovations, research, shape memory textiles, designer, smart textile
Designer Mariëlle Leenders has experimented with fabric that features shape memory wire either woven into the material or added later as one or more lines of stitching. Her Moving Textiles (2000) react to differences in temperature by shrinking, creasing, changing structure or rolling up. Lines of stitching added to the basic material in certain places cause the fabric to creep up when temperatures rise.
Marktek (Marktek Inc) 1994 high-quality, EMI shielding, high-tech, fibers, company, radar absorptive materials, conductive resistive materials, shop online, fabrics, felts, fillers, meshes, gaskets, tape, textile
Marktek's specialty materials include a broad variety of high-quality conductive, resistive, and microwave-absorptive fabrics, fibers, foams, felts, fillers, meshes, gaskets and tape. Marktek Inc. carries fabrics that possess surface resistivities ranging from
Material Beliefs (Interaction research Studio, Department of Design at Goldsmiths, University of London) biomedical, cybernetic, public space, body, Goldsmiths
Material Beliefs takes emerging biomedical and cybernetic technology out of labs and into public spaces. The project focuses on technologies which blur the boundaries between our bodies and materials, and how design as a tool for public engagement can be used to stimulate discussion about the value of these forms of hybridity
Material ConneXion (Material ConneXion) Military, Packaging, Marketing, Materials Science, manufacturing solutions, material scientists, material solutions, multinational, network, Aerospace, Apparel/athletic shoes, Architectural interiors, Automotive, Branding, Building and construction, Chemical engineering, Chemicals/plastics, Consumer electronics, Consumer Insight, Consumer products, Durable goods, Fiber optic, Furniture, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Interior Fittings and Hardware, Personal Care, Retail, Sporting Goods, Textiles, Toys
Material ConneXion is the leading global platform for material solutions and innovations. Built on the belief that Every Idea has a Material Solutionô, we are the trusted advisor for Fortune 500's, smaller forward-thinking companies, and government agencies seeking a creative or competitive edge through strategic material selections. With offices in New York, Bangkok, Cologne, Daegu and Milan, Material ConneXion's international network of material specialists provide a global, cross-industry perspective on materials, sustainable alternatives, and their potential uses
material sense Simone de Waart ongoing new materials, innovation, projects, artists, database
Material Sense is a dynamic organisation linking designers, researchers and cutting-edge companies in an active network. By sharing expertise and collaborating in the exploration of the properties of materials, new products and new ways of utilizing materials are created. Material Sense lobbies for a materials-oriented design and development of products.
Materialecology Neri Oxman 2006 ecology, material, architecture, engineering, computation
materialecology was formed in 2006 by Neri Oxman as an interdisciplinary research initiative that undertakes design research in the intersection between architecture, engineering, computation, and ecology. As such, this initiative is concerned with material organization and performance across all scales of design thought and practice.
Metallic organza variants (Boeken) materials, buy, shop, textile