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Project name Maggie Orth
Organisation
Persons Maggie Orth
City Seattle
Country (USA)
Period
URL http://www.maggieorth.com
Tags artist, interactive, physical interfaces, wearable computing, electronic textiles, interactive textile musical instruments,
Text Maggie Orth is an artist and technologist who designs and invents interactive textiles in Seattle, WA. She is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of International Fashion Machines, Inc. Orth received her Phd. in Media Arts and Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Lab in June 2001. Her academic work at the Media Lab (1997-2001) included patents, research, publications and design in new physical interfaces, wearable computing, electronic textiles, and interactive textile musical instruments.