V2_ Knowledgebase

In the apparel design program students develop an understanding of the textile and clothing product development process, including design, production, and marketing. Students are challenged to integrate knowledge of the product with consumer needs and business constraints.

Peratechís Eleksen division is the world leader in touch sensitive interactive textiles for interactive apparel and soft goods products. The core technology, ElekTex, is a unique QTC-based electro-conductive fabric touch pad optimized for the creation of flexible, durable and rugged fabric touch screen interfaces.

HearWear: The Fashion of Environmental Noise Display is a wearable visual reflection of your auditory surroundings. It perceives sound levels and uses a scale of lights to reflect amplitude in clothing or accessories. The level of light depends on the level of sound; the louder it is, the more your apparel lights up.

-Founded and Directed by designer-maker Elena Corchero, Lost Values holds the vision of innovating craft by melding it with technology and vice versa, to inspire a future where design is environmental and emotional yet smart and playful. Qualities that she believes are important aspects of life but are being forgotten in the quest for faster and more convenient products. http://www.lostvalues.com/ - Distance Lab is a creative research organisation bringing together digital media technology, design and the arts to redefine and overcome the disadvantages of distance in learning, health care, relationships, culture and other domains.

Modern protective clothing needs to meet a variety of multifunctional requirements and offer a very high level of protection as well as remarkable comfort and wearability, influencing the wearerís physical performance which puts it far beyond usual definitions of comfort. The demand for multifunctional properties makes it necessary to develop and improve fibre and textile materials and structures (suits, uniforms, Ö). Introduction of nanotechnology and the use of a variety of (wearable) sensors / embedded electronics and processors turn traditional protection into a value added market posing ever increasing challenges to researchers and engineers at universities, institutes and industry. Design and manufacturing of sophisticated interactive protective textiles and clothing, meeting very tight specifications, has to be done taking into account cost-effectiveness, environmental issues and even the need to be applied to military as well as civil purposes.

The NuMetrex line of heart rate monitoring athletic apparel uses innovative "smart fabrics" technology that incorporates special sensing fibers directly into the fabric of its garments. Replacing the hard plastic chest straps that rub and chafe against the skin, NuMetrex offers a comfortable alternative with form-fitting shirts and sports bras that sense your pulse and transmit it to a compatible wristwatch or exercise machine.

seamless is a fashion event featuring innovative and experimental works in computational apparel design, interactive clothing, and technology-based fashion. each project [re]interprets the conceptual goal of a seamless relationship between technology and fashion. these are real clothes that inspire and provoke.

This seminar will provide an overview of the materials and methods that are typically used to create lighted clothing, such as LEDs and EL-based illumination. It will also discuss a range of practical and artistic design challenges, drawing upon case studies from the entertainment industry. Other key topics will involve business-related issues for illuminated apparel, including market selection, product design, manufacturing, pricing, advertising, consumer education, and predictions for the future.

Teijin Fibers Limited researches, develops, manufactures and sells polyester raw materials, polymers, fibers and textiles consisting of mainly Tetoron. As the core company of the Teijin polyester fibers business group, the company, in collaboration with group companies both in Japan and abroad, implements global operations aggressively and provides solutions which meet our customer needs. These are becoming more diversified and advanced, and are based on our total polyester technology in every field from raw materials and polymers, fibers and textiles for both apparel and industrial uses, to product recycling.

-Wifi jacket: While I was orignally working with basic light stripes, I ultimately decided to integrate them with a flower motif. This design choice was made to recount the age old story of borrowing from the environment to decorate garments - think floral and animal print patterns. Since Wi-Fi is so prevalent in the environment now, I thought it would be interesting to integrate this representation of a man-made part of our environment into a garment in that same way. In the end design, flowers referencing our natural environment are juxtaposed with technology from the synthetic environment. -'Intimate Controllers' is a platform where video games are played by couples touching each other. The platform consists of two controllers, a bra for the female player and boxer shorts for the male player. Each controller is embedded with 6 sensors placed with varying degrees of intimacy in relation to the body part with which they correspond. Players must pass game levels together and in doing so, game play results in increasingly intimate positioning. The goal of this project was to research and create objects that challenge the traditional notions and orientation of video game play.