Fashionable Technology : The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science and Technology

ISBN-13: 9783990432259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 249 str.

Sabine Seymour

Opis

In this compact introduction to the theory and application of electronic textiles and wearable technology, practical applications are explained in detail and clarified by many illustrations. Unpublished projects by many designers and companies are included.

"... "Fashionable Technology" ... ist eine Art Sammelalbum bereits existierender Entwicklungen mit Schwerpunkt Mode und Design - von der beschriebenen Multimedia-Jacke für Snowboarder bis zur Kleidung, die je nach Emotion des Trägers leutet wie ein Christbaum ..." Der Standard 4.6.2008

Recenzje

"... "Fashionable Technology" ... ist eine Art Sammelalbum bereits existierender Entwicklungen mit Schwerpunkt Mode und Design - von der beschriebenen Multimedia-Jacke für Snowboarder bis zur Kleidung, die je nach Emotion des Trägers leutet wie ein Christbaum ..." Der Standard 4.6.2008

Spis treści

Preface.- Theoretical Discourse.- Electronic Fashion.- Interactive Interfaces.- Scientific Couture.- Sensual Being and Tangible Touch.- Wearable Explorations.- Social Fabric.- Sonic Landscape.- Material Witness.- Project Websites.- Materials.- Bibliography.- Blogs and Websites.- Institutes.- Events.- Photo Credits.- Acknowledgements.- Biography.

O autorze

Sabine Seymour received a Master of Social and Economic Sciences from the University of Economics in Vienna and Columbia University's MBA program in New York and an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU'S Tisch School of the Arts. She introduced the course "Fashionable Technology" and is a long standing faculty member at Parsons The New School For Design in New York and joined the University for Art and Industrial Design in Linz. She has taken part in numerous international congresses and events including Smart Fabrics, Ars Electronica Festival, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. She has also been a curator of pertinent exhibitions such as Our Cyborg Future: Me or Machine? Newcastle, UK, in 2007 and ISEA 2004 in Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn, Estonia. Moondial is the consultancy that resulted from her research, concept works, and her role as an educator. It is specialized on "Fashionable Technology" with clients ranging from DuPont to Dott07.