Designing towards inward-oriented fashion technology: Demo projects

Fashion technology designs typically combine sensing technology and actuators to register and respond to information about the environment and/or the human body. The ways in which designers use and integrate these data into garments, however, varies on a scale from highly theatrical and outward-orie...

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Main Authors: Toeters, Marina, Toussaint, Lianne, Russell, Kevin, ten Bhömer, Martijn
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63448/
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author Toeters, Marina
Toussaint, Lianne
Russell, Kevin
ten Bhömer, Martijn
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Toussaint, Lianne
Russell, Kevin
ten Bhömer, Martijn
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description Fashion technology designs typically combine sensing technology and actuators to register and respond to information about the environment and/or the human body. The ways in which designers use and integrate these data into garments, however, varies on a scale from highly theatrical and outward-oriented designs to subtle and inward-oriented applications. This pictorial presents five garment designs created between 2013 and 2020, that occupy the more utilitarian and inward-oriented end of the fashion technology spectrum. We demonstrate five designs that combine sensing and actuation, highlighting the benefits of direct biofeedback and of keeping the personal data within the garment. The selection of projects aims to search the right balance between sensing and actuation.
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spelling nottingham-634482020-10-12T04:01:21Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63448/ Designing towards inward-oriented fashion technology: Demo projects Toeters, Marina Toussaint, Lianne Russell, Kevin ten Bhömer, Martijn Fashion technology designs typically combine sensing technology and actuators to register and respond to information about the environment and/or the human body. The ways in which designers use and integrate these data into garments, however, varies on a scale from highly theatrical and outward-oriented designs to subtle and inward-oriented applications. This pictorial presents five garment designs created between 2013 and 2020, that occupy the more utilitarian and inward-oriented end of the fashion technology spectrum. We demonstrate five designs that combine sensing and actuation, highlighting the benefits of direct biofeedback and of keeping the personal data within the garment. The selection of projects aims to search the right balance between sensing and actuation. 2020-07-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63448/1/Designing%20towards%20inward-oriented%20fashion%20technology%20Demo%20projects.pdf Toeters, Marina, Toussaint, Lianne, Russell, Kevin and ten Bhömer, Martijn (2020) Designing towards inward-oriented fashion technology: Demo projects. In: 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, July 6–10, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Fashion technology; clothing design; personal biofeedback; balancing sensing and actuation http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3393914.3397093 10.1145/3393914.3397093 10.1145/3393914.3397093 10.1145/3393914.3397093
spellingShingle Fashion technology; clothing design; personal biofeedback; balancing sensing and actuation
Toeters, Marina
Toussaint, Lianne
Russell, Kevin
ten Bhömer, Martijn
Designing towards inward-oriented fashion technology: Demo projects
title Designing towards inward-oriented fashion technology: Demo projects
title_full Designing towards inward-oriented fashion technology: Demo projects
title_fullStr Designing towards inward-oriented fashion technology: Demo projects
title_full_unstemmed Designing towards inward-oriented fashion technology: Demo projects
title_short Designing towards inward-oriented fashion technology: Demo projects
title_sort designing towards inward-oriented fashion technology: demo projects
topic Fashion technology; clothing design; personal biofeedback; balancing sensing and actuation
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63448/
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