Budding starlets craving the attention of the press now have a new way to ensure that all eyes are on them. Ricardo ONascimentos new piece Paparazzi Lover is an interactive dress that lights up when ...
Forster Rohner, a Swiss family run embroidery business for over 100 years, is sewing its way into e-textiles with beautiful, intricately embroidered conductive fabrics. Using custom embroidery machin...
M_A_C_H_I_N_A is a wearable technology brand that merges fashion and technology in a practical and visually appealing way. We are creating a world where wearable technology is no longer a novelty ite...
Im delighted to begin the coverage of the Smart Fabrics conference by highlighting the wonderful talk by fashion technologists and assistant professor in Fashion Design at Kent State , Margarita Beni...
Building on the current craze for wearable fitness products, Michele Tittarelli has designed an mp3 player with a gaming bent. The wearable personal trainer/MP3 player shares music with passersby by ...
Moondial, the fashionable technology lab headed by thought-leader Sabine Seymour, has just released their very first premium report offering insight into the trends and innovations driving the indust...
Im delighted to announce that I will be moderating the Crafting the Future Panel at DEAF (Dutch Electronic Art Festival) this year. The visionaries on the panel include: Moritz Waldemeyer Anouk Wippr...
Wearable technology is often used as a medium to enhance and amplify the senses. Garments capable of monitoring CO2 levels, warn us when air quality reaches dangerous levels. Robotic exoskeletons hel...
Cycling as a means for transportation is rapidly growing in the US, even in bike-unfriendly cities such as Los Angeles. The primary concern for most cyclists is visibility followed closely by comfort...
SymbiosisO: Voxel, the latest project by Hungarian designer eszter ozsvald and Estonian textiles developer kärt ojavee, demonstrates that even a material as gimmicky as thermochromatic (color-changin...
Solebox, a sneaker and lifestyle boutique located in Berlin, celebrates their 10th anniversary with a limited release of an illuminated shoe: the Solebox Omni Zone Pump. The project is a collaborat...
The iPhone Purse allows you to use your iPhone without having to remove it from your purse each time. The clear plastic vinyl not only protects your phone from the weather, but also allows you to hea...
One of my favourite designs of the last year has undoubtedly been Aoife Wullurs graduation project at the Design Academy: Shades of Light. For this project Aoife created a series of e-textile fabri...
Next week Ill be at the Smart Fabrics Conference in Miami. Im looking forward to this years lineup which includes talks from industry leaders from the Nike Innovation Group, Adidas and Misfit Wearabl...
The recent trend for haute-tech clothing really interested me and I wanted to explore the possibilities of integrating different types of technology into performance costume. I wanted to produce a se...
Another beautiful project from the Design Research Lab is Skintimacy, a project that uses skin-based interfaces for collaborative musical performances. The project investigates the boundaries bet...
The Mobile Lorm Glove enables deafblind persons to communicate and connect with others using mobile technology. The glove uses "Lorm," a tactile signing language used by people with both a...
Vodafone, in collaboration with designer Richard Nicoll, designed a handbag capable of charging your mobile phone. The handbag itself must be charged via a magnetic induction cable. Once charged, ...
Amy Winters remarkably strikes the balance between scientific innovation and creative play with colorful garments in abstract patterns that subtly shift color. Color shifting and illuminated textil...
A lovely animated LED necklace by Parsons Student Silvia Yang.
If youve been looking for the perfect environment and team of people to work with on your next wearables project, heres your chance. V2_’s Summer Sessions are brief themed residencies that allow...
Enjoy this wonderful lecture by wearable tech thought leader Piem Wirtz from _V2.
Boy oh boy I wish I could attend this exhibition… TECHNOSENSUAL. where fashion meets techology Date: Jun 15 to Sep 2, daily 10:00-19:00 Press tour: Thu, Jun 14, 11:00 Opening: Thu, Jun 14, 19:00 (wit...
Aurora is the latest spectacular fashion by Cute Circuit. Designed exclusively for an opera performance, the garment is adorned with hundreds of Swarovski Crystals and thousands of LEDs. The inspir...
All Ive got to say is AMAZING. Clever use of EL film. Enjoy! Performance by Wrecking Crew Orchestra
Want your dog to outshine all the others at the dog park? Thanks to Michael Zoellner, you too can make a POV vest for your pooch. So now every time your pup chases a squirrel, a light stream of ...
Designed by Guanyun Wang, Ye Tao, Zurui Jiang, Lei Shi, and Yujie Hong, DrumGenius is a wearable instrument that allows you to play a set of virtual drums. Designed with a set of accelerometers — on...
Now a days you can virtually customize anything with a digital image, from mousepads to coffee cups. Customization is great for gifting or simply an easier way to create something unique for yourself...
Last nights episode (episode 9) of Project Runway challenged the five remaining All Star designers to fashion illuminated garments. The results unfortunately were rather disappointing. This group of ...
Designed by Amy Wibowo, Daisuke Sakamoto, Jun Mitani, and Takeo Igarashi at the University of Tokyo, Japan, DressUp is a three-dimensional draping system that allows designers to create digital ske...
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