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Fashionable technology : the intersection of design, fashion, science, and technology /

By: Publication details: Wien ; New York : Springer, 2009.Description: 249 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9783211795910
  • 321179591X
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Theoretical discourse -- Electronic fashion -- Interactive interfaces -- Scientific couture -- Sensual being & tangible touch -- Wearable explorations -- Social fabric -- Sonic landscape -- Material witness -- Project websites -- Materials -- Bibliography -- Blogs & websites -- Institutes -- Events. The interplay of electronic textiles and wearable technology, wearables for short, and fashion, design and science is a highly promising and topical subject. Offered here is a compact survey of the theory involved and an explanation of the role technology plays in a fabric or article of clothing. The practical application is explained in detail and numerous illustrations serve as clarification. Over 50 well-known designers, research institutes, companies and artists, among them Philips, Burton, MIT Media Lab, XS Labs, New York University, Hussein Chalayan, Cute Circuit or International Fashion Machines are introduced by means of their latest, often still unpublished, project, and a survey of their work to date. Given for the first time is a list of all the relevant information on research institutes, materials, publications etc. A must for all those wishing to know everything about fashionable technology.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General TT 507 SEY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0009928

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-223) and index.

Theoretical discourse -- Electronic fashion -- Interactive interfaces -- Scientific couture -- Sensual being & tangible touch -- Wearable explorations -- Social fabric -- Sonic landscape -- Material witness -- Project websites -- Materials -- Bibliography -- Blogs & websites -- Institutes -- Events. The interplay of electronic textiles and wearable technology, wearables for short, and fashion, design and science is a highly promising and topical subject. Offered here is a compact survey of the theory involved and an explanation of the role technology plays in a fabric or article of clothing. The practical application is explained in detail and numerous illustrations serve as clarification. Over 50 well-known designers, research institutes, companies and artists, among them Philips, Burton, MIT Media Lab, XS Labs, New York University, Hussein Chalayan, Cute Circuit or International Fashion Machines are introduced by means of their latest, often still unpublished, project, and a survey of their work to date. Given for the first time is a list of all the relevant information on research institutes, materials, publications etc. A must for all those wishing to know everything about fashionable technology.

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