Archive for November, 2009
DIY heated clothing
Judging on the many emails we receive from our readers, especially motor bike enthusiasts about heated clothing, this type of clothing is in hot demand, even more so now with cold weather outside. No serious motorbike owner likes to stop [...]
GalaxyDress by CuteCircuit
Interactive clothing designer Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz, owner of CuteCircuit and creator of the famous HugShirt aim to light up future fashion with the GalaxyDress concept design. The illuminated fabric is made by using thin, 2 x 2 mm [...]
Wearable Synthesis – let your jacket do the talking
Wearable Synthesis is a project created by Akira Wakita, Motohiro Tanji, Sohei Kitada, Midori Shibutani, Masa Inakage, Hiroko Uchiyama at the Keio University, Japan back in 2005. The concept of ‘Wearable Synthesis’ is based on the perception of clothing as [...]
Wearable ROCK
ThinkGeek did it again, integrating a musical instrument into a T-Shirt. First there was the Drum-Shirt and now comes the Guitar-Shirt. A T-Shirt with a fully playable guitar, not a toy that plays pre-canned music. All major chords are recorded [...]
Fashionable, color changing flu-masks
Marjan Kooroshnia, textile design student at the Textile & Fashion school of Borås, Sweden send us her interesting work ‘Look different with smart textiles‘ using Thermochromic ink printing to add visual effects to medical masks. The visualization can ‘just’ be [...]
Fairytale eFashion
Fashion Geek Diana Eng started the Fairytale Fashion project with support of Eyebeam with the aim to make magical clothing. Clothes with blooming flowers, clothes that breathe, change color and transform. Diana’s education and experience as fashion designer and research [...]
DIY – EL wire trimming
Today’s wearable electronic DIY tip comes from Riccardo (Plug and Wear) and shows how to cut and trim EL (Electro Luminescent) wires in the correct way so you won’t have to compromise with standard length EL wires for your textile [...]
