‘Crafted’ iPod and iPhone Jacket by Republic
UK high street retail chain Republic has released an iPod jacket in a cool looking Bomber jacket style constructed with metallic yarn to give it a unique crinkled appearance.
The iPod Bomber jacket is part of the Crafted branded collection by Republic and designed for the urban streetwear market. The iPod keypad controller is built into [...]
Gesture Jam Glove for Musicians, DJs or the next generation Wii games
We have covered gloves with light build into them, gloves that make your hand talk and gloves giving your hand eyes. The latest addition to our intelligent glove collection is the ‘Gesture Jam Glove‘, a creation of a team of design and research professionals at the University of Technology in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
The Gesture Jam [...]
Reconfigurable Soft Wall Lamp made from e-textiles
‘Soft Wall Lamp‘ is a unique e-textile concept created by Alex Kowal during the ‘Soft Circuits Workshop’, a class at NYU’s ITP program that was taught and developed by Kate Hartman.
Hartman shared her knowledge of making soft circuits in a 6 week long workshop between May and June. Her teaching and inspiration about soft circuits, [...]
Madonna wears a sparkling and twinkling Lucky Star cape on her Confession Tour
A fan of our blog and Madonna (Ras) pointed us to another ‘electrifying’ stage outfit.
Madonna wears during her ‘Lucky Star‘ song a cape that sparkles and twinkles when she opens it, giving the lyrics of ‘Lucky Star’ an additional, visual dimension.
‘Lucky Star’ was Madonna’s first song she wrote as a signed artist, a simple but [...]
Fibretronic launched a new soft keypad
The choice for interactive apparel manufacturer is expanding with Fibretronic’s new control interface the FTXS series for wearable electronic products like clothing and soft goods.
The new keypad technology is an extra soft version of Fibretronic’s silicone keypad for wearable audio, mobile phone and communication product controls.
The keypad uses Fibretronic’s patented ‘double-bridge’ contact switch technology and [...]
Weaving and knitting with light - LED dress from Mary Huang
Student designer Mary Huang from the Design|Media Arts department at UCLA shows a unique way to integrate light into clothing radiating a mystical, sensual aura around the wearer of the dress.
Her LED dress is a combination of woven cotton jersey and hand-crocheted flowers.
About two dozen bright white LEDs are embedded in the dress and are [...]
Stress measuring vest
We are all stressed at some point just how stressed, we can’t quantify objectively. This will change very soon according a press release from Fraunhofer-Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration when the textile stress sensor vest becomes reality.
From sports training to computer games, our garments will register the electrical excitation of the muscles at any given [...]
Fashioning Technology: A DIY Introduction to Smart Crafting
Technology and crafting is a fast growing field judging on the many workshops and books that have been or will be released soon, helping all the ’smart crafters’ to get started and inspired.
The latest addition to our wearable electronic library comes from Syuzi Pakchyan: Fashioning Technology: A DIY Intro to Smart Crafting
Written for a broad [...]
Upcoming book: Switch Craft by Alison Lewis
ALISON LEWIS the producer and host of SWITCH, an online blog that showcases technology as modern, crafty, fun, and fashionable is working on a book called ‘Switch Craft - Battery-Powered Crafts to Make and Sew‘ due to be on sale on October 28, 2008.
Alison has worked as an electronic textile designer at DuPont and [...]
Book review: Fashionable Technology
It took some time to finally sit down to give you the view of talk2myShirt on the latest and greatest book about wearable electronic: Sabine Seymour’s ‘Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science and Technology’.
It’s a page turner and extensive resource for inspiration in the field of technology meets fashion - or the other [...]
