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The Post Couture Collective: Downloadable Clothes

Reference: WGSN Insider. (2016). The Post Couture Collective: Downloadable Clothes. Retrieved from https://www.wgsn.com/blogs/the-post-couture-collective-downloadable-sustainable-clothes/.

L’Oréal, world leader in beauty: makeup, cosmetics, haircare, perfume

Reference: L’ORÉAL. (2016). L’ORÉAL DEBUTS FIRST-EVER STRETCHABLE ELECTRONIC UV MONITOR AT THE 2016 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW. Retrieved from http://www.loreal.com/media/press-releases/2016/jan/loreal-debuts-first-ever-stretchable-electronic-uv-monitor.

Runswick Bay. 15/04/2016 Slow III

Runswick Bay. 15/04/2016 Slow II

Runswick Bay. 15/04/2016 Slow I

Reference: Seenagram. (2016). Hanging out in the #Times today . Retrieved from https://www.instagram.com/p/BD7tZWSm9OD/?taken-by=seenagram.

Shop Men's at RalphLauren.com, the Official Site of Ralph Lauren. The PoloTech™ Shirt - The next evolution of wearable technology from Ralph Lauren, the PoloTech Shirt works with an iPhone® or Apple Watch® to put real-time workout data in the palm of your hand. Silver fibers woven directly into the fabric read heart rate and breathing depth and balance, as well as other key metrics, which are streamed to your device via a detachable, Bluetooth-enabled black box. Created exclusively for use with the shirt, the PoloTech App (a

Reference:

Ralph Lauren. (2016). THE POLOTECH™ SHIRT. Retrieved from http://www.ralphlauren.com/product/index.jsp?productId=69917696.

Designer Spotlight is a regular column focusing on style and the professional woman. Ringly, the New York-based smart jewelry startup led by Christina Mercando, continues its mission to change the perception of what wearable technology is today. The pioneering company remains at the forefront in the industry by fusing fashion design [...]

Reference:

Moore, K. (2015). Designer Spotlight: Ringly Releases New High-Tech Holiday Jewelry Redefining How Women Communicate. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesstylefile/2015/11/04/designer-spotlight-ringly-releases-new-high-tech-holiday-jewelry-redefining-how-women-communicate/#413ec32c4431.

Just when you think you have seen everything there is within the fashion industry, something always seems to jump up and grab you unexpectedly. For Dutch design

‘I scanned the models’ figures, curves and bone structure using Intel RealSense.’ A, Wipprecht.

‘I think that it is really important that high end technology gets more emerged with everyday objects or everyday vehicles, but also everyday fashion.’ A, Wipprecht.

Reference:

Krassenstein, E. (2015). Anouk Wipprecht’s 3D Printed Audi A4 Dress Collection Brings Incredible Virtual Reality to Fashion. Retrieved from https://3dprint.com/83069/audi-a4-3d-printed-dresses/.

#sls 3d printing

Look down at whatever you're wearing now. That's the future of wearables.

D, Pierce, WIRED (2015)

Futuristic Imagery & Yanzhou Bao:

As part of our teams presentation it was suggested to include a futuristic image that represents the concept. I like this image by photographer Yanzhou Bao, it captures the futuristic essence in terms of aesthetic - colour & mood the image generates featuring apparel, the market for our groups idea. It reminds me of the work by Loop PH (Fig 2) with its lighting and the recent installation 1.8 at London’s Oxford Circus for the Lumiere Light Festival 2016 by Janet Echelon. (Fig 3). This project in itself links well to design futures as the public were ‘invited to use their smartphones to select colors and tap out patterns with the touch of a finger.’ As a result the materials that make up the installation feature Fiber, Buildings and Sky combined with Colored Lighting, Wifi & Interactive Computer Programming.

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References:

Echelman, J. (2016). 1.8 LONDON, UK, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.echelman.com/project/1-8-london/.

Figure 1: Bao, Y. (2016). Portfolio. [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.baoyanzhou.com/portfolio.html.

Figure 2: LOOP.PH LTD. (2013). The SOL Dome. [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://loop.ph/portfolio/sol-dome/.

Figure 3: Echelman, J. (2016). 1.8 LONDON, UK, 2016. [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.echelman.com/project/1-8-london/.

tribalogy

#Tribalogy #Drawing. Dance with your hands on the paper. Simultaneous two handed drawing is like playing an instrument with the pencils.

Exhibition: Real Dirty Blue - Central St Martins

Yesterday whilst down in London for some placement interviews I took the opportunity to visit the Lethaby Gallery situated Central St Martins in London’s Granary Square; a short walk away from Kings Cross. ‘Real Dirty Blue tells the story of almost a century of textile design at the college, from the hand block printed textiles of the 1930s to more recent experiments in multi-dimensional textiles, digital print and the juxtaposition of traditional techniques with new technologies.’ - The Weave Shed (2016) I really enjoyed visiting the CSM degree show last summer so loved the opportunity to visit again; especially because it was a textiles exhibition.

The work featured the 26 designers who have either studied or taught on the textile design course from the years 1927 to 2015. The exhibition included the work of Philippa Brock & her self folding fabric which featured in the video we watched during one design futures lecture, and the work of Carole Collett. Curated into four key themes; 2D to 3D, Digital Pioneers, Happy Accidents and Material Artisans.

All images my own taken on 24/3/16

Figure 1 & 2: Philippa Brock

Figure 3: Carole Collett Pop up lace - biodegradable fibre (paper yarn), nylon & starch (2009). Featuring the traditional 19th century technique of lace manufacture she combines the technique of biodegradable paper yarn to create this pattern lace that when hung & lit casts shadows against the wall. Collect who describes herself as a ‘creative explorer’ & an ‘ecologist’ in the field of textile innovation I plan to research a lot more into her practice for the next collaborative group project entitled ‘Grow your Own’.

Figure 4 & 5: The Houndstooth Project, A project run by Philippa Brock and Jo Pierce & uses the ubiquitous textile houndstooth motif as the starting point for you to react and respond to in any way you like.

Figure 6: Happy Accidents - interesting read, a tutor has given me similar advice is some feedback I have received, similarly when it says may allow ‘the creative spark for innovative art & design.’

Figure 7: BeatWoven

Figure 8: Rebecca Hoyes

References:

The Houndstooth Project. (2016). About Houndstooth. Retrieved from http://www.thehoundstoothproject.com/houndstooth/.

The Weave Shed. (2016). Exhibition: Real Dirty Blue. Retrieved from http://www.theweaveshed.org/1651/exhibition-real-dirty-blue/.

Various. (2016). Real Dirty Blue. [Photograph] Exhibited at the Lethaby Gallery, 1 Granary Square, London, 23 February – 1 April 2016.

Iris Van Herpen

‘For Spring/Summer 2016 Iris Van Herpen explores the powerful confluence of Nature and architecture. Inspired by the living tree bridges in India, the designer executes a new approach to garment construction, mixing the techniques of cutting, weaving, folding, and growing into a process that transcends the boundaries of traditional clothes-making.’

Links to biomimicry

“The beautiful potential of plants and other organisms to form living architecture inspired me to make a collection that is tangled like a maze around the body. Inspiration came from the way plants and their roots grow, and how roots have been used to grow living bridges in the forests of India. This tradition of growing bridges inspired me to re-envision my process of making a garment.”

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‘Both the models and the audience are mirrored as one in the show space, creating a close-up and intimate experience that is amplified by seventeen large optical light screens (OLF). Depending on the viewing angle, movement and proximity to the sheets, the perception of the audience that view the models is continuously shifted and deluded to reflect the fine line between reality and unreality. The visual alienation of the OLF was influential to van Herpen her design process.’ see below.

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In this particular collection, Lucid, presented in Paris on March 8th, 2016, Van Herpen worked with artist & architect Philip Beesley - RESEARCH FOCUS: ‘Responsive and distributed architectural environments and interactive systems, flexible lightweight structures integrating kinetic functions, microprocessing, sensor and actuator systems, with particular focus on digital fabrication methods and sheet-material derivations.’

Figure 3:

Reference:

Info & Figures 1 & 2: Van Herpen, I. (2016). Womenswear. Retrieved from http://www.irisvanherpen.com.

Info & Figure 3: Beesley, P. (2016). Home. Retrieved from http://www.philipbeesleyarchitect.com.

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Detail from the sculptural Iris van Herpen collection. The future is definitely now.

The exhibition presents prototypes, which are contributing to the field of health care, fashion and interior. To develop these complex Product Service Systems, textile producers teamed up with software and hardware engineering companies, service providers, designers, research institutions and creative hubs.

Ref: Textiel Museum. (2015). Smart Textiles – Wearable Services. Retrieved from http://www.textielmuseum.nl/en/exposition/smart-textiles-wearable-services.

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