Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Jussi, Daria, Jeff, Joey, Wil in Chicago, post Siggraph jury meeting
Jussi, Daria, Jeff, Joey, Wil in Chicago, post Siggraph jury meeting
Originally uploaded by berzowska
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Cidziy in FOFA gallery
Originally uploaded by Jess Butler
Marguerite Bromley's Cidziy "sensate tapestry" shown in the REMEDIOS TERRARIUM exhibition
FOFA Gallery, Montreal - 19 March to 4 April 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Rhoda, who modeled "Enleon" at Seamless in Boston
Rhoda, who modeled "Enleon" at Seamless in Boston
Originally uploaded by berzowska
Seamless is a fashion event featuring innovative and experimental works in computational apparel design, interactive clothing, and technology-based fashion. each project [re]interprets the conceptual goal of a seamless relationship between technology and fashion. these are real clothes that inspire and provoke.
http://seamless.sigtronica.org
Vincent's "Frisson" necklace (modeled by Natalie Key)
FRISSON by Vincent Leclerc
The Frisson necklace is made of a series of individual beads resembling teardrops. Each bead is adorned with a temperature-changing peltier junction that is controlled by a microcontroller embedded in the bead. Each bead is electrically and computationally autonomous and can decide to become cold, warm or hot on its own will. With such behavior, the necklace produces animated temperature patterns around the wearer's neck, creating an unsettling feeling apparent to shivers.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Vincent looks like a gangster
Vincent Leclerc presented his XS Labs project Accouphene at a recent meeting of Dorkbot in Montreal. I love how shady he looks in this photo, showing our embroidery machine in the background, making soft speakers, "embroidered in the shape of a coil with highly conductive yarns. By pulsing energy through the coils and running a magnet, embedded in the sleeve of Accouphene, over the coils, sounds are generated."
Friday, October 12, 2007
The Skorpions Project
SKORPIONS integrate electronic fabrics, the shape-memory alloy Nitinol, mechanical actuators such as magnets, soft electronic circuits, and traditional textile construction techniques such as sculptural folds and drapes of fabric across the body. The cut of the pattern, the seams, and other construction details become an important component of engineering design.
SKORPIONS reference the history of garments as instruments of pain and desire. They hurt you and distort your body the same way as corsets and foot binding. They emphasize our lack of control over our garments and our digital technologies. Our clothes shift and change in ways that we do not anticipate. Our electronics malfunction and become obsolete.
SKORPIONS shift and modulate personal and social space by imposing physical constraints on the body. They alter behavior, by hiding or revealing hidden layers, inviting others inside the protective shells of fabric, by erecting breathable walls, or tearing themselves open to divulge hidden secrets.