Technology has a certain timeline. You can say that the second industrial revolution around 1900 sparked scaled innovation to take place all over Europe. In the last decade we saw different technology eras pass: from desktop computers, to internet, to mobile phones, to smart phones, to wearables, entering flexible organic electronics; from automobiles, to aircrafts,…
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As a fashion designer and university professor, Ying Gao has achieved personal distinction through her numerous creative projects: six solo exhibitions in France, in Switzerland, in Canada, and participation in around sixty group exhibitions around the world (MAK Vienna, MFA Boston, Ars Electronica, and others). Her varied creative work has enjoyed international media coverage: over…
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To conclude the first phase a practical study is organized where the Material Driven Design Methodology will be used; a step-by-step approach where new materials will get a better design perspective. The main questions towards new materials are ‘What is the material, what can the material do and what can you make with use of…
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The materials that were tested in the last two weeks are cotton, wool, hemp, linen, silk, denim, viscose, polyester, nylon, polyurethane/polyester mix and cotton/viscose mix. They were tested indoors at a room temperature of 20 degrees Celcius and outside at a temperature of 0 degrees Celcius. The set-up was changed a little bit to get the…
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During this first week of 2017 I built my set-up I proposed 2 weeks ago with use of Arduino. First it was important to understand the code, which I made use of different books and the Arduino Playground. The Playground provided me with a suitable capacitive sensor which I could then adapt. The books I…
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Last tuesday I attented a lecture given by Marina Toeters, a designer and researcher on fashion technology. She started at MAHKU Utrecht by exploring the gap between designers and technicians in the world of fashion, which she finished with a Master of Art cum laude. She motivates collaboration for fashion innovation and is initiator of by-wire.net, which…
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During the Christmas holiday we celebrated Sinterklaas with the family. Sinterklaas has been paying close attention to my graduation as I was gifted four new books on Smart Textiles and Textile Design. Kate Hartman is an artist, technologist, and educator whose work spans the fields of physical computing, wearable electronics, and conceptual art. The…
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Every Wednesday of November and some of December Samuel Verburg, a fellow DfI student, teaches people how to work with electronic equipment at Maakbaar, a makerspace in the city centre of Delft. I arranged a meeting with him to understand the first steps towards working with my Arduino Lilypad. I did program code before, but…
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To understand which insulator-conductor material combination creates a functional garment a material study is needed. In the conclusion of the literature report some materials are mentioned which will be used for further research. The test will have three parts and a user test. The first part is the research is based on combining pure insulators…
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On tuesday the 13th of december I went to the Meeting Materials conference organised by the Material Innovation Institue (the Mi2). The Mi2, long established in the Netherlands and with a growing profile in Europe, is an enabler in materials innovation. Their core mission is to support industry and society in finding solutions for materials-related…
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Lauren Bowker first started of as a student at the Manchester School of Art where she found her interest towards chemical engineering. For her graduation she designed the pollution sensing jacket, for which she received her first award. Lauren went on to study printed textiles at the Royal College of Art London, creating several additional colour-change…
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