In industries where functionality is of predominant importance such as within sports, healthcare, security and safety, wearable technologies have already been successfully integrated into clothing (example?).
Not so within everyday wear. Smart Fashion is not yet common consumer technology, and besides some exceptional examples (which are?), electronically augmented fashion is generally known as being illuminated outfits reserved for stage performance or other special events. In this paper we discuss how Smart Fashion can find its way into everyday clothing. Which obstacles must be overcome and what design requirements must be fulfilled to seamlessly integrate interactive technology into fashionable apparel.
An interdisciplinary design research project at the Trier University of Applied Sciences constituted the basis for our investigations. The research is based on a cooperation between the Department of Fashion and the Department of Intermedia Design. It focuses mainly on psychological design aspects as well as on semiotic and aesthetic issues and will take place until the end of 2013.
Applying new technologies onto existing products often meets strong resistance, due to the fact that we already have an established conceptions about these everyday artifacts. Along with these conceptions come certain habits and behaviors related to almost every product we use, and which are very hard to challenge(some ref would be nice here). Especially non-tech items such as every day apparel are difficult to convert into high-tech products(or here).
There are generally two ways of approach to this dilemma(statement, i.e. ref or research result?): The technology can physically completely disappear into a known product, i.e. a textile. In this c...
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...ly legible to the wearer due the the arbitrary character of symbolic representation, or the signals are invisible or imperceptible except to the wearer.
The privacy level requirements may differ from private space to situations in public and needs to be defined by the user according to location or situation(why?). Here lies great potential for ambient displays and other calm(subtle?) technologies.
In addition to the analysis of the functional and psychological aspects of smart apparel, we investigated new methods to generate authenticity and provide individualizations by means of new technologies.
The digital production possibilities from CNC to 3d-printing can produce highly individualized outfits from modular systems up to one-off series. Comparable to niche markets in the music business they will find their buyers, as explained by Chris Anderson (long tail).
The fashion industry is led by trends, and in doing so trends influence the designs seen throughout various apparel designers and providers. Trends emerge as a bi-product of having no copyright protection and arguably aid in the commercial success of the industry. The act of copying and re-appropriating existing garments and ideas has been suggested as the backbone of the apparel industry and drive sales on both a high end and low market scale (Blakley, 2010).
Furthermore, Under Armour’s goal is to expand their wearable watches and bracelets into built-in sensors that go into the clothing they create. This product will allow consumers to be accessory free and still will be able to track their activity levels. This innovative idea will surely bring in consumers, and provide Under Armour with the push they need to directly compete
Nike has found a way to make smart phones work with a bracelet to track all of your physical activity each and every day. Now that is sweet, not is Nike making great sporting and everyday clothes, but they now have found a way to make your phone ...
To conclude, the capability to create customized clothing is becoming undemanding as technology evolves. Ready made apparel was only available in predetermined sizes before the American Civil War, this exemplifies how the sizes were arbitrary and were not the same on a broad scale. The statement “The wealthy’s clothes were made by tailors” is a prime example of how tailored outfits are costly. Today, designers have computer-aided design to their disposal; this improved the creation of clothing in many ways, making it effortless to design the clothing and to also produce them. With the creation of new technology making clothes, fabrics will become easier.
Graphic designer and typographer Stefan Sagmeister has always had a unique way of viewing the world, therefore has created designs that are both inventive and controversial. He is an Austrian designer, who works in New York but draws his design inspiration while traveling all over the world. While a sense of humor consistently appears in his designs as a frequent motif, Sagmeister is nonetheless very serious about his work. He has created projects in the most diverse and extreme of ways as a form of expression. This report will analyse three of Stefan’s most influential designs, including the motives and messages behind each piece.
In order to beat its competitors, Under Armour Company can engage in market sensitive fresh product invention. New products are more likely to draw curiosity amongst the populations especially if they commensurate well with the prevailing trends (Hill & Jones 2009, p. 308).
Fashion is an essential part of everyone’s life, you can’t walk around naked, it’s a violation of the law. There are many different elements that go into the clothes you select off the racks at department stores and specialized boutiques. The selection process is an essential part of personal fashion. Ever wonder why when entering a beloved store in the mall all of the stores are featuring the same color pallets? How about the styles one will find on the racks? Where do these styles come from and who decides they’re the trend to follow?
Last year, MoMA held a special exhibition, Applied design, to show how design has branched out in new directions and attracting worldwide attention. In an exhibition’s description, they argued that “Like physics, design will be loosely divided into the theoretical and the applied. Theoretical de...
I will also be discussing the influence that Elsa Schiaparelli has been having on the distinct creation of surrealism in fashion, focusing specifically on how she became the leading figure in merging art with fashion by introducing surrealist ideas in her designs. Also her collaborations with artists such as Salvador Dali, Man Ray and Jean Cocteau will be discussed in this essay.
Wearable computing is the next step to the computer revolutionary world. At MIThril lab, they are working on a wearable computer. Like a sleeveless winter coat or a sweater, they are working toward they goal. With the complicated project, they don’t know the finishing line yet. But with every step the MIThril team takes, they freely document and post on the web for worldwide access. The name MIThril derives from the fictional classic The Hobbit and Lord of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. As comfortable and unnoticeable as the Dwarves’ ring-mail tunic, MIThril’s team promises our gifted society the future clothes of electronic.
A new product on the market may look all shiny and new and be appealing to customers but what is the story behind the product and what is the underlying future for this product. Where were the original materials from? Is it all legalised? Where did the manufacturing take place? How was the product manufactured? These are all questions that are never properly addressed in the design industry and are just simply overlooked. They are the aspects of designing and producing a new product that need to be carefully looked at to make a good design, and to make sustainable products.
Köln: Taschen, 2006. Print. The. Mackenzie, Mairi. .isms: Understanding Fashion.
Textile industry plays a very important role in fulfilling human needs. The industry contributes to produce garments and apparels that human used in their everyday lives. Different types of textiles are used widely by humans in their activities. They used it to cover their bodies, cover their food or ripe plants from animals and weather, to coat their furnitures, and sometimes also used to assists them in sports.
The evolution of fashion is an essential work for everyone concerned with designs and costumes for different stages over the period of time. Clothing are a necessity also they are function. The change of garments depends on the weather and fabric
Founded by the Benetton family in the 1960s, Benetton is one of the largest garment retailers, with stores which bear its name located in almost all parts of the world.. It could be interesting to analyse the technical development of such an important company going through the different theories of technology.