Digital Textile Fashion Trend
Digital textile printing has taken fashion by a storm. The spring runways were pulsating with custom-designed Technicolor and graphic photographs, and designs and printed specifically for the cut of a garment. I see this trend as growing in a near future where print and textile patterns will be designed in tandem, both economizing material and ...
FashionWare CES 2012 Roundup
An interview by the wearables start-up research group SF FASHION+TECH with Kristin Neidlinger from SENSOREE about the recent FashionWare Show at CES 2012 in which she participated, outlines the emergent trends in wearables from functionality to aesthetics. Highlighted are Alasdair Leighton’s “Freescape Cycle Jacket”, winner of a Sony Ericsson competition run through the LiveView Design Project ...
Anouk Wipprecht Interview
I just published an interview with the fantastic Dutch-based fashiontech designer Anouk Wipprecht on the Fashioning Technology Blog. Anouk is a leading example of what a background in fashion design combined with technology know-how can create. Above from her tremendous technical skills is her ability to craft a unique sartorial style for herself. Part futuristic, ...
FLORA by Adafruit industries
Adafruit industries is adding some competition in the field of wearable technologies hardware. For a while now, e-textiles experimentation has become synonymous with Leah Buechley’s LilyPad Arduino, which came out in 2007, but FLORA is soon to add some much-needed diversity. Personally, I can’t wait to get my hands on FLORA! More options can only result ...
FashionWare Show at CES
3lectromode was recently featured in the FashionWare Show as part 2012 International CES fair in Las Vegas! This is the US mega-tech event where all eyes are on the future. It would seem that wearable technologies are gaining mainstream attention as the way of using technology in the everyday. Geared at the working mother, the ...
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