Early Wearables: Bling Bling Gambling

Posted by on Nov 11, 2010 in Wearables | No Comments

When tracing the history of wearables one must excavate when technology begins to be adorned on the body. The first example, the wind up clock, makes its way from being worn on a chain around the neck (for women) or on a pocket chain (for men) to the first wristwatch introduced in Geneva, Switzerland, by ...

Pretty in Pink + SRL = Wearables

Posted by on Sep 22, 2010 in Wearables | No Comments

It’s nice to think how the two hobbyist worlds of sewing and electronics come together in the practice of wearables, where “Pretty in Pink” meets the “Survival Research Lab“. So, what do these distinct worlds—of physical computing geeks vs. wanna-be prom queens—have in common? 1. They are “fans” of all the gear that comes with ...

Lucy McRae = Man-Thing

Posted by on Sep 8, 2010 in Wearables | No Comments

Lucy McRae – and the collaboration duo LucyandBart – are so cool. How is it that something that looks so simple as modifying the body with playful mediums such as paper, grass, soap bubbles, safety pins, toothpicks etc. manages to capture the imagination so? The low tech element of the transformations (the fact that it ...