Design & Production: 3lectromode
Title: Flower Shopping Bag 001 [3FSB001]
Date: 2011

Concept:
3FSB001 is an LED enhanced custom textile printed cotton bag, which responds to the rhythm of your walk. This is a fun-take-everywhere-light-up-your-day bag!

Technology:

The bags have a series of embroidered LEDs (12) and a motion sensor, transforming the rhythm and illumination of the LEDs in tandem with the wearer’s movements.

Materials:
The bags are made of custom designed digitally printed cotton, electronic hardware, and hand-embroidered hard & soft circuits. The bags can be bought as kits or finished accessories. The bags are coin cell battery operated.

Funding:

Canada Council for the Arts
Copenhagen Artist in Residence
Danish International Visiting Artist

Credits:

Design: Valérie Lamontagne
Textile Design: Marie Olofsen
Engineering & Programming: Hesam Khoshneviss.
Photography: Valérie Lamontagne & Marie Olofsen

Presentations:
2011 – Ambience 2011, Boras, Sweden
2011 – Aarhus University, Denmark
2011 – ISEA 2011, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 – Copenhagen Artist in Residency, Denmark