Needs-Based Clothing by Silke Hofmann
Silke Hofmann is rethinking the conventional post-mastectomy bra on a structural level to co-create a wearer centric, modular and customizable bra alternativ supporting women’s individual needs after breast cancer. Hofmann is a clothing design researcher and fashion designer with a well-rounded background in the international …
Re-FREAM at the ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 21
Festival Wrap-Up For five days, the Ars Electronica Festival once again pitched its tents in Linz – with numerous inspiring exhibitions, performances and workshops in tow. This year’s Ars Electronica Festival was calling for a “New Digital Deal”. The motto of the festival refers to a completely …
Needs-Based Clothing Design and textile preferences
Clothing design may not be considered a factor in the breast cancer recovery process. However, as the first layer of material that comes in contact with our skin daily, clothing plays a constant role in our perceptual experiences of touch – while dressing and undressing, …
Re-FREAM Exhibition at the ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 2021
A New Digital Deal This year’s Ars Electronica Festival is calling for a “New Digital Deal”. The motto of the festival refers to a completely new way of dealing with current problems that presupposes two things: Room for initiative, which we urgently demand, and the …
Mid term presentation of New Blue
On the 12th of April we had the mid term presentation! We arrived two weeks before in Spain with all our material we developed and had to work hard in order to show our work done here in the research institute. We presented our project …
Needs-Based Clothing Design stakeholders
I would like to introduce (most of) the stakeholders involved in this project, who are collaboratively shaping the outcome of the final product. With the engineered knit designers and co-founders of case studies, Laura Krauthausen and Konstantin Laschkow, I am developing the base bodice of …
Needs-Based Clothing Design is a collaborative effort
The design process of a garment is a collaborative effort. Several parties are involved in bringing a design idea to life and seeing it through to completion. The garment designer is just one person in this larger group. The garment design process usually develops in …
Needs-Based Clothing Design
How females affected by breast cancer articulate their individual lingerie needs and how these can be implemented into design Hello, My name is Silke Hofmann. I am a design researcher and clothing designer with a background in the womenswear prêt-à-porter industry. Currently, I am completing …
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