Our blog is part of our open innovation approach. Research results and insights to our co-creation processes as well as information about the used technologies are being discussed in our blog - curated and written by our artists and technologists.
Navigating the evolution of fashion tech
The evolution of fashion tech For centuries high fashion in itself has been accepted for its aesthetic and expressive value. Now that we have started to fuse and cross-pollinate this field of expression with other industries, like technology, into something called “fashion tech”, this seems …
Trip to Hub Linz
TRIP TO STEYR @ PROFACTOR I took a trip to Hub Linz to visit Profactor to develop some buttons that could be screwed opened and closed so that a scented piece of fabric could be inserted into it. The idea was to be able to …
Prototyping and other endeavors
In the last post we mentioned how we collaborated with different subcontractors in order to go from samples to garments. The fashion designer, pattern maker and tailor helped us immensely in this undertaking, and made it a reality to have some final garment pieces ready …
From Samples to Garments
In May we came back to our studio in Berlin. We had just been spending 5 exciting and challenging weeks in the Re-FREAM Hub in Alcoy, Spain, together with our partners, Aitex and Care Applications. Now being back in Berlin we were to begin the …
Planetary Design Circle – A Holistic and Strategic Design Tool
Authors: Hoske, Robin; Marwede, Max – Fraunhofer IZM The past months were a time that changed the way we work and collaborate together with our artists. With the Pandemic we were once more reminded that there is an urgent need for a change within the …
Second skins research on responsive and adaptive materials
Over the past months, we did extensive research on activation methods and responsive reactive textiles usable for fashion integration. In this blog post, Christian Dils from IZM and I, Malou Beemer, will walk you through our process and findings. The hunt for responsive and adaptive …
Assa Co researching ‘Footwear Time Based Design’ with Stratasys, Haratech and Profactor
NOTE: Featured image (above) is a concept 3D illustration, and not attempting to be anything like the final design ; ) The co research was focused on the exploration of new footwear design and manufacturing methodologies, technologies, and the development of a hybrid approach to …
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 …
Sustainable Evolution MidTerm
Midterm presentations were in mid April and it was a chance for all artists, technicians, hub managers and the rest of the organization committee to be able to see the progress in our projects. We at the Valencia hub (in Alcoy) were extremely lucky as …
POSTNATURAL PROSTHESES: GRANULAR FORMATIONS AND POLYJET SAMPLES
Our Co-research phase started by experimenting with Stratasys on PolyJet 3d printing on fabric. The technology allows to augment a textile by printing three-dimensional structures onto it, whose shape, colour, transparency and flexibility can be controlled through a digital 3d model, at the resolution of …
Sustainable Evolution – Co-research
For the last couple of months I have been here at the Valencia Hub in Alcoy, working and co-creating with the technicians. We are trying to find optimal processes of dyeing sustainably with microorganisms and plants dyes. We have also been working with laser cutting …
POSTNATURAL PROSTHESES: LINEAR FORMATIONS AND POLYJET SAMPLES
Our Co-research phase started by experimenting with Stratasys on PolyJet 3d printing on fabric. The technology allows to augment a textile by printing three-dimensional structures onto it, whose shape, colour, transparency and flexibility can be controlled through a digital 3d model, at the resolution of …
Thinking Footwear through a Regenerative Polyculture
The starting point of the project Syntropia is to develop a shoe based on biomaterials which can grow on and be harvested from the same regenerative polycultural field. Regenerative agriculture is a system of farming principles and practices that increases biodiversity, enriches soils, improves watersheds, …
Researching Syntropia
With the project Syntropia we are working on a shoe based on an already developed simplified construction built from four main components. These parts will be produced using biomaterials which can grow on the same polycultural field. See our first blog post for a more …
We arrived at our HUB in Alcoy, Spain!
Hola! After a few stressful weeks in Germany, preparing and finishing all the base material (New Blue Craft and New Blue industry), we arrived in the beautiful city of Alcoy, Spain. Here our HUB is situated in an old monumental building in the middle of …
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 …
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 …
Lighting up Ignotum
This blog post is about some of the recent technical difficulties we faced in our project and how we are solving them together with our technical partners. As with all the ongoing Re-FREAM projects, this mainly happened utilising online tools and meetings. Due to …
Ignotum Co-Research
Today we would like to give you more detailed insights into our project “Ignotum” with the Re-FREAM consortium – a quick refresh on why we are doing this, how we got started, failed a bit and then finally found a direction with promising results. Then, …
Mid-Term Presentation by Alexander Bello
MID-TERM PRESENTATION A few weeks ago all the Re-FREAM projects from Hub Linz, Hub Berlin and Hub Valencia were presented in front of the selected artists, technologists and innovation board to give an update on the progress of each of our projects. It was particularly …
Experience at Hub Valencia by Alexander Bello
Phase 2 – Experience: In the co-defining and co-research part of the project with CareApplications and AITEX, one of the milestones we concentrated on reaching was to develop a scalable system for natural dyeing in the most efficient way possible with the highest performance, without compromising quality …
Design principles, Second Skins
Before we take you with us on our research journey of the fusion between tech and fashion, finding usable materials and integration methods, I find it important to share our design vision with you. So, in this blogpost I will really focus on the backbone …
Mid-Term Updates Embroidered Touch / Life Space
The following is an update on my work and research with Re-FREAM partners, whose support of this project is part of a larger effort to explore the future of fashion. I will share some of the lessons learnt from this collaborative process over the past …
Sense of Play and Place
In 2016 I launched INTERKNIT, a knitwear collection born out of a series of residencies at Textiellab in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The textures and abstract surface patterns I developed through knitwear technology referenced women’s lived experiences, from the challenges to the joys they face in …
Second Skins, building the fundament
To develop a strong, coherent and relevant project, it is important to build a good foundation. Within this process, it is essential to always keep your main goals in mind. What are we working towards, why and for whom are we doing this? These questions …
Marinero – 9
Dear reader, this is my 9th and last Re-FREAM blog. ”Onderzoek brengt licht, meaning research brings light” The Marinero journey for project Re-FREAM comes to its final stage. 2020/21 has been an interesting year and I want to thank you for following this journey with …
Sustainable Evolution
Hi! Loreto here, my background is in Fashion design and art. For the last 10 years I have been developing my multidisciplinary ethical and sustainable practice. This practice converges in my brand ; anima. by loreto. anima. uses only locally bought, organic, recycled or deadstock …
Embroidered Touch – Life Space
Dear Friends, Colleagues & Re-FREAM Enthusiasts, In tribute to International Women’s Day, I wanted to share with you the first in a series of blog posts that explore design projects I undertook, which lead me to my current research. Throughout these posts I will share …
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 …
Assa Ashuach – Footwear Time Based Design
Project title: Footwear Time Based Design / Assa Ashuach at assastudio.com The initial ReFream project phases focus on research, concept generation and some initial experiments. Meeting the project partners was very fruitful and in the past few weeks, we have managed to cover a wide …
POSTNATURAL PROSTHESES: THE PROTECTIVE MASK
We are Filippo Nassetti and Vincenzo Reale, and much of our work focuses on changing the notion of prostheses, from medical devices, to artworks and fashion products. Our previous work aimed at transforming artificial implants replacing missing body parts (“prostheses”), into technological extensions and augmentations …
syntropia
syn·tro·py (sin’trō-pē), The antithesis of entropy, is the tendency towards energy concentration, order, organisation and life. The foundation of the project Syntropia are two individual projects Ra(h)menschuh by Sophia Guggenberger and Syntropic Materials by Eugenia Morpurgo. Ra(h)menschuh is an investigation into alternative construction methods …
Embroidered Touch – Life Space
Hello, Anke Loh here, a fashion designer and artist. Throughout my career, I’ve been inspired by balancing art and science. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in Fashion from the Royal Academy in Antwerp, I worked for Martin Margiela in Paris and freelanced …
New Blue. Novel material of recycled denim – first steps in the collaboration with Re-Fream.
Material and product designer Tim van der Loo and techno-anthropologist Sandra Nicoline Nielsen entered the ReFREAM collaboration based on a very simple idea. The co-research idea is to build on an existing fabric created as part of the circular garment project New Blue, further developing …
Co-define NeoBotanical Tailoring
NeoBotanical Tailoring is a co-research project consisting of a capsule collection of multisensorial tailored-inspired garments where nature, science and the well-being of the wearer are woven together thanks to CareApplication’s innovative and sustainable technologies. In each look of the capsule collection, both the natural dye …
RE-FREAM project 2021: Second Skins
Over the next 9 months I will share an inside pic into our Re-FREAM project Second Skin via this platform. To give you a first impression of the project and the concept, I would like to tell you about the broader mindflow behind it. There …
Ignotum project introduction
This is our first blog post for our Re-FREAM project Ignotum. My name is Jan, and I am one of the founders of WertelOberfell. We are based in Berlin and Munich and have a strong background in industrial design and 3d printing within the design …
Wear It Live – Sustainability in Tech – The Future of Fashion, Textiles, and Electronics with Wearable Tech
What role can wearable and close-to-body technologies play in ensuring that the fashion, textiles, and electronics industries are sustainable? Sustainability is important to early adopters and trendsetters of new technologies: it is the basis of success and acceptance of up-and-coming products. But sustainability does not …
Wear It Live – FashionTech at Berlin Fashion Week 2021
Fashion industry follows different rules than electronics, and with innovative technologies in material procurement and fashion design and smart materials, the world of FashionTech is growing at a rapid speed. What distinguishes the fashion industry from the electronics industry and how the new common space …
Marinero – 8
Since we are currently focusing on the new normal, I realize how important it is to think about the meaning of positive change. The daily news is asking what we can do to create a better future. What fundamental change do we need in order …
New artists awarded – Welcome to Re-FREAM!
At this years Ars Electronica, our 10 awarded artists of the first round of Re-FREAM and their co-creation teams gave you insights in their 9 months co-creation experiences and presented their outcomes in an online exhibition, in which they also explained the potential of their …
Pre-Selection is closed – Meet the Jury 2020!
As you might know, the selection process in Re-FREAM round 2 consists of 2 steps, a pre-selection and a final evaluation. After the closing of the call, all of the +130 applications were screened by a group of experts and a pre-selection shortlist of 18 …
‘WeAreAble’ 3D printing Kimono collection I ‘Linea Pelle’ in Milan with Stratasys – Ganit Goldstein
The new 3D printed ‘WeAreAble’ collection by Ganit Goldstein presenting a new manufacturing process, showcase the ability to use multi-color 3D printing within the world of fashion and textiles, using integrated techniques of crafts and 3D scanning. Two outfits were produced using polyjet technology directly …
Lovewear – soft robotics empowering self intimacy
We are glad to finally introduce the outcomes of Lovewear, a project founded by Re-FREAM, START-S and the European Commission in collaboration with Wear It Berlin through the technical support of Fraunhofer IZM. What a journey! Among all up and downs and difficulties related to …
ALMA
The story of ALMA is one of collaboration between people, art and technology. “The project started with a conversation” Tommaso Busolo, Material Scientist, Alma co-founder The past two months have been a time of intense work for the Alma team, from the physical tech development …
Witsense collaborative process
One of the main features of Lovewear project is the integration of soft robotics, inflatable pockets embedded into the garment. Witsense is not new to inflatables: in our previous work, we have made a jacket that delivers pressure therapy. The current project is being really …
The combination of Art&Tech
Art and technology, two seemingly contradictory fields combined together, can create amazing projects. Today, technology is a new way to convey artistic designs and outlooks. In the fields of natural sciences, computer engineering, and other respective technology sectors, scientific creations are revolutionizing and reinforcing the …
Marinero – 7
*Co-creation evaluation *Knitting Mix 2 category During blog # 6 I explained about the weaving production at TextileLab. During that time we were also able to start with knitting test samlpes. After the weaving production was finished, I continued working with product developer …
Sustainable Design-Circular Economy
In project cooking new materials, one of the top priorities that we follow in our entire concept is sustainability and circular economy. While most industries are currently following a linear production model to meet the growth of market demand, our circular economy aims to redefine …
Connecting Females and their Bodies
From going to work with a painful infection to not feeling comfortable enough to talk with your doctor about your vaginal condition. From feeling ashamed about your period to struggling through vaginal infections or more serious complications without any knowledge or health assistance. These are …
Ganit Goldstein I S+T+ARTS exhibition I ‘Ars Electronica’ festival
During ‘Ars Electronica’ festival, Re-FREAM results were reviled, showing the result of our 11 months of re-thinking the production of fashion from 2D to 3D Art & Tech research. Regarding my research outcomes, we present several outfits showing cases to produce fashion In relation to …
When sustainability meets 3D printing technology – ‘Re-Textile 3D’ by Ganit Goldstein
In the following months, COVID 19 has been challenging our co-creation process. We continue to work with my partners: Haratech, Stratasys, Profactor, and F&T – in a complete workflow remotely, catching up with progress along the weeks. Working remotely offered a different kind of challenge …
Connextyle: Techstyle for Rehabilitation
This Friday, during the ARS Electronica festival, we ten Re-Fream artists and designers presented the results of our (almost) year-long collaboration together with our tech partners within the Re-Fream consortium, a pillar of S*T*ARTS EU and Horizon2020. I am incredibly happy to share the results …
Digital Vogue – Every End Is A New Beginning
My Re-Fream project “Digital Vogue – Between Organic and Synthetic Processes” is coming to an end. The research focused on digital processes from 2D to 3D for nature-inspired geometries; and the connectivity and adaptability of textiles with multi-color 3D-printed parts; with an underlying focus of …
Tech-Style Design: A behind-the-scenes look into the future of wearable tech
We are nearing the end of the first Re-FREAM grant, an opportunity for artists and designers to work together with scientists and technologists within a consortium of partners. In my last blog post, I illustrated many different explorations that my partners and I had been …
LEBIU Genuine Cork Skin – Final results
After almost 11 months of Research and Development in the co-creation program, I could develop a new set of Bio-based materials made out of Cork Stopper’s leftovers. The most difficult challenge was to pass from a home-made sample to a final prototype Industrially scalable and …
Stretched printing
After having worked intensively with the bonding seams, the co-creation team decided to widen the application spectrum of filament 3D printing on fabric by printing on stretched fabric. This way, one could generate new shapes and achieve new functions with the same garment piece and …
Technology over Text – The Challenges of Research During a Global Pandemic
Chemistry over Zoom is not straightforward, especially when you have to explain an experiment that you have never done before to someone who has never done, well, chemistry before. The Alma team is spread across five countries, and when travel was restricted because of coronavirus, …
3D printing & Textile Webinar – Ganit Goldstein & Guillaume Clement
Join us for the webinar – 27.8.2020 at 7pm CET for explaining our collaboration in hub Linz – combining the world of textiles and 3D printing technology together with Ganit Goldstein and Guillaume Clement (Haratech) hosted by the Royal Collage of Art – Textile …
