Deliverables Development
Naturally Dyed & Microencapsulated Fabric Results With CareApplications’ eco-finish nebulization technology, we went ahead and selected our final plants to proceed with and started dyeing a series of cotton and linen fabrics to later cut and sew with. We started with eucalyptus, black rice, thyme …
Bacteria Dyeing
Dyeing with bacteria Bacteria experimentations: During these lasts months we have been thoroughly fermenting bacteria for dyeing with my mentor Alicia Romero, from the microbiology lab at Aitex. We conducted various experiments with our 2 strains of bacteria to see how to get them to …
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, …
The New Normal
I recently spent five weeks in Berlin at the Fraunhofer IZM and a few days at Stoll in Reutlingen. It was an enriching experience to work and collaborate with a team of like-minded scientists, fashion and textile designers, as well as engineers. Together, we were …
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 …
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 …
