AFTER 2 ROUNDS OF 9 CO-CREATION MONTHS
MIXING ART & TECH The combination of technicians and artists gave a unique point of view for the projects developed during this nine-month co-creation period. From Care Applications we accompanied four artists from the Hub: “From linear to sustainable circular system” on their journey to …
Unique new nebulising UNO machine
The new machine which has been entirely engineered and developed by Care Applications within the frame of the Re-FREAM project, is called UNO. It is a sample machine for the garment processing industry, garment wash, garment dye, and garment finishing including functionalisation. What makes it …
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 …
Making textile manufacturing adaptive
Flexible handling of textile materials in production is a difficult task. In contrast to other materials like metals, textiles are highly deformable and interact with other objects in a complex physical way. In the context of individualization of cloth production, this makes flexible and adaptive …
Yokai Face Masks | Part Two
Going Into Production Other important issues we had to consider were the choice of fabric as well as the form of strap-application. It was important to us that the masks could be worn comfortably for a longer period of time. We deliberately searched for a …
Yokai Face Masks | Part One
Fashion Beyond the Crisis After our successful testing and try out sessions for the YOKAI seaming solution (see previous blog post), our motivation to stay on track with our work was high, to say the least. We were convinced we’d be unstoppable; that our hard …
Keep It Together: Testing and Tryout for Seaming Solution – Yokai Studios
Trial and Error Testing and Tryout for Seaming Solution In our previous blog post we set up the criteria and settled on a range of common materials for the Zwick and Martindale testing. As a brief reminder: the aim of these tryouts was to come …
Robotic Fashion Design
Yokai Team We believe that design is a combination of functionality and innovative forward-thinking methods, that can reveal new looks of fashion products but at the same time, it should face the issues that we are challenging in the 21st century. This way of thinking …
