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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Fragments Garments #9 – Material Sourcing & Sampling Tests
Sustainable Fabric Sourcing For each of my projects, I usually source fabrics locally. As my main partners were in Alcoi, I decided to scout fabric suppliers in Spain. I had the chance to get help from Blanca Gomara from B2Fabric which is a specialist in …
