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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Alma and Females
At the beginning of July, the team started working on how to build ramifications within Alma’s ecosystem by answering this question: In what ways can wearable technology further improve the life of Females? This involved looking at different aspects of a female’s life and the …
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