The water-soluble textiles and environmentally responsive fabrics are particularly exciting to me. As part of my thesis research, I’m looking into the realms of sustainability, feminism, and designing for the apocalypse. Searching around on these wearable tech websites, it was hard to pick just one project that intrigued me, because I found so many that combined these three interests. I ended up choosing these two (I know I cheated), because they fall into the field of “low tech,” so while they aren’t embedded with LEDs or connected to a smartphone, for examples, they do demonstrate technical thinking and design, and, most importantly to me, are made with the textile’s life cycle in mind.

Week 1 Assignment – Terricka, Aerochromics

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I think this project has an overall great design and aesthetic to it. When looking at it, I wonder about how they developed a reactive paint mixture that would blend the same way as paint from a general screen print. I think the project fails in that perhaps most people do not care about air quality enough to wear an actual visual representation of it. Even so, the overall design and aesthetic really intrigue me and I think definitely finds a good balance between fashion and technology.

Link: http://aerochromics.com/

Week 1: Assignment

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Find a project that excites you and that uses the materials we looked at in class. You can use one from today’s class or find something new. Create a post that includes, images, video, or other documentation. Write a brief paragraph explaining what it is about this project that intrigues you.
Materials hunt. Find a material with interesting properties (form, ornamentation, conductivity, etc) and bring it to class. Canal Street is a good place to start, as is Mood
Fabrics and surrounding stores.
Purchase materials listed in the TOOL BOX today or tomorrow. I know shipping might take a week or so, so if you don’t have them all by next week, no worries.
Read and watch this multimeter tutorial. This tool will be your best friend 🙂