Functional Aesthetics: Visions in Fashionable Technology

Cover......Page 1
Functional Aesthetics......Page 3
ISBN 9783709103111......Page 4
Table of Contents\r......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
Functional aesthetics......Page 11
Fashion‘able’ technology & fashionable wearables......Page 13
Fashionable wearables as viable artifacts......Page 17
Novel forms of display for fashionable wearables......Page 19
CHAPTER 01 Body Sculpture......Page 21
Hussein Chalayan Inertia 2009 / Earthbound 2009......Page 23
Amy Thompson Plastic Analogue......Page 27
Christophe Coppens No Reference......Page 31
Francesca Lanzavecchia ProAesthetics Supports......Page 35
Úna Burke Re.treat......Page 39
GAIA VEASYABLE – Unfold a beautiful intimacy......Page 43
Philips Fractal: Living Jewelry......Page 45
Naomi Filmer Chocolate Mask / Shoulder Ball Lense......Page 49
Käthe Wenzel Bone Dress......Page 54
CHAPTER 02 The Garment as Amplifier of Fantasy......Page 55
Hussein Chalayan Grains and Steel A/W 2008......Page 57
Ricardo O’Nascimento & Tiago Martins Rambler Shoes......Page 59
UdK Berlin, Daniel Schulze & Hannah Wiesener e-Motion: White Pages......Page 61
UdK Berlin, Max Schäth e-Motion: Outsourcing......Page 63
Di Mainstone Serendiptichord......Page 65
Bart Hess Hunt for High-Tech......Page 67
Jennifer Darmour, Electricfoxy Ping: A Social Networking Garment......Page 70
Martin Rille Coded Sensation......Page 71
Soomi Park LED Eyelashes......Page 73
Maison Martin Margiela Line Artisanal......Page 75
Walter Van Beirendonck Explicit / Take a Ride / Wonderland......Page 79
CHAPTER 03 Scientific Couture......Page 83
Bare Conductive Bare Conductive......Page 85
Donna Franklin & Gary Cass Micro ‘be’ Project......Page 89
Lucy McRae Peristaltic Skin Machine / Chlorophyll Skin / Metabolic Skin......Page 91
Susanne Philippson Cherrystone T-Shirt......Page 95
Suzanne Lee BioCouture......Page 97
Sonja Bäumel (In)visible Membrane......Page 101
Alexander Reeder, Cloud Design S Ring......Page 105
CHAPTER 04 The Epidermis as Metaphor......Page 107
Cait and Casey Reas Tissue Collection / Generated Network Scarf Series......Page 109
CuteCircuit Galaxy Dress......Page 113
Jum Nakao OI......Page 115
Kerri Wallace Garment I-D: Fashioned for Performance™......Page 118
Zane Berzina E-Static Shadows......Page 122
Moondial & Wendy&Jim SUN No 1......Page 125
The visual surfaces of boards (skateboards, snowboards, surfb oards) stir emotions and transform into dynamic (customized) interfaces.......Page 127
CHAPTER 05 Material Explorations......Page 129
Bart Hess & Lucy McRae Grow on you #1 / Exploded View / Germination / Hook and Eye / Evolution / Grow on you #2......Page 131
Gluejeans Gluejeans #1......Page 136
Ross Lovegrove Seed of Love......Page 137
Grado Zero Espace Caleo-Tex / ReLIGHT......Page 142
Fraunhofer IZM Klight, The Interactive Dress......Page 146
nendo Blown Fabric......Page 147
V2_Institute for Unstable Media Intimacy......Page 151
Azuma Makoto Leaf Man......Page 155
CHAPTER 06 Transparent Sustainability......Page 157
Elena Corchera LFLECT / Solar Street Lights......Page 159
Kate Hartman Glacier Human Communication Techniques......Page 163
Mary Huang & Jennifer Kay Dandelion......Page 165
XS Labs Captain Electric & Battery Boy......Page 167
KVA Kennedy & Violich Architecture IBA Soft House......Page 171
CHAPTER 07 Woven Interface......Page 173
Anke Loh Urban Identities/Transnational Spaces......Page 175
Trikoton Trikoton......Page 177
Maggie Orth Barcode Man......Page 180
Sarah Kettley Aeolia......Page 181
Linda Kostowki & Mashallah Design T-Shirt Issue......Page 184
CHAPTER 08 Context asPrerequisite......Page 185
adidas miCoach......Page 187
Fibretronic HEATwear™ / i-Lume......Page 189
Liquid Image Summit Series Snow Camera Goggle / Wide Angle Scuba Series......Page 193
Philips DirectLife......Page 195
Rip Curl H-Bomb......Page 197
Biodevices VitalJacket......Page 199
Adam Harvey, AH Projects Camofl ash: The Anti-Paparazzi Clutch......Page 201
Jayne Wallace Personhood......Page 205
Kits & DIY......Page 209
Inspirations......Page 215
Bibliography......Page 217
Photo Credits......Page 221
Acknowledgments......Page 223
Biography......Page 225
Index......Page 227