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Russia: A nation of miracle believers
I strive to create a new approach for developing smart textiles. My main idea is to use the investigation of national identity as a base for developing smart textiles. Considering traditional textiles as a source of information about the socio-historical context wherein they were produced, I try to reproduce this information in smart textiles. I [...]
YOUR BALANCE
What could be the role of textile user interfaces in the digital age? YOUR BALANCE is an interactive, textile jewelery with the inspiration taken from insects. It is a critical design project that deals with the control through the 24/7 availability and the expectation of efficient time-use we live with today. It questions our passive [...]
Light and Shadow Play – The sun as an aesthetic trigger for urban textiles
Abstract: The project investigates how the sun can be utilized to enhance aesthetics through textile surfaces in urban environments. The project explores the interplay of textiles as a sun-screening element within the outdoor public architectural space. What happens when we use the sun’s heat and light to trigger a light and shadow play through a textile [...]
Saturday Light Fever
The Super Hero Costume is mimicking elements of nature’s butterflies. The costume was granted with an honorable mention for the execution at the TEI2011 student design challenge.
Functional Styling
Three full-scale carpets Spår, Dimma and Glöd exemplify ways of designing with dynamic textile patterns.
The Burning Tablecloth
The Burning Tablecloth reacts on phone calls and text messages by changing colour and structure.
Interactive Costumes and Wall hanging
The Interactive Costumes and Wall hanging exemplify how clothes and textiles become interfaces themselves, through visual and tactile interactive properties.
Dash
This installation intents to provoke people to think about life and death through the fallen wings of butterflies.
Medical mask
These masks are designed to change expression if the wearer is running a fever. The pattern printed with thermochromic ink changes color when the exhale exceeds a certain threshold.
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