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Sabine Seymour

Fashionable Technology

The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology

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Fashionable Technology

The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology

Sabine Seymourwww.fashionabletechnology.org, www.moondial.com

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Preface 9

Theoretical Discourse 10Electronic Fashion 26

Interactive Interfaces 54Scientific Couture 80

Sensual Being & Tangible Touch 92Wearable Explorations 110Social Fabric 138Sonic Landscape 158Material Witness 174

Project Websites 196Materials 202Bibliography 216

Blogs & Websites 226Institutes 232Events 238

Photo Credits 244Acknowledgements 247

Biography 249

Contents

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Fashion and technology, science and design are contrasting notions thatwill be explored in this work. The idea for this book arose a few yearsago when I realized the need for reference material for my studentsand fellow researchers. In addition, I wanted to convey my concepton the amalgamation of technology and fashion. Over the years more

people and more people have become interested in the ever-expandingfield of fashionable technology. Some approach it purely with regardto future style while others are drawn to its technical potential and thecombining of hard technology with soft textile. The many precedentsthat were brought to my attention resulted in a proposition to create acomprehensive collection of projects and resources about fashionabletechnology.

The theoretical discourse in this book intends to provide an initiation tofashionable technology. It addresses the major concepts and provides

a detailed bibliography that points to additional publications. The list ofmaterials, blogs, institutes and events affords a starting point for furtherexplorations in this expanding field. Many of the projects in this bookare conceptual in nature and others are actual commercial products.However, all capture the imagination in their various proposals on thefuture meaning and purpose of clothing. Some of the projects wereslightly difficult to categorize singularly as they incorporated aspects

that were applicable to diverse chapters yet all of these projects areinspirational and stimulating.

This book aims to present a compact body of work in the field offashionable technology.

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