Abstract
This paper describes how a group of practitioners and researchers are working across disciplines at Nottingham Trent University in the area of Technical Textiles. It introduces strands of ongoing enquiry centred around the development and application of stretch sensors on the body, focusing on how textile and fashion knowledge are being reflexively revealed in the collaborative development of seamful wearable concepts, and on the tensions between design philosophies as revealed by definitions of purpose. We discuss the current research direction of the Aeolia project, which seeks to exploit the literal gaps found in pattern cutting for fitted stretch garments towards experiential forms and potential interactions. Normative goals of fitness for purpose and seamlessness are interrogated and the potential for more integrated design processes, which may at first appear 'upside down', is discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 247-256 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Digital Creativity |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2010 |
Keywords
- Communities of practice
- Craft
- Interaction design
- Textiles knowledge
- Wearable computing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Computational Theory and Mathematics