Tag: fashion
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From Seaweed to Fiber, Is Biology The Future Of Fashion?
Is biology the future of fashion? Well, Algiknit seems to think so. The biomaterials company has been developing biomaterials that can play a key role in the future of sustainable manufacturing. Addressing the ecological damage caused by the fashion industry, Algiknit is looking to make an impact by operating in a closed loop product lifecycle…
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New textile weathers temperature shift
Weather changes, but thanks to a new high-tech textile, someday you may not have to switch out your outfit. Materials scientists and engineers at Stanford University have developed a multilayered textile that traps body heat on one side and passively radiates heat away from the body when flipped inside out. The material kept artificial skin…
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Dressing inner nature through art
Often, we look at slides under a microscope as a way to observe something that will produce data and support a hypothesis. However, as a person passionate about science and art, I am equally awestruck by the colors, patterns, textures, and sense of order that can be observed on such a small scale. Cerebella Design™ began…
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Responsive 3D Printed Wearables
Ruff is a conceptual design project that features 3D-printed responsive wearable fabrics. The project was developed by interaction designer and architect, Behnaz Farahi, and fashion designer, Pauline van Dongen, in order to explore how future wearable materials can be imbued with responsive and dynamic properties, possessing almost life-like movement and behaviors. Ruff was developed in Los…
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Wind reactive dresses
THE UNSEEN develops wind reactive ink that changes color upon contact with air. London-based artist Lauren Bowker and her material exploration studio THE UNSEEN has developed a form of wind reactive ink that changes color according to different fluctuations in the air and around the body. Demonstrated in a couture capsule collection designed for Swarovski…
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A Shirt for All Occasions
With ever-changing fashion trends, increased awareness about fashion and the unique need of having outfits for different activities, Plexus explores the concept of clothes in the future- a time where garments may be held together by pixelated nano-particles, reacting to their surroundings with color changing properties. At home it’s a regular casual T-shirt,…