Wearables links

::INSTITUTES:: | ::DESIGNERS:: | ::EVENTS:: | ::BLOGS:: | ::BOOKS:: | ::MATERIALS:: | ::INDUSTRY:: | ::TUTORIALS::

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::INSTITUTES::
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[ Acar2 ] Basel, Switzerland
[ Alexandra Instituttet ] Copenhagen, Denmark
[ ANAT ] Reskin, Adelide, Australia
[ Betahaus: Open Design City ] Berlin, Germany
[ Carnegie Mellon ] Pittsburg, PA, USA
[ Chalmers University of Technology ] Gothenberg, Sweden
[ Le C.I.N.Q ] Montréal, Canada
[ Central Saint-Martins ] London, UK
[ Concordia University ] Montreal, Canada
[ Concordia Hexagram ] Montreal, Canada
[ DARC: Digital Aesthetic Research Center ] Aarhus, Denmark
[ DUL: Digital Urban Living ] Aarhus, Denmark
[ Distance Lab ] Scotland, UK
[ ENSCI Les Ateliers ] Paris, France
[ ETH Wearable Computing Lab ] Zurich, Switerland
[ Eyebeam ] [ Eyebeam Wearables ] New York, NY, USA
[ Fablab ] Amsterdam, Netherlands
[ Fashion Institute of Technology ] New York, USA
[ Fraunhofer Institute IZM - Assembly and Packaging Technologies for Microelectronics, Microsystems and Power Electronics ] Berlin, Germany / View Reports = [ Stretchabel Systems ] + [ Canvas- A Textile Lighting Concept ]
[ Futurelab ] Bristol, UK
[ Georgia Tech ] Atlanta, GA, USA
[ Goldsmiths, University of London ] London, UK
[ Hyperwerk ] Basel, Switerland
[ IBM Wearable Lab ] various locations around the world
[ Interactive Institute ] Krista, Sweden
[ Interactive Telecommunications Program ] New York, NY, USA
[ Ivrea Interaction Design Institute ] Torino, Italy
[ London College of Fashion ] London, UK
[ Mediamatic ] Amsterdam, Netherlands
[ MIT Aesthetics + Computation ] USA
[ MIT High-Low Tech ] USA
[ MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies ] USA
[ MIT Media Laboratory ] USA
[ MIThril ] USA
[ MIT Tangible Media Group ] USA
[ MIT Things That Think ] USA
[ MIT Visual Arts Program: Second Skin ] USA
[ Mediamatic ] Amsterdam, Netherlands
[ Napier University, Engineering, Computing & Creative Industries ] Edinburgh, UK
[ National University of Singapore ] Singapore
[ Newcastle University, Culture Lab ] Newcastle, UK
[ NICE - Nordic Innitiative, Clean and Ethical - Fashion ] Scandinavian Countries
[ Parsons The New School for Design, Communication, Design, Technology ] New York, NY, USA
[ Philips: Design Probes ] Netherlands
[ Philips: Lumalive ] Netherlands
[ PLACE-it: Platform for Large Area Conformable Electronics by InTegration ] European Commission under its Seventh Framework Program
[ Research Centre for Fashion, The Body and Material Cultures ] London, UK
[ Royal College of Art Design Interactions ] London, UK
[ Stanford University ] Paolo Alto, CA, USA
[ Stella: STretchable ELectronics for Large Area Applications ] Berlin, Germany
[ Symbiotica ] Perth, Australia
[ SMARTlab ] [ SMARTcloset ] London, UK
[ TITV, Textile Research Institute ] Thuringia-Vogtland, Germany
[ Textiles Futures Research Student Group ] London, UK
[ University College of Boras, Textile Department ] Boras, Sweden
[ University of Colorado, Computer Science ] Boulder, CO, USA
[ University of Arts and Industrial Design, Interface Culture ] Linz, Austria
[ University of Bremen ] Bremen, Germany
[ University of Toronto, Electrical and Computer Engineering ] Toronto, Canada
[ University of Wales, School of Art, Media and Design ] Newport, UK
[ University of Western Australia ] Perth, Australia
[ V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media ] Rotterdam, Netherlands
[ Virginia Tech ] Blacksburg, VA, USA

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::WEARABLE DESIGNERS::
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::From "Functional Aesthetics: Visions in Fashion Technology" by Sabine Seymour::

::Body Sculpture::
[ Hussein Chalayan ] = [ Inertia ] + [ Earthbound ] (Runway; Computational Couture/Design)
[ Amy Thompson ] = [ Plastic Analogue ] (Runway; Computational Couture/Design)
[ Christophe Coppens ] = [ H+F Collection ] + (Gallery; Computational Couture/Design)
[ Francesca Lanzavecchia ] + [ Lanzavecchia + Wai ]= [ Pro-Aesthetics Supports ] (Everyday; Computational Couture/Design)
[ Úna Burke ] = [Re.treat ] (Runway; Computational Couture/Design)
[ GAIA ] = [ Veasable ] (Public Spaces; Computational Couture/Design)
[ Philips: Design Probes ] = [ Fractal: Living Jewelery ] (Photo/Film; LED)
[ Naomi Filmer ] = [ Chocolate Mask ] + [ Shoulder Ball Lense ] (Gallery; Catwalk; Computational Couture/Design)
[ Käthe Wenzel ] = [ Bone Dress ]

::The Garment as Amplifier of Fantasy::
[ Hussein Chalayan ] = [ Grains and Steel ] (Runway; LED)
[ Ricardo O'Nascimento ] = [ Rambler Shoes ] (Gallery; Network)
[ UdK Berlin, Daniel Schulze & Hannah Wiesener ] = [ e-Motion: White Pages ] (Demo/Research; Computational Couture + Shape Memory Alloy)
[ UdK Berlin, Max Schäth ] = [ e-Motion: Outsourcing ] (Demo/Research; Computational Couture + LED)
[ Di Mainstone ] = [ Sharewear ] (Gallery; LED) + [ Serendiptichord ] (Dance/Theatre/Sonic Interface)
[ Bart Hess ] = [ Hunt for High-Tech ] (Photo/Film; Computational Couture)
[ Jennifer Darmour ] + [ Electricfoxy ] = [ Ping: A Social Networking Garment ] (Everyday; Network) + [ Zip: Control Your Music ] (Everyday; Sonic Interface)
[ Martin Rille ] = [ Coded Sensation ] (Dance/Theatre; Sonic Interface)
[ Soomi Park ] = [ LED Eyelashes ] (Gallery; LED)
[ Maison Martin Margiela ] = [ Line Artisanal ] (Runway/Gallery; Computational Couture)
[ Walter Van Beirendonck ] = [ Explicit ] + [ Take a Ride ] + [ Wonderland ] (Photo/Film; Computational Couture)

::Scientific Couture::
[ Bare Conductive ] (Photo/Film; Ink)
[ Donna Franklin + Gary Cass ] = [ Micro 'be' Project ] (Gallery; Bio Couture)
[ Lucy McRae ] = [ Peristatic Skin Machine ] + [ Chlorophyll Skin ] + [ Metabolic Skin ] (Photo/Film; Computational Couture)
[ Susan Philipson ] = [ Cherrystone T-Shirt ] (Everyday; Computational Couture)
[ Suzanne Lee ] = [ BioCouture ] (Gallery; Computational Couture)
[ Sonja Bäumel ] = [ (in)visible Membrane ] (Gallery; Computational Couture)
[ Alexander Reeder, Cloud Design ] = [ S Ring ] (Gallery; Computational Couture)

::The Epidermis as Metaphor:
[ Cait and Casey Reas ] = [ Tissue Collection] + [ Generated Network Scarf Series ]
[ Cute Circuit ] = [ Galaxy Dress ] (Gallery; LED)
[ Jum Nakao ] = [ OI ]
[ Kerri Wallace ] = [ Garment I-D: Fashoined for Performance™ ]
[ Zane Berzina ] = E-Static Shadows ]
[ Moodial + Wendy+Jim ] = [ SUN No 1 ]
[ Vincent Leclerc ] = ' Flip Deck ]

::Material Explorations::
[ Bart Hess + Lucy McRae ] = [ Grow on you #1 ] + [ Exploded View ] + [ Germination ] + [ Hook + Eye ] + [ Evolution ] + [ Grow on you #2 ]
[ Gluejeans ] = [ Gluejeans #1 ]
[ Ross Lovergrove ] = [ Seed of Love ]
[ Grade Zero Ezpace ] = [ Caleo-Tex ] + [ ReLIGHT ]
[ Fraunhofer IZM ] = [ Klight, The Interactive Dress ]
[ nendo ] = [ Blown Fabric ]
[ V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media ] = [ Intimacy ]
[ Azuma Makoto ] [ Leaf Man ]

::Transparent Sustainability::
[ Elena Corchero ] = [ LFLECT ] + [ Solar Street Light ]
[ Kate Hartman ] = [ Glacier Human Communication Technique ]
[ Mary Huang + Jennifer Kay ] = [ Dandelion ]
[ XS Labs ] = [ Captain Electric + Battery Boy ]
[ KVA Kennedy + Violich Architecture ] = [ IBA Soft House ]

::Woven Interface::
[ Anke Loh ] = [ Urban Identities ] + [ Transnational Space ] (Everyday: Computational Couture)
[ Trikitron ]
[ Maggie Orth ] = [ Barcode Man ]
[ Sarah Kettley ] = [ Aeolia ] (Dance/Theatre; Sonic Interfce )
[ Linda Kostowki + Mashallah Design ] = [ T-Shirt Issue ]

::Context as Prerequisite::
[ adidas ] = [ miCoach ]
[ Fibretronic ] = [ HEATwear™ ] + [ i-Lume ]
[ Liquid Image ] = [ Summit Series Snow Camera Goggle ] + [ Wide Angle Scuba Series ]
[ Philips ] [ DirectLife ]
[ Rip Curl ] = [ H-Bomb ]
[ Biodevices ] = [ VitalJacket ]
[ Adam Harvey, AH Projects ] = [ Camoflash: The Anti-Paparazzi Clutch ]
[ Jayne Wallace ] = [ Personhood ]

::Kits & DIY::
[ Ayah Bdeir ] [ littleBits ]
[ Studio5050 ][ Fabrick.it ]
[ Leah Bucheley ] [ LilyPad Arduino ]
[ Fibretronic ][ CONNECTEDwear ]

::From "Fashionable Technology" by Sabine Seymour::

::Electronic Fashion::
[ Hussein Chalayan ] UK
[ Ying Gao ] + [ Exercises de style ] [ video interview ] Canada
[ Angel Chang ] USA
[ CuteCircuit ] UK
[ Keri Wallace ] USA
[ Lost Values ] UK
[ Ebru Kurbak & Ricardo Nascimento & Fabiana Shizue ] Austria/Turkey/Brazil
[ KnoWear ] USA

::Interactive Interfaces::
[ XS Labs ] Canada
[ Suzi Webster ] Canada
[ Barbara Layne ] [ Studio subTela ] Canada
[ Diana Eng ] USA
[ Stijn Ossevoort ]
[ Maggie Orth ] [ International Fashion Machines ] USA
[ Linda Worbin ]

::Scientific Couture::
[ Donna Franklin ] + [ Symbiotica ] Australia
[ Manuel Torres ] [ Fabrican ] UK
[ Tobie Kerridge ] [ Bio Jewellery] + [ Material Beliefs ]

::Sensual Being & Tangible Touch::
[ Jenny Tillotson ] [ Smart Second Skin ] [ Scentsory Design ] [ Transhumanism ] UK
[ James Auges & Jimmy Loizeau ] [ Smell Plus ] UK
[ Adidas ]
[ Textronics ] [ Numetrex ]
[ Cati Vaucelle ] France / USA
[ Hannah Perner-Wilson & Mika Satomi ] [ Massage Me ]
[ Kai Eichen & Marit Mihklepp & Hanna Tiidus ]

::Wearable Explorations::
[ Despina Papadopoulos ] [ Studio 5050 ] Greece/USA
[ Leah Buchley ] [ Arduino ] [ Sparkfun ] USA
[ Laura Beloff & Erich Berger & Martin Pichlmair ] [ Reality Disfunction ] [ tratti.attacksyour.net ] [ Random Seed ]
[ Kate Hartman ]
[ Younghui Kim ]
[ Fiona Carswell ]
[ Kouij Hikawa ]

::Social Fabric::
[ Philips Design ]
[ Jayne Wallace ] [ Research ]
[ Mouna Andraos ] [ Electronic Crafts ] [ Junk Soup ] Canada
[ Ayah Bdeir ]
[ Teta Haniya's Secrets ]
[ Teresa Almeida ]
[ Cat Mazza ] [ http://66.34.35.248 ]
[ Ebru Kurbak & Mahir M. Yavuz ]
[ Fabienne Blanc & Patrick Rüegg ] [ Acar2 ]

::Sonic Landscapes::
[ Maurin Donneaud ][ XYinteraction ] France
[ Magdalena Kohler & Hanna Wiesener ]
[ Burton ]
[ Nike ]
[ Fibretronic ]
[ O'Neill ]

::Material Witness::
[ Alyce Santoro ] [ Sonic Fabric ] [ Designtex ] USA
[ Marcelo Coelho ] Brazil / USA / Canada
[ Zane Berzina ] [ Skin Stories ]
[ Grado Zero Espace ]
[ Voltaic ]
[ Sefar ]
[ WarmX ] [ Smart Textiles ] Germany
[ Elisabeth de Seineville ]

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::OTHER DESIGNERS::
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::High Fashion Designers:: (Inspiration)

[ Acne ]
[ A.F. Vandevorst ]
[ Alexander McQueen ] [ Savage Beauty Exhibition, Metropolitain 2011 ]
[ Ann Demeulemeester ]
[ Ann-Sophie Back ]
[ Azumi & David - A'N'D ]
[ Avelon ]
[ Bless ]
[ Capara ]
[ Chie Mihara ]
[ Comme des Garçons ]
[ Henrik Vibskov ]
[ Iris van Herpen ]
[ Jeancolonna ]
[ Klavers van Engelen ]
[ Kron by Kron ]
[ Peter Jensen ]
[ Rick Owens ]
[ Rodarte ] [ States of Matter Exhibition Moma LA 2011 ]
[ Spijker & Spijker ]
[ Stine Goya ]
[ Victor & Rolf ]
[ Wouters & Hendrix ]
[ Yarn Unit ]

::Wearables Designers::

[ Anja Hertenberger ] Netherlands
[ Ann de Gersem ] Belgium
[ Diffus ] Denmark (Runway; LED)
[ Freedom of Creation ] 3D Printing - Netherlands
[ Karina van Heck ] Netherlands
[ Mauricio Velásquez Posada ] = [ Animorfos ] + [ Geomorfos ] Bolivia (Film; Computational Couture)
[ Meg Grant ] Netherlands
[ Moon Berlin ] [ video ] Germany (Runway; LED)
[ Moritz Waldemeyer ] Germany (Red Carpet, Concert; LED)
[ Pauline Van Dongen ] Netherlands
[ Tara Baoth Mooney ]
[ Vinila Vin Burnham ] USA
[ Yuima Nakazato ] Japan

::Art / Science Research::

[ Material Beliefs ]

::Wearables Designers::

(old)
Hernando Barragán [ Wiring ]
Kerry Bodine [ Phone Purse & Bracelet Calendar ]
Elise Co [ Mintymonkey ]
Agnelli Davide & Buzzini Dario & Drori Tal [ Fashion Victims ]
Sara Diamond [ Code Zebra ]
Kelly Dobson [ MIT Page ]
Lucy Dunne [ Personal Website ]
Richard Etter [ Aware Fashion ]
Jessica Findley [ Aeolian Ride ]
Alexandra Von Feldman [ Public Fashion Orchestra ]
Meg Grant
Megan Lee Galbraith [ MIT Page ]
Tina Gonsalves + Tom Donaldson [ Medulla Intimata ]
Mathew Harrison [ Nomadic Yooff ]
Milena Iossifova & Younghui Kim [ Hear Wear ]
[ Knitpro ]
Michelle Kemper & James Powderly [ Robot Clothes ]
Susan Kozel + Thecla Schiphorst [ Mesh Performance ]
Vincent Leclerc [ Blazer ] + [ FatJab ]
Karen Lee [ Hot Spot Bloom ] + [ LIFT ] + [ Johnny Apple Sandals ]
Steve Mann [ Wearcam ] + [ Head Monted Displays ]
Benoit Maubrey [ Electroacoustic Clothes ]
Katherine Morowaki [ Chameleon ] + [ Inside Outside ]
Gauri Nanda [ BYOB ]
Yolita Nugent + Adam Whiton [ Shock Jacket ]
Lucy Orta [ Orta Studios ]
Nancy Paterson [ Stock Market Skirt ]
Joe Paradisio [ Z Stretch Music Controller ]
Ben Russell [ Headmap ]
Tamas Szakal [ mapamp ]
Michael Trelford Una [ Sound Suit 2.0 ]
Miki Yui + Felix Hahn [ Acoustic Survival Kit ]
[ Danielle Wilde ]
Rachel Joanna Wingfield [ ASurfaceDialogue ]

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::EVENTS/EXHIBITIONS::
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::Museums::
[ Vanabbemuseum] Eindhoven, NL
[ Smithsonian Institute ] Washington DC, USA
[ Cooper Hewitt ] New York, USA
[ Victoria & Albert ] London, England
[ Metropolitain ] New York, USA

::Ongoing Conferences::
[ ACM ] Association for Computer Machinery
[ C&C: Conference on Creativity & Cognition ]
[ IEEE: International Symposium on Wearable Computers ]
[ IFFA: International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes Conference ]
[ ISEA: Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts ]
[ Maker Faire ]
[ SIGCHI: Specia Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction ]
[ SIGGRAPH ]
[ South by Southwest ]

[ 2011 ]
[ Ambience2011 ] Boras, Sweden
[ ISEA2011 ] Instanbul, Turkey
[ Future Textiles Event ] Herning, Denmark
[ 2010 ]
[ Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft ] V&A, London, England
[ Pretty Smart Textiles ] Melissa Coleman (curator), Netherlands
[ Haute Couture ] Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, Netherlands
[ 2009 ]
[ The Art of Fashion: Installing Allusions ] Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
[ I-Machine ] Germany
[ 2008 ]
[ 2nd Skin ] [ 2nd 2008 Video ] Exploratorium, San Francisco, USA
[ Seamless 2008 ] [ SEAMLESS 2008 Video ] MIT, Boston, USA
[ 2007 ]
[ Unravel 2007 ] [ Unravel 2007 Video ] SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles, USA
[ 2006 ]
[ Seamless 2006 ] MIT, Boston, USA
[ Unravel 2006 ] [ Unravel 2006 Video ] SIGGRAPH, Boston, USA
[ 2005 ]
[ Wearable Futures ] Newport, Wales, UK
[ Hear Wear ] Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
[ Touch Me ] Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
[ Extreme Textiles ] Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, USA
[ Cyber Fashion ] SIGGRAPH, USA
[ Seamless ] MIT, Cambridge, USA
[ 2004 ]
[ Pattern Language ] Art Interactive, Cambridge, USA
[ 2003 ]
[ Future Physical ]
[ 2002 ]
[ Extreme Beauty ] Metropolitain Museum of Art, New York, USA
[ Skin, Surface, Substance + Design] Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, USA
[ 2001 ]
[ Worksheres ] Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
[ 2000 ]
[ Air Air ] Paris

::Videos::
[ 1930 Futuristic Fashion Predictions ]

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::BLOGS / SITES::
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[ Artefact ]
[ Body Pixel ]
[ Boing Boing ]
[ Coolest Gadget ]
[ Core77 ]
[ Craftzine ]
[ Crave ]
[ CrunchGear ]
[ DesignBoom ]
[ Design Probes ]
[ Digicult ]
[ Droog ]
[ Dvice ]
[ Ecouterre ]
[ Electricfoxy ]
[ Endgadget ]
[ Etsy ]
[ Exhibiting Fashion ]
[ Fashion156 ]
[ Fashion Industry Network ]
[ Fashionable Marketing ]
[ Fashion Projects ]
[ FashionEnvi ]
[ Fashioning Technology ]
[ FastCompany ]
[ Ffion - Textile ideas, influences and inspirations ]
[ Gala Darling ]
[ GeekSugar ]
[ Gizmodiva ]
[ Gizmodo ]
[ Greenfudge ]
[ I Heart Switch ]
[ Infostethics ]
[ Inhabitat ]
[ Inventor Spot ]
[ Jon Armstrong ]
[ Make Magazine ]
[ Montreal Designers ]
[ Neatorama ]
[ Networked Performance ]
[ Nineteeneighty ]
[ No Layout ]
[ NOTCOUTUTRE ]
[ openMaterials ]
[ Pleat Farm ]
[ Riot Report ]
[ SHOWstudio ]
[ Soft Circuit Saturdays ]
[ Spot On Textiles ]
[ Style Skilling ]
[ Talk2myShirt ]
[ TechNews ]
[ Think Geek ]
[ Today and Tomorrow ]
[ TreeHugger ]
[ Trend Hunter ]
[ Trend Land ]
[ Tuvie ]
[ We-Make-Money-Not-Art ]
[ Wired ]
[ Wearona ]
[ Webelow Wear ]
[ Yatzer ]

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::BOOKS::
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::Journals/Magazine::

° Cabinet Magazine
° Clothing & Textile Research Journal (Sage)
° Curve Magazine
° Dezeen
° Fashion Theory (Berg)
° International Journal of Design
° Leonardo Smart Textiles (call)
° Livraison
° New Scientist
° Organic User Interfaces: Special Issue of Communications of the ACM
° SCREEN Magazine
° The Fiberculture Journal
° Vague Terrain Journal

::Technnical Books::

° Open Software
° Massimo Banzi, Getting Started with Arduino (Make Books, 2008).
° Tom Igoe, Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects (Make Books, 2007).
° Tom Igoe, Dan O'Sullivan, Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers (Course Technology, 2004).
° Alison Lewis, Fang-Yu Lin, Switch Craft: Battery-Powered Crafts to Make and Sew (Potter Craft, 2008).
° Syuzi Pakhchyan, Fashioning Technology: A DIY Intro to Smart Crafting (O'Reilly, 2008).

::Theory Books::

+ Juliet Ash and Elisabeth Wilson, Chic Thrills (London: Pandora, 1992).
° Roland Barthes, The Fashion System, trans. Mathew Ward and Richard Howard (University of California Press, 1990).
° Charles Baudelaire, The Painters of Modern Life (Phaidon Press, 1995). (pdf)
° Malcolm Barnard, Fashion as Communication (London & New York: Routledge, 2002).
+ Sarah E. Braddock & Marie O'Mahony, Sportstech: Revolutionary Fabrics, Fashion and Design (London: Thames & Hudson, 2002).
° Sarah E. Braddock & Marie O'Mahony, Techno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion & Design (Penguin/Putnam, 1999).
° Jan Brand & José Teunissen (Eds.), Fashion and Imagination: About Clothes and Art (ArtEZ Press, 2010).
+ Janet Bloor & John D. Sinclair, Rubber: Fun, Fashion, Fetish (New York: Thames & Hudson, 2004).
° Andrew Bolton, The Supermodern Wardrobe (London: V&A Publications, 2002).
° Andrew Bolton, Wild: Fashion Untamed (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004).
° Christopher Breward, Fashion (Oxford University Press, 2003).
° Christopher Breward & Caroline Evans (Eds.), Fashion and Modernity (Vhps Palgrave, 2005).
+ Christopher Breward, The Culture of Fashion (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2003).
° Stella Bruzzi & Pamela Church Gibson (Editors), Fashion Cultures: Theories, Explorations & Analysis (London & New York: Routledge, 2000).
° Hussein Chalayan (Rotterdam: Nai Publishers, 2005).
° Elise Co, "Computation and Technology as Expressive Elements of Fashion," M.S. Thesis at MIT, Program of Media Arts and Sciences, 1998. http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/elise/.
+ Valerie Cumming, Understanding Fashion History (Costume & Fashion Press, 2004).
+ Fred Davis, Fashion, Culture and Identity (University of Chicago Press, 1994).
° Joanne Entwistle, The Fashioned Body: Fashion, Dress and Modern Social Theory (Polity, 2000).
° Caroline Evans, Fashion at the Edge: Spectacle, Modernity, and Deathliness (Yale University Press: 2003).
+ Mike Featherstone, ‘The Body in Consumer Society’, in M. Featherstone, M. Hepworth and B. Turner (Eds.), The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory (London: Sage, 1991).
+ Joanne Finkelstein, The Fashioned Self (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991).
° P. N. Furbank & A. M. Gain, Mallarmé on Fashion: A Translation of the Fashion Magazine La Dernière Mode with Commentary (Oxford/New York: Berg, 2004). (pdf)
+ Anthony Giddens, Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991).
+ Dick Hebdige, Subculture: The Meaning of Style (London & New York: Routledge, 1981).
+ Anne Hollander, Feeding the Eye (Douglas & McIntyre / Fsg Adult, 1999).
+ Anne Hollander, Seeing Through Clothes (University of California Press, 1993).
+ Donald Clay Johnson & Helen Bradley Foster, Dress Sense: The Emotional and Sensory Experience of Clothes (Oxford/New York: Berg, 2008).
° Yuniya Kawamura, Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies (Oxford/New York: Berg, 2005). (pdf)
+ Susanne Küchler & Daniel Miller (Eds.), Clothing as Material Culture (Oxford/New York: Berg, 2005).
° Harold Koda, Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001).
° René König, À la mode: On the Social Psychology of Fashion, Trans. F. Bradley (Seabury Press, 1974).
° Susan Kozel, Closer (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2008). (pdf)
° Suzanne Lee, Fashioning the Future (New York: Thames & Hudson, 2005).
° Ulrich Lehmann, Tigersprung: Fashion in Modernity (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000). (pdf)
+ Gilles Lipovetsky, The Empire of Fashion: Dressing Modern Democracy, trans. Catherine Porter (Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,1994)
° Ellen Lupton, Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design (Princeton Architectural Press, 2002).
° J. McCann & D. Bryson (Eds.), Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology (Woodhead Publishing Ltd., 2009).
° Matilda McQuaid, Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005).
° Bradley Quinn, Techno Fashion (Oxford/New York: Berg, 2002).
° Bradley Quinn, Textile Futures: Fashion, Design and Technology (Oxford/New York: Berg, 2010).
° Bradley Quinn, The Fashion of Architecture (Vhps Palgrave, 2003).
+ Aileen Ribeiro, Dress and Morality (Oxford/New York: Berg, 2004).
° Bradley Rhodes "A brief history of wearable computing" ca. 1999, written as a part of the Wearable Computing activity under Sandy Pentland's Human Dynamics Group at the MIT Media Lab.
° Susan Elizabeth Ryan, "Re-Visioning the Interface: Technological Fashion as Critical Media" in Leonardo, Vol. 42, No. 4 (2009), pp. 300-306.
° Susan Elizabeth Ryan, "Social Fabrics: Wearable + Media + Interconnectivity" in Leonardo, Vol. 42, No. 2 (2009), pp. 114-123.
° Susan Elizabeth Ryan, "What is Wearable Technology Art?" in Intelligent Agent, 8.1.
° Sabine Seymour, Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology (Springer, 2008). (pdf)
° Sabine Seymour, Functional Aesthetics: Visions in Fashion Technology (Springer, 2010).
° Courtenay Smith & Sean Topham, Xtreme Fashion (Munich/Berlin/London/New York: Prestel, 2005).
° Lars Svendsen, Fashion: A Philosophy, trans. John Irons (Reaktion Books, 2006). (pdf)
+ Efrat Tseëlon, ‘Fashion and the Signification of the Social Order’ in Semiotica 91 (1/2): 1-14, 1992.
+ Efrat Tseëlon, ‘Is the Presented Self Sincere? Goffman, Impression Management and the Postmodern Self’ in Theory, Culture and Society 9 (2) 1992.
+ Efrat Tseëlon, The Masque of Femininity: The Presentation of Woman in Everyday Life (London: Sage, 1995).
° Edward O. Thorp, “The Invention of the First Wearable Computer”, International Symposium on Wearable Computing 1998. (pdf)
+ Chris Townsend, Rapture: Art's Seduction by Fashion Since 1970 (New York: Thames & Hudson 2002).
° Nancy J. Troy, Couture Culture: A Study in Modern Art & Fashion (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003).
+ Barbara Vinken, Fashion Zeitgeist: Trends and Cycles in the Fashion System, trans. Mark Hewson (Oxford/New York: Berg, 2004).
° Otto von Busch, Fashion-able: Hacktivism and Engaged Fashion Design (Gothenberg: Camino Förlag, 2009).
° Bernadette Wegenstein, Getting Under the Skin: Body and Media Theory (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006). (pdf)
° Elizabeth Wilson, Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity (Rutgers University Press, 2003). (pdf)

legend:
° = own
× = don’t own
+ = to order

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::MATERIALS::
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::Actuators::
[ B&H Color Change Ltd. ] thermochromic ink
[ Colour Change Corporation ] thermochromic and photochromic ink
[ CTI Extreme Inks ] thermochromic ink
[ Dynalloy ] Flexinol, shape memory alloy
[ E-Ink ] electronic paper displays
[ Hallcrest ] tempature-triggered color changing technology
[ Matsui ] thermochromic pigments, aroma, ink, photopis, a UV light sensitive photochromic ink
[ Melcor ] thermoelectric cooling solutions
[ Memory Metalle GmbH ] shape memory alloys
[ Mymotors & Actuators GmbH ] flat motors
[ Nitinol ] shape memory alloy
[ Precision Microdrives ] precision motion control components
[ SAES Smart Materials ] shape memory alloys
[ Tayco ] temperature sensors and flexible heaters
[ Veriflex ] shape memory

::Anti Static Materials::
[ Antistatic Industries ] anti-static products
[ StaticFaction ] distributor of Thunderon anti-static products
[ X-Static ] Silver fiber

::Communication Connections::
[ ABACOM ] embadded RF and network devices
[ Bluetooth ] Bluetooth solutions
[ Lemos International] radio communication
[ Moog ] slip rings
[ Novonic ] textile cable
[ Skyetek ] RFID
[ XBee ] wireless communication modules

::Conductive Adhesive Tapes::
[ 3M ] conductive tapes
[ Electron Microspy Sciences ] conductive tapes
[ Ted Pella ] conductive tapes
[ The Tape Works ] liquid tape

::Conductive Jewelery::
[ Metalliferous ] metal, tools, beads, supplies for jewelery making - USA

::Conductive Powders and Paints::
[ Acheson Industries ] conductive screen prtintable silver inks and graphite-based pastes
[ Atlantic Equipment Engineers ] metal powders and compounds
[ Bare Skin Safe Conductive Inks ] on body conductive inks
[ Chemtronics ] conductive pen
[ DuPont ] carbon and silver conductors
[ Elemental Scientific ] carbon graphite powder
[ LESSEMF ] Conductive Paint
[ SPI Supplies ] conductive powders and paint

::Conductive Threads, Fabrics & Velcro::
[ AmberStrand ] conductive coated yarn - USA
[ Aracon ] + [ Amberstrand ] conductive thread - USA
[ Bekaert ] + [ Threads ] + [ Fabrics ] highly electrically conductive spun yarn - Belgium
[ Berenstein Textiles ] conductive organza - USA
[ Fine Silver Products ] conductive thread, fabric, tape - USA
[ Flextex ] conductive fabric - USA
[ Hedgehog Handworks ] metal wrapped conductive threads
[ Hook & Loop ] conductive Velcro - USA
[ Karl Grimm ] conductive thread - Germany
[ Lamé Lifesaver ] silver conductive thread - Canada
[ Less EMF ] conductive fabric, thread, Velcro, paint, ex-static fabric - USA (flectron)
[ Metalline ] conductive fabric - Korea
[ Noble Biomaterials ] anti-static and conductive materials - USA
[ Offray Specialty Narrow Fabrics ] smart textiles, static dissipative products
[ Shieldex ] conductive fabric, thread, fabric zipper tape - DISTRIBUTEUR: [ Fine Silver Products ]
[ SparkFun conductive thread ]
[ T&L Barnes ] metal wrapped conductive threads
[ Textura Trading Company ] stainless steel conductive thread
[ Tinsel Trading Company ] vintage metal threads and fabric
[ TITV Greiz ] Elitex, a silver coated yarn - Germany
[ ITP Reference Page ]

::Circuit Printing / Developing::
[ AP Circuits ] Calgary
[ Circuit Solaris ]
[ Douglas Corporation ] Flexible Circuits
[ EAGLE: Easily Applicable Graphical Layout Editor ] software/design
[ Ferro: New Nano Silver Powder Flexible Printed Circuit ]
[ Labo Circuits ] Montreal
[ Minco : Circuits : Heating ] Flexible Circuits
[ PCB Express ] Washington
[ PCB milling ] printed circuit board milling
[ Stretchable Circuits ] stretchable circuits
[ Tinker It ] technology & design consultancy with Arduino
[ Woven Electronics ] woven circuits

::Displays::
[ Best Hong Kong ] cheap LEDS
[ Dupont ] electroluminescence
[ Fabcell ] non-emissive, multi-color fabric module
[ Fresnel Technologies ] plastic optical lenses
[ Glowire ] eletroluminescent wire
[ LED-Flex ] LED tubes
[ LEE-Filters ] lighting and camera filters
[ Lytec ] electroluminescent wire
[ MARL ] LEDs
[ Nichia ] RGB LEDs
[ Oryon Technologies ] Elastolite
[ Pacel ] EL displays
[ Plastic Logic ] flexible displays
[ Rogers Corporation ] electroluminescent lighting systems
[ Super Bright LEDs ]
[ Sun Tec ] Soft / Printed Leds

::Distributors and Prototyping::
[ Abra Electronics ] Montreal
[ Active Electronics ] Montreal
[ Addison ] Montreal
[ All Electronics ] online electronics surplus distributor
[ Arduino ] Italy
[ CSD ] online electronics distributor
[ Digikey ] online electronics distributor
[ Electronic Goldmine ] online electronics surplus distributor
[ Farnell ] online electronics distributor
[ Fluke ] multimeters
[ HVW Technologies ] Canada
[ I-CUBE ] Canada
[ JAMECO ] online electronics distributor
[ JAMECO Robot Store ] robotic kits, parts & more
[ Mouser Electronics ] electronic component distributor
[ Plug and Wear ] Florence, Italy
[ RS ] online electronics distributor
[ Robot Shop ] electronics distributor, Boisbriand, Quebec
[ Small Parts ] the hardware store for researchers and developers
[ Solarbotics ] mature hobby robotics and electronics company, USA
[ Sparkfun ] online electronics distributor, USA
[ The Source - By Circuit City ] electronics distributor, Canada
[ Udisco ] hobby store, Montreal

::Fabric Printing::
[ Hexagram Concordia ]
[ Sagamie ]

::Fusible and Fabric Glue::
[ AllStitch LLC ] Spray On Fusible Web
[ Fabrics Unlimited ] fusible
[ Hancock Fabrics ] Dritz Fray Check Seam Sealant
[ Products A LA CARTE ] Pellon fusibles
[ Quilting Warehouse ] fusible web / tape
[ Red Rock Threads ] fusuble, invisible and water soluble thread
[ Save-on-crafts ] Aleene's Flexible Stretchfabric Glue, great as insolator for conductive fabric
[ Sulky ] Sulky Sticky Self-Adhesive Tear-Away Stabilizer

::Isolating and Model-Making Materials::
[ Environmental Technology ] easy cast resisns
[ FormFX ] liquid rubbers, plastics, medical adhesives, alcohol-based body inks
[ Panipol ] polyanline products
[ Resin Technical Systems ] resin
[ Shape Lock ] modelling and mould making
[ Smooth-on ] rubber, plastics, foam, adhesives
[ Soltor Plastics ] acrylic glass
[ Teknor Apex ] advanced polymer materials
[ Von Roll ] electrical insulating materials

::Magnets::
[ Aimants Neodyme ] magnets
[ Amazing Magnets ] ferrofluids

::Metal Mesh Fabrics::
[ Unique Wire ] Metal mesh fabric - USA
[ Tessitura Tele Metalliche Rossi ] Metal mesh fabric - Italy
[ Telerie d'Arte ] Metal mesh fabric - Italy

::Metal Sewing Accessories::
[ Prym ] sewing and needlework accessories
[ YKK ] fastening products

::Microcontollers::
[ ATMEL ]
[ Basic micro ]
[ Microchip ]
[ Micromint ]
[ Netmedia ]
[ Parallax ]

::Other Conductive Materials::
[ Briwax ] metal wool
[ Devcon ] metal filled epoxy adhesive
[ Ercon ] sensor material
[ Seal Science ] conductive rubber
[ Zoflex ] conductive rubber

::Physical Computing Platforms::
[ Arduino ]
[ Lilypads ]
[ Seeeduino ]

::Power::
[ All Battery ]
[ Powerfilm ] flexible solar panels
[ Solar Home ] flexible, portable, modular solar systems
[ Solar World ] think, flexible solar panels
[ Total Power Solution ] batteries
[ Microbattery ] micro batteries

::Sensors / Circuits::
[ Conductive Technologies ] electro-chemical sensors, membrane switches, flexible heaters
[ ClickTouchAmerica ] membrane switches, panels, keypads Montreal, Canada
[ Eleksen ] textile touchpads - DISTRIBUTEUR: [Peratech] + [ Qiosystems ]
[ Flexpoint ] bend and flex sensors
[ Images ] many different sensors and actuators
[ Interlink Electronics ] force-sensitive resistors and touchpads
[ International Fashion Machines ] wall dimmer
[ Microstrain ] wireless sensors
[ Piezo Systems ] piezo elements
[ Seeed Studio ] Seeeduino film circuits
[ Textronics ] wearable sensors
[ Xsens ] motion, orientation and position measurements

::Science Experiement Materials::
[ Inventables ]
[ MindSets ]
[ Steve Spangler Science ]

::Specialty Fabrics::
[ Difco ] protective and high performance fabric
[ Dupont ] high-tech textiles
[ Engineered Fibre Structures ] Manchester, UK
[ Foster Miller ] electro textiles
[ Gorix Ltd ] high-tech textiles
[ Industrial Fabrics Association International ] not-for-profit trade association
[ Luminex ] light-emitting fabric
[ Material Connexion ] innovative meterials lexicon
[ Schoeller ] high-tech textiles
[ Scientific Instrument Services ] ceramic blankets and cloths
[ Sedo Chemicals ] neoprene

::Software::
[ Cycling '74 ] Max/MSP
[ Processing ] open source programming language and environment
[ Pure Data ] software by Miller Puckette

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[ Badira ] Wearable Audio Devices, Germany
[ Baeumler ] Fashion Designer, Germany
[ Citeve ] Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industries, Portugal
[ Baybox ] Media Wear, Germany
[ Daniel Hechter ] Fashion Designer, Nanosphere textile, France
[ Fashion Inovation ] Marketing & Distribution of smartTextiles, Germany
[ Heike Hüning ] Media Jacket - Film use, Germany
[ iHofmann ] smartTextiles Consulting, Germany
[ Jack Wolfskin ] Sports Apparel, Germany
[ Kufner Textiles ] Textiles, Germany
[ Mobile Research Centre Bremen ] Germany
[ Wear It At Work ] Wearable Computing Integration Research
[ Nova Nex ] Smart Textiles, Germany (collaborates with Phillips)
[ Pierre Cardin ] Fashion Designer, Solar Cell Jacket, France
[ Sunload ] Solar Bag, Germany
[ Xybermind ] Foot / Posture Analysis Wearables, Germany
[ Avantex ] Smart textiles
[ BodyMedia ] Biofeedback accessories
[ Bigelow Aerospace ] Space Travel & Inflatables
[ CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology ] Smart textiles
[ Defense Sciences Office ] Smart textiles
[ Eleksen ] Smart textiles
[ eMagin ] 3D Eyewear
[ Enlighted ] Smart textiles
[ FitSense ] Biofeedback spedometer
[ Fire Warrior ] Fireman Camera
[ Future Force Warrior ] Smart textiles
[ Hamilton Sundstrand ] Space Suits & Vehicles
[ Solar Cell Textiles ] Energy
[ HMC Media Lab ] Smart textiles
[ Honeybee Robotics ] Rovers +
[ IBM ] BlueSpace office
[ Infineon Technologies ] Smart textiles
[ Motorola Offspring ] Wearable devices
[ NANO Magic Silver ] Smart textiles
[ Physorg ] Health monitoring fabrics
[ Peru Naturtex ] Copper textiles
[ Oakley ] Audio Eyewear
[ Ready Set Glo ] Luminous paint
[ Reimas ] Smart clothing
[ Sensatex ] Biofeedback textile
[ SOFTswitch ] Smart textiles
[ Thinking Materials ] Wearable devices
[ Twiddler ] Portable Keyboard
[ Venture Development Corporation ] Technology Market Research
[ Vodaphone ] Wearable devices
[ Vivometrics ] Smart textiles
[ Xybernaut ] Wearable devices
[ ZESTAT F.901 ] Smart textiles

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::TUTORIALS::
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::Online Tutorials / Teaching::
[ How To Get What You Want ]
[ Instructables ]
[ Kobakant ]
[ Leah Bucheley Tutorials ]
[ Plusea ]
[ Softwear ]

::Electricity::
[ Basic Electrical Definitions ] Tom Igoe
[ What Is Electricity? ] William J. Beaty
[ Directory of Sources for Input Devices and Technologies ] Bill Buxton
[ Resistor Calculator ]

::Physical Computing::
[ All About Circuits ]
[ Ladyada ]
[ Mecanique Magazine ]
[ MidiTron ]
[ Physical Computing ]
[ Materials at ITP ] ITP
[ PicBasic Forum ]

::Arduino::
[ Arduino Tutorial ]
[ Mouna Andraos - Very Basic Arduino ]

::LED::
[ LEDs 101 ] Don Klipstein
[ LED Wizard ]

::Plastisol::
[ Color Changing Inks ] Screen Web
[ General Plastisol Info ] Union Ink
[ Plastisol fallout: Is the ink really cured? ] Stitches Magazine
[ Plastisol Ink Product Information ] Ink Tech

::TOP::