Smart textile services
Intertwine the traditions from the textile industry with the newest technology and what you get is the best of both worlds. That is a starting-point of Wearable senses, one of the themes within Industrial Design at the TU/e. Bedtime stories and Vigour are two showcase results of an intensive cooperation between designers and people from the textile and electronics industries.
Bedtime stories
Textiles can tell stories. Whereas a Scottish tartan shows the identity of your clan, the complex patterns and symbols in Estonian dress reveal much about the wearer’s background. Designer Kristi Kuusk translated the tradition of storytelling through textile to a modern variation. The duvet shows the scenery of Little Red Riding hood. And when looked through a tablet, the main characters of the story are discovered. Parent and child can travel together through the fairy land.
Partners
Eindhoven University of Technology
Unit040
Johan van den Acker
textielfabriek
studio toer
People
Kristi Kuusk, Eindhoven University of Technology, PhD candidate
Dr. Oscar Tomico, Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology, supervisor
Dr. Geert Langereis, supervisor until February 2013
Prof.dr.ir. Caroline Hummels, Eindhoven University of Technology, promotor
Contact and Information
Kristi Kuusk
k.kuusk@tue.nl
www.facebook.com/textales
Download the Smart Textile poster here.
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