Designing Towards Inward-Oriented Fashion Technology: Demo projects

Marina Toeters; L. Toussaint; Kevin Russell; Martijn ten Bhömer

doi:10.1145/3393914.3397093

Designing Towards Inward-Oriented Fashion Technology: Demo projects

Marina Toeters, L. Toussaint, Kevin Russell, Martijn ten Bhömer

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Abstract

Fashion technology designs typically combine sensing technology and actuators to register and respond to information about the environment and/or the human body. The ways in which designers use and integrate these data into garments, however, varies on a scale from highly theatrical and outward-oriented designs to subtle and inward-oriented applications. This demo project presents five garment designs created between 2013 and 2020, that occupy the more utilitarian and inward-oriented end of the fashion technology spectrum. We demonstrate how these designs highlight the benefits of direct biofeedback and of keeping the personal data within the garment. The selection of projects aims to illustrate the importance of striking the right balance between sensing and actuation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	DIS' 20 Companion
Subtitle of host publication	Companion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	357–360
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450379878
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3393914.3397093
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

Keywords

Fashion technology
Clothing design
Personal biofeedback
Balancing sensing and actuation
Data privacy

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Designing Towards Inward-Oriented Fashion Technology: Demo projects. / Toeters, Marina; Toussaint, L.; Russell, Kevin et al.
DIS' 20 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery, 2020. p. 357–360.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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