Connextyle: Techstyle for Rehabilitation
This Friday, during the ARS Electronica festival, we ten Re-Fream artists and designers presented the results of our (almost) year-long collaboration together with our tech partners within the Re-Fream consortium, a pillar of S*T*ARTS EU and Horizon2020. I am incredibly happy to share the results …
Digital Vogue – Every End Is A New Beginning
My Re-Fream project “Digital Vogue – Between Organic and Synthetic Processes” is coming to an end. The research focused on digital processes from 2D to 3D for nature-inspired geometries; and the connectivity and adaptability of textiles with multi-color 3D-printed parts; with an underlying focus of …
Tech-Style Design: A behind-the-scenes look into the future of wearable tech
We are nearing the end of the first Re-FREAM grant, an opportunity for artists and designers to work together with scientists and technologists within a consortium of partners. In my last blog post, I illustrated many different explorations that my partners and I had been …
LEBIU Genuine Cork Skin – Final results
After almost 11 months of Research and Development in the co-creation program, I could develop a new set of Bio-based materials made out of Cork Stopper’s leftovers. The most difficult challenge was to pass from a home-made sample to a final prototype Industrially scalable and …
Technology over Text – The Challenges of Research During a Global Pandemic
Chemistry over Zoom is not straightforward, especially when you have to explain an experiment that you have never done before to someone who has never done, well, chemistry before. The Alma team is spread across five countries, and when travel was restricted because of coronavirus, …
Alma and Females
At the beginning of July, the team started working on how to build ramifications within Alma’s ecosystem by answering this question: In what ways can wearable technology further improve the life of Females? This involved looking at different aspects of a female’s life and the …
Yokai Face Masks | Part Two
Going Into Production Other important issues we had to consider were the choice of fabric as well as the form of strap-application. It was important to us that the masks could be worn comfortably for a longer period of time. We deliberately searched for a …
Digital Vogue – Exhibition “NEAR + FUTURES + QUASI + WORLDS”
Re-Fream is almost coming to an end but I am thrilled that the exhibition “NEAR + FUTURES + QUASI + WORLDS” by S+T+ARTS recently exhibited some of my work and research results. Since its launch in 2015 as an initiative of the European Commission, S+T+ARTS, …
Marinero – 6
*Melt coating production Jürgen Leßlhumer from Wood K Plus wrote a summary based on interview questions: Can you explain what exact materials are used to create the sample 1 textured filament? For the production of the textured filament we used a high viscosity polyamide 6 …
Fragments Garments #7 – Co-creation residency in Hub Linz (Part 3)
Clothing Fasteners 3D Printing As the entire project revolves around local and on-demand production of customizable seamless and modular garments, I decided to enrich the offer to the consumer with personalized clothing fasteners using 3D printing technologies and micro-nebulization dyeing. SLA Printed Fastener The first …
