Fragments Garments #4 — Exploring Upcycling
Mid-Term Presentation The entire Re-Fream community and all of its artists met in IED Madrid in January to present the advancement of the co-creation projects. This event allowed us to share both our preliminary results and the problems we were sometimes facing. As all teams …
Relational Design for Healthcare: An emotional and tactile experience
We are nearing the end of May 2020 and the entire world has now been in some state of shut down since earlier this winter because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a strange experience so far that has brought physical limitations, but also …
Fragments Garments #3 — Prototyping Start
Switching from Physical to Digital Pattern Making In order to remain coherent with the sustainable production goal, I decided to move away from classical garment 3D fabric-based shape modeling, and traditional pattern making drawn on paper or cardboard to 3D modeling in order to save …
LEATHER FOR VEGETARIANS TURNS INTO LEBIU
7 months ago, when I began this adventure that is the Re-Fream project, I would never have thought that throughout the development of the project, I could discover many different fields of application and production techniques using cork particles. It seems yesterday when I saw …
Facing obstacles for a better fashion system
Checking the production chain, origin, and composition of the food basket is far more common now than years ago. End consumers are paying attention to their food, trying to minimize their impact on the climate crisis by making (more) responsible choices. But, what about what …
Digital Vogue – Research Experience
Today I want to share some insights into our research experiences within the Re-Fream project. In 2019 we successfully printed directly on denim (Setae Jacket), within Re-Fream we have tested 3D printing on a variety of different fabrics and explored new joinery techniques. 3D Printing …
Marinero – 4
Dear reader, In my third blog I mentioned that March and April were going to be a challenging time. I was referring to several deadlines concerning filament and fabric producing. In this case the real challenge was to slow down experiencing the global corona crisis. I needed …
Co-Creation – The Ecodesign Prototype halfway
Here we are at the halfway of this Co-creation journey. During the last week of January, at the Mid-term, every hub met in Madrid to re-think fashion and technology, using the occasion to check the progress of each project since Re-FREAM started, four months ago …
Keep It Together: Testing and Tryout for Seaming Solution – Yokai Studios
Trial and Error Testing and Tryout for Seaming Solution In our previous blog post we set up the criteria and settled on a range of common materials for the Zwick and Martindale testing. As a brief reminder: the aim of these tryouts was to come …
Marinero – 3
*Filament analysis The first Empa yarn tests are completed. This is very helpful information. We will follow up on improving both prototypes of the Archi-Filaments. Sample preparation: 3 yarn samples aligned per specimen. One end of yarn fixed with tape and the second end not …
