Yokai Face Masks | Part One
Fashion Beyond the Crisis After our successful testing and try out sessions for the YOKAI seaming solution (see previous blog post), our motivation to stay on track with our work was high, to say the least. We were convinced we’d be unstoppable; that our hard …
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 …
Fragments Garments #6 – Co-creation residency in Hub Linz (Part 2)
Modeling Foot Arch for 3D Printed Shoes Now that the shoe high heels were prototyped, I needed to adapt them perfectly to the foot arch. To do so, I needed a precise 3D model of what we call a “shoe form”, i.e. a plastic made …
Fragments Garments #9 – Material Sourcing & Sampling Tests
Sustainable Fabric Sourcing For each of my projects, I usually source fabrics locally. As my main partners were in Alcoi, I decided to scout fabric suppliers in Spain. I had the chance to get help from Blanca Gomara from B2Fabric which is a specialist in …
APeel-New Collection
Our design brings revolutionary concepts into reality, a perfect combination of technology and aesthetics, products featuring circular design and sustainability. Focusing on one of the key factors in our design, sustainability, we introduce our independent-developed material ‘APeel’. APeel is a bio-material that utilises the seemingly …
Bio-Material Innovation
In the field of textile and material industry, innovation never comes easy. Being a new-material researcher and fashion designer, my mindset has shifted as I am not just designing products but forming an eco-system around my product, establishing a viable solution to sustainable fashion and …
SUSTAINABLE TEXTILES AND FASHION WEBINAR
On Tuesday 23. June2020 at 17:00 h CET +2 (Spain), Aitex is hosting the third Re-FREAM online webinar. Stakeholders from the technology and fashion industry are invited to join the Re-FREAM artists and scientists during the 90 min webinar. Our goal is to connect you …
Marinero – 5
*3D animation – *Archi-Filament Aitex Jaime Gonzalez from Aitex wrote a summary based on interview questions: Can you explain what exact materials are used to create the Archi-Filament? Explain per yarn and filament: Monofilament Elastic yarn: is a thermoplastic polyurethane synthetic fiber. Multifilament1: PLA Polylactic …
KEY POINTS of LEBIU – Hub Valencia
In this article, I explain what are the main values of my project. During the co-creation process, I was able to cover various socio-environmental areas that had been left apart in the presentation of the concept at the beginning of Re-FREAM experience. I tried to …