PERSONALDEBRIS  

hugJackets by Studio 5050

I noticed a little while ago that Despina from 5050ltd had posted a set of super snazzy pictures of her hugJackets. As a continuation of her very lovely and time-tested (1995) loveJackets. {previously blogged here and here} The hugJackets “demand a deliberate act of union” encouraging physical touch and intimacy. The project utilizes conductive fabric quilted onto the front of the jacket and (from the photos) LEDs with sound to accentuate the consumation of an embrace.

(more…)

AwareFashion by Richard Etter, Diana Grathwohl and Sigmund Homolya

AwareFashion, a project by Richard Etter, Diana Grathwohl, Sigmund Homolya, senses switched on mobile phones. {via}

The AwareFashion shirt has sleeves that glow in the proximity of switched-on mobile phones. It features an antenna, a tiny circuit board, button cells and fiber optics woven into the cloth. The antenna detects radio waves of GSM mobiles. The circuit board processes the radio waves and converts them to light which travels through fiber optics to the end of the sleeves. There the light emits and indicates the presence of near mobiles.

(more…)

found this over at Angry Asian Man… fred korematsu passed away yesterday.