An afternoon of discussion and trying out different new materials and wearable products with Kimmo Pernu, the Innovation Architect of Suunto.at Aalto Media Factory. 13.12.2012 Wearable computers, e-Textiles and Smart Clothing Design – What’s next?, a set on Flickr.
Talk and discussion by Kimmo Pernu, Innovation Architect, Suunto. Date: 13.12.2012 Venue: Aalto Media Factory Auditorium Time: 13pm – 16:30 pm Combining clothing with computational capabilities immediately triggers people’s imaginations. The possibilities seem immense but going a bit deeper one … Continue reading
Textile thinking for electronics, a set on Flickr. 12 & 13.04.2012 building the prototypes
The second day of our workshop. We have 12 participants from different fields- Textile art & Clothing design, New Media, Sound in New media and Automation Systems Technology, ELEC. There are three groups working on three e-textile project ideas. There … Continue reading
We meet in room 869 on the 8th floor on Thursday(12.04) morning at 9:15am. ……. Thursday,12.04.2012 09:15 am –10:30 am Room 869: Presentations Introduction to future textiles – by Raija Jokinen Previous student projects – presentation by Riikka Townsend Workshop … Continue reading
I’m currently working on a textile interaction project using flexinol wire and knitting. The aim is to create a textile installation which is sound responsive – the textile should move when it receives sound input. For the programming, I’ve used … Continue reading
Dates: 12.04–13.04.2012 . Venue: Dept. of Design, ARTS. (Arabia campus) REGISTRATIONS AND MORE INFO HERE>>
Workshop: Intro to textile lighting & soft circuits, a set on Flickr.
Today we had 2 representatives from Design Factory (Mikelis Studers and Peter Tapio) visiting us in the Design Department of ARTS. We discussed about having a two day workshop for the students of Aalto University to experiment with e-textiles. The purpose of this workshop would be to bring together students from the different schools who are interested in the field of e-textiles or wearable technologies and encourage them to think about electronics from a textiles perspective. Quick prototypes, experiments and novel interactions with everyday textiles objects are some of the outcomes we can hope for..
We will post more about the workshop here as things get more concrete!
Thanks also to Markku Nousiainen from Aalto Media Factory who was there with us today and also introduced the fantastic Media Factory FabLab (in the making:)).
We are organizing a workshop for the students of Textile dept. to familiarize them with the basics of electronics:
Introduction to textile Lighting and soft circuits
Are you interested in experimenting with lights or sound in your textile projects?
This is a perfect opportunity to come and try out the new soft materials that allow you to enhance your clothing or other textile objects. No previous knowledge in the area is necessary.
Venue: Textile Studios Date: 14 & 15 March 2012. 13-17 pm
For our upcoming workshop, we made some simple soft circuits that we could use as a starting point to teach electronics to the textile to students with no prior knowledge.
The first one is a basic circuit, stitched with conductive yarn. It uses one button cell battery and a Lilypad LED light.
Raija made a nice crochet brooch with a LED light, that can be switched on and off with a metal snap button. Another nice start to making simple yet elegant e-textile objects..
