Design space of the new materials for fashionable wearables

Wang, Jinyi; Juhlin, Oskar; Blomgren, Erika; Bågander, Linnea; Kägo, Evelin; Meier, Florian; Takahashi, Mariko; Thornquist, Clemens

doi:10.1145/2957265.2965023

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“…Intel's MICA, for example, like many such gadgets, supports interaction through a touch screen with predefined visual or tactile feedback [52]. Juhlin and Wang argue the need for fashionable perspectives to make such gadgets more appealing [43,79].…”

Section: Wearable Gadgetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Aesthetic Enhancement of Wearable Technologies for Deaf Women

Wilde

Marti

2018

Proceedings of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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The Quietude project uses making, participation and codesign to collectively imagine a more sustainable, aesthetically enriched future for deaf women, by developing wearables that respond to the women's needs and desires: those that are well known, and those that may be only dimly glimpsed. We present our motivation and process, and describe our first workshop that brought together deaf women, ethicists, makers, designers and technology experts. The workshop led to the design and development of an ecology of jewellery products: fashionable accessories that enhance the experience of deaf women by translating sounds into vibration, light patterns and shape change. We reflect on the opportunities and challenges of developing aesthetically rich wearables for deaf women, using experimental participatory design methods, and the value of considering disability as an opportunity for wearables design, rather than as an issue that needs to be addressed or solved.

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Section: Wearable Gadgetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Aesthetic Enhancement of Wearable Technologies for Deaf Women

Wilde

Marti

2018

Proceedings of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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Electronics and Fabrics: The Development of Garment‐Based Wearables

Pailes-Friedman

2018

Adv Materials Technologies

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As the lines between computing and textiles blur, so do the lines between computing and human bodies. Wearable technology is evolving to a point where it pervades many aspects of human lives. One has become accustomed to being surrounded with technological conveniences. Soon, the garments will become mobile devices that will seamlessly connect one to his/her networks. They will give and receive vital information through interfaces that become so integrated into the actions and activities that they become less invasive and more pervasive. This Essay presents a vision for the future of sensor‐enabled garment‐based wearable technology and identifies barriers faced by designers in the creation of wearable technology. Case studies illustrate problems encountered in both a micro‐ and macroscale from three different perspectives uncovered during the discovery and application of various methods of embedding circuits into textiles projects. The identification of five key areas that need changes in order to bridge the gap between textiles and electronics are discussed alongside the benefits of bringing technology “out of the box” which will revolutionize how one approaches many aspects of his/her current lives.

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