Unfabricate: Designing Smart Textiles for Disassembly

Wu, Shanel; Devendorf, Laura

doi:10.1145/3313831.3376227

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“…The recycling of conductive yarns, fabrics or fibres is not mentioned. Only Reuse of yarns is offered by Wu and Devendorf (2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Most cited paper is from McCann et al (2005), which is also the oldest paper published. Least cited papers are from Wu and Devendorf (2020) and Goncu-Berk (2019) which are the most recent studies. Köhler, who frequently is the most represented and cited in the results.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Publications were found with searching terms combinations: smart textiles sustainability (Goncu-Berk, 2019;Köhler, 2013aKöhler, , 2013bKöhler et al, 2011;Köhler & Som, 2014;Kuusk, 2016;Kuusk et al, 2014;Kuusk et al, 2012;Schischke et al, 2019;Ten Bhömer, 2016;Van der Velden et al, 2015 ;Wu & Devendorf, 2020), e-textiles sustainability (Köhler, 2008), environmental risk prevention in smart textiles (Ossevoort, 2013), endof-life implications of e-textiles (McCann et al, 2005;Perry, 2017) electronic textiles product lifetimes (McLaren et al, 2017), smart textiles environmental waste (Timmins, 2009). Many publications surfaced under several search-terms, but they are presented in the order they were found.…”

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Review of the end-of-life solutions in electronics-based smart textiles

Veske

Ilén

2020

The Journal of The Textile Institute

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Research and development of new products in the smart textile field is growing rapidly because of versatile application areas. There is an extensive focus on the integration of electronics into textiles. However, if different fields are merged, as here, the sustainability and recycling issues might descend into even more complex systems. The paper reviews current research and development conducted on the end-of-life solutions for electronic textiles (e-textiles). Chosen papers had to be peer-reviewed, written in English, and address the end-of-life issue for electronic-based smart textiles. The search resulted in 18 publications, which indicates a low amount of research but also the serious lack of legislation and actual solutions emerged in this multidisciplinary field. Three main themes were found: smart textile services, eco-design strategy and educating guidelines. Authors suggest taking urgent actions by preventive steps in combining current electronics and textile waste management systems into one standard for e-textiles. TEXTILE INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS IN ECO-DESIGN CONTEXTVan Langenhove and Hertleer (2004) state "smart textiles are fabrics or apparel products that contain technologies, which sense and react to the conditions of the environment they are exposed to, thus allowing the wearer to experience increased functionality". The conditions or stimuli can be electrical, mechanical, thermal, chemical, or a combination of these. The main research in the smart textile field is indefinitely focused on improving the integration level, from moving from garment level to fibre level (Schneegass & Amft, 2017). For example, Katashev et al. (2019) replaced conventional EIT (electrical impedance tomography) electrodes with knitted textiles electrodes where conductive parts are on fibre level. Electronic textiles (e-textiles) are a subcategory of smart textiles that are based on electronics and conductive textiles, e.g. silver-coated fabrics or yarns, conductive inks and/or conductive polymers (Stoppa & Chiolerio, 2014). The E-textiles system includes the traditional electronic components, for example, printed circuit boards (PCB) and non-textile sensors that include ceramics in addition to metals and plastics.In e-textile products, the level of integration has a remarkable influence on the materials' recyclability and the end-of-life solutions of the product. As a result, e-textiles require specified end-of-life treatment methods and standardized waste processing. It is vital to tackle the topic early to avoid mistakes made in textile waste management. End of product lifetime or EOL (End-of-Life) of the product is the point when it is not usable anymore or just not needed by the user anymore. Thus, it should be reused, recycled, remanufactured or

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“…The recycling of conductive yarns, fabrics or fibres is not mentioned. Only Reuse of yarns is offered by Wu and Devendorf (2020).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Veske

Ilén

2020

The Journal of The Textile Institute

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“…While we cannot precisely anticipate the impact of widespread adoption of personal fabrication, we can explore potential futures through diegetic and physical prototypes as an attempt to resolve the Collingridge Dilemma we face [20]. Designing fabrication techniques to incorporate disassembly as demonstrated by Wu and Devendorf [91] is one way to positively address artifact ephemerality while still embracing iterations and prototypes. Similarly, Song and Paulos embrace the act of "unmaking", focusing on processes starting from a seemingly ideal, finished artifact instead of initiating from (raw) material [75].…”

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“…However, our current stance on sustainability and the way it is considered for novel systems for personal fabrication is unfit for a future of widespread, ubiquitous personal fabrication: it is often deferred to recycling processes, material science or not considered at all, as novel systems aim to create lasting artifacts. We argue that systems that embed sustainable material use in their interactions themselves (e.g., Unfabricate [91]) are indispensable for further research in personal fabrication, if the path of ever simpler and faster personal fabrication is to be followed. In particular, as the associated processes (e.g., design/modeling, fabrication) become easier, faster, and more effortless.…”

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Ephemeral Fabrication: Exploring a Ubiquitous Fabrication Scenario of Low-Effort, In-Situ Creation of Short-Lived Physical Artifacts

Stemasov

Botner

Rukzio

et al. 2022

Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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Personal fabrication empowers users to create objects increasingly easier and faster. This continuous decrease in effort evokes a speculative scenario of Ephemeral Fabrication (EF), enabled and amplified by emerging paradigms of mobile, wearable, or even bodyintegrated fabrication. EF yields fast, temporary, in-situ solutions for everyday problems (e.g., creating a protective skin, affixing a phone). Users solely create those, since the required effort is negligible. We present and critically reflect on the EF scenario, by exploring current trends in research and building a body-worn fabrication device. EF is a plausible extrapolation of current developments, entailing both positive (e.g., accessibility) and negative implications (e.g., unsustainability). Using speculative design methodology to question the trajectory of personal fabrication, we argue that to avert the aftermath of such futures, topics like sustainability can not remain an afterthought, but rather be situated in interactions themselves: through embedded constraints, conscious material choice, and constructive embedding of ephemerality. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI).

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Exploring Eco-Design Strategies for E-Textiles in Sports Performance Applications

Casciani,

Wang

2024

Fashion for the Common Good

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Unfabricate: Designing Smart Textiles for Disassembly

Cited by 65 publications

References 53 publications

Review of the end-of-life solutions in electronics-based smart textiles

Review of the end-of-life solutions in electronics-based smart textiles

Ephemeral Fabrication: Exploring a Ubiquitous Fabrication Scenario of Low-Effort, In-Situ Creation of Short-Lived Physical Artifacts

Exploring Eco-Design Strategies for E-Textiles in Sports Performance Applications

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