E-Textile Workspace
Performative Wearables
Since wearable technology pieces are often designed to be interactive, and in most cases are presented to an audience in some sort of way, we thought it was interesting to do a thought experiment: can every ‘wearable’ be considered a ...
Wearable Spaces
The E-Textile Workspace of November 30th 2010 was organized around the subject of "Wearable Spaces". The schedule for the evening consisted of a discussion, a presentation of Nicky Assmann’s final exam project and time to discuss the ...
Transformational Garments
The 21st of October 2010, the E-Textile group chose 'transformational garments' as starting point for discussion. Where the topic can be interpreted very literally, in the sense of transforming the shape of a wearable piece, the discussion evolved ...
DMY Berlin Report
June 10 2010, V2_ participated at the Maker Lab during the DMY Festival. Meg Grant, Melissa Coleman, Anja Hertenberger, Joachim Rotteveel and Piem Wirtz represented the E-Textile Workspace in Berlin.
DMY Festival Berlin Invites E-Textile Workspace
DMY International Design Festival Berlin, 09-13 June 2010, has invited the E-Textile team to give a hands-on workshop at their Maker Lab space.
How to Make Textiles Move
In the 5th E-Textile Workspace we focused on the question how to make textiles move. Previously, some ad hoc experimentation with Flexinol shape memory alloy was done, but we all agreed it would be interesting to see what we could come up with ...
Wearable Technology as an Interface with Virtual Environments
The 4th E-Textile Workspace took place on 24 February 2010. We were joined by two students from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht. Aduen Darriba and Anouk Wipprecht are working on a graduation project together that integrates wearable ...
Why Wearable Technology Inspires Us
Third E-Textile Workspace, January 21 2010, focused on the question of why we make wearables.
How to Present Wearables to an Audience
Second E-Textile Workspace, November 26 2009, focused on the complexity of presenting wearables in sensible way to a broad audience.
Lab Initiates E-Textile Workspace
E-Textile Workspaces aim to offer an informal setting for both critical discussion around&about wearables, and for hands-on work on individual projects. It aims to open a space where practice is intertwined with knowledge sharing, feedback exchange ...
E-Textile Workspace, Pilot Evening
Thursday, 22 October 2009, V2_Lab organized the first pilot of a recurring series E-textile Workspaces. Participants were invited to bring their own wearable project for hands-on work, and in order to show a sample of their current ...
