Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science and Technology

Sabine Seymour

ISBN 10: 321179591X / ISBN 13: 9783211795910

Published by Springer Vienna Architecture, Austria, 2009

About this Item

Clean, tight tall 8vo, 249pp. Light shelf wear and tiny curls to front tips. Contains theoreticals discourse, electronic fashion, scientific couture, wearable explorations, sonic landscapes, material, blogs, websites, and much more discussion the "Intersections of design, fashion, science and technology.

Seller Inventory # 17631

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science and Technology
• Publisher: Springer Vienna Architecture, Austria
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 321179591X
• ISBN 13: 9783211795910
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: Probably First English language edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fashion, Costume, Clothing

About this title

Synopsis

The interplay of electronic textiles and wearable technology, wearables for short, and fashion, design and science is a highly promising and topical subject. Offered here is a compact survey of the theory involved and an explanation of the role technology plays in a fabric or article of clothing. The practical application is explained in detail and numerous illustrations serve as clarification. Over 50 well-known designers, research institutes, companies and artists, among them Philips, Burton, MIT Media Lab, XS Labs, New York University, Hussein Chalayan, Cute Circuit or International Fashion Machines are introduced by means of their latest, often still unpublished, project, and a survey of their work to date. Given for the first time is a list of all the relevant information on research institutes, materials, publications etc. A must for all those wishing to know everything about fashionable technology.

Book Description

Electronic textiles and wearable technology – a survey of the new generation of wearables