Wearable Futures - Programme
WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2005
Auditorium A
13.30 – 15.00
Opening Address
Suzanne Lee
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, University of The Arts London, UK
FASHIONING THE FUTURE
Panel 1 – 15.00 – 16.30
DESIGN FOR WEARABILITY
Angel Chang
Independent, 195 Spring Street. #10, New York, NY, 10012, USA
ENGINEERS ARE FROM MARS, FASHION DESIGNERS ARE FROM VENUS: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING INDUSTRIES
Stacey Burr, Qaizar Hassonjee & Roger Armitage
Textronics, Inc, USA
ELECTRO-TEXTILE SOLUTIONS
Jenny Tillotson
Central Saint Martins, UK
SCENT BY A WIRELESS WEB
Panel 2 – 17.00 – 18.30
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE
Stephen Thompson
University of Plymouth & University of Wales, Newport, UK
SEMI-INFINITE BODIES: TOWARDS A CRITICAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNAPPARENT
Susan Jenkyn Jones
Central St Martins, University of the Arts, London, UK
TEACHING OLD TOGS NEW TRICKS
Kristina Andersen, Anne Nigten & Matthew Fuller
STEIM (studio for electro instrumental music), Amsterdam
WORN
Auditorium B
Panel 1 – 15.00 – 16.30
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE
Sam Malcolm Strauss, Peck Leong Tan Jackson
& Thomas Kitzazawa
Central Saint Martins, UK; University College London,
UK; Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
INTERLACING THE URBAN FABRIC – E-MOTIONAL COSTUMES FOR SOCIAL AGENTS IN THE CENTRAL CITY
Lucy Dunne, Barry Smyth, Susan Ashdown, Phoebe Sengers and Joseph ‘Jofish’ Kaye
University College Dublin, Ireland; Cornell University,
CONFIGURING THE USER IN WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY DESIGN
Jayne Wallace, Andy Dearden and Tom Fisher
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
THE SIGNIFICANT OTHER – THE VALUE OF
JEWELLERY WITHIN THE CONCEPTION, DESIGN & EXPERIENCE OF BODY FOCUSED DIGITAL DEVICES
Panel 2 – 17.00 – 18.30
DESIRES NEEDS AND REALITY
Valérie Lamontagne
Concordia University, Canada
PEAU D’ANE: WHERE WEARABLES MEET FAIRY TALES
Sarah Kettley
Napier University, UK
CRAFTS PRAXIS FOR CRITICAL WEARABLES DESIGN
Jessica Charlesworth
Independent, UK
WEARABLES AS RELATIONSHIP ‘TOOLS’
Auditorium C
Panel 1 – 15.00 – 16.30
AESTHETICS AND MAKING
Natalia Allen
Design Innovation Development Implementation, USA
THE DISCONTENTS OF WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY: IMPROVING TRANSITION FROM INNOVATION TO IMPLEMENTATION
Polly Duplock & Josie Steed
University of Dundee, UK
SOFT STUDIO – A DESIGN RESEARCH PLATFORM FOR TEXTILE PRODUCTS
Wagner Ourique de Morais, Jean-Yves Tigli, Diane Lingrand
Université de Nice, France
DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICES FOR WEARABLE COMPUTERS
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THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2005
Auditorium A
Panel 3 – 09.30 – 12.30
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE
Jessica Hemmings
Selvedge Magazine, San Diego
SECOND SKINS
Anne Farren and Andrew Hutchison
Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
THE (LITERALLY) LIVING GARMENT
Leah Heiss
RMIT University, Australia
ENABLED APPAREL: THE ROLE OF DIGITALLY ENHANCED APPAREL IN PROMOTING REMOTE EMPATHIC CONNECTION
Chris Baber
The University of Birmingham, UK
ENGINEERING FUTURE WEARABLES
Panel 4 – 13.30 – 16.30
DESIGN FOR WEARABILITY
David Bryson
University of Derby, UK
UNWEARABLES
Penelope Watkins
Suvon, ‘Syrusa’, UK
CUSTOM FIT PRESSURE GARMENT PATTERN PROFILING
Sue Thomas and Diana Klein
RMIT University, Australia
MR INCREDIBLE’S* NEW SUIT OR CAN WOOL ‘SAVE’ OUR FUTURE?
15.30 – 16.30
Sarah E. Braddock Clarke
Co Author of Techno Textiles, SportsTech and Techno Textiles2 pub 2005
ACTION: FASHION
Panel 5 – 16.30 – 18.00
AESTHETICS AND MAKING
Ling-Shin Liu and Pammi Sinha
The University of Manchester, UK
INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONSUMER ADOPTION AND NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT OF WEARABLES
Mick Siddons
Cr8ive Solutions Ltd, UK
INNOVATION, WHY DO SO MANY DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS FAIL TO BE REALIZED AND EVEN FEWER SUCCEED IN GAINING MARKET SHARE?
Auditorium B
Panel 3 – 09.30 – 12.30
DESIGN FOR WEARABILITY
Andrew Taylor and Ertu Unver
University of Huddersfield, UK
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO TEST A 3D LASER SCANNER FOR BODY MEASUREMENT AND 3D VIRTUAL GARMENT DESIGN IN FASHION EDUCATION
Philip Delamore, Volker Junior and Greg Lever
London College of Fashion, UK; Volker Junior Consulting, Munich;
Prior 2 Lever, UK
3D DIRECT MANUFACTURING OF MADE-TO-MEASURE PERFORMANCE FOOTWEAR
Ian Jones and R J Wise
TWI Ltd, UK
NOVEL JOINING METHODS APPLICABLE TO TEXTILES AND SMART GARMENTS
Panel 4 – 13.30 – 16.30
AESTHETICS AND MAKING
Zane Berzina
Goldsmiths College, UK
CHARTING AND MAPPING THE SKIN
Miles Jordan
Eleksen Limited, UK
REAL PRODUCTS FOR REAL LIFE
Richard Hurford, Adam Martin and Rachel Murphy
University of Wales Newport, UK
WEARABILITY
Panel 5 – 16.30 – 18.00
DESIRES NEEDS AND REALITY
Frans Vogelaar
Hybrid Space at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany
THE CONTEXT OF WEARABLES: HYBRID URBAN MOBILITY SPACES
Katherine Moriwaki and Jonah Brucker-Cohen
University of Dublin, UK
FASHIONING THE CHALLENGE: DO-IT-YOURSELF WEARABLE DESIGN
Laura Beloff
The Academy of Arts, Norway
ART, REAL TIME AND SEVEN MILE BOOTS
Auditorium C
Panel 3 – 09.30 – 12.30
DESIRES NEEDS AND REALITY
Franziska Schroeder and Pedro Rebelo
The University of Edinburgh, UK; Sonic Arts Reseach Centre, Belfast
WEARABLE MUSIC IN ENGAGING TECHNOLOGIES
Johannes Birringer and Michèle Danjoux
Interaktions Labor Intakt, Germany ; Nottingham Trent University, UK
THE TELEMATIC DRESS: EVOLVING GARMENTS & DISTRIBUTED PROPRIOCEPTION IN STREAMING MEDIA AND FASHION PERFORMANCE
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FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2005
Auditorium A
9.00 – 10.00
Joanna Berzowska
Extra Soft Labs / Concordia University, W. Montreal
EXTRA SOFT COMPUTATION AND MEMORY-RICH GARMENTS
Panel 6 – 10.00 – 13.00
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE
Rachel Beth Egenhoefer
Independent, USA
NEGOTIATING DESIRES BETWEEN BODY AND MACHINE
Usman Haque and Despina Papadopoulos
Independent, UK ; Independent, USA
1000 (LITTLE TIPS OF COMMUNICATION)
Hazel White and Ewan Steel
University of Dundee, UK
WRITTEN ON THE BODY: JEWELLERY AS A TANGIBLE INTERFACE TO CODE BASED ART
PLENARY
Auditorium B
Panel 6 – 10.00 – 13.00
AESTHETICS AND MAKING
Robert Pepperell
University of Wales, Newport & University of Plymouth, UK
“I AM PUTTING MYSELF TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE USE”: APPLICATIONS FOR CONSCIOUS SYSTEMS
Ulli Oberlack
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, UK
ILLUMINATION AND EMANATION – LIGHT AS BODY ADORNMENT
Tina Gonsalves
Independent, Australia
WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY AS EMOTIONAL TOOLS – A PERSONAL INVESTIGATION
