Entangled
Reimagining Textile Functionalities, Aesthetics and Sustainability (Aalto University - VIA University College - University of Borås - University of Turku - Iceland University of the Arts)
Responsive textiles:
Co-designing multi-modal material systems with natural phenomena as catalysts for change
Textiles and Fashion Design, University of Borås
This research takes a bottom-up approach by discussing the role of material aesthetics concerning sustainability in the context of smart and responsive textiles. The experiments presented in this exhibition explore methods for designing the expressions of textile materials to vary over their lifespans through changes in in colour and light emission in structural textiles triggered by natural phenomena, and so incorporating ambient energies into the design process. The research unfolds around the temporal aspects of responsive textiles as related to the design and use of multi-modal expressions as a method to expand their lifespan.
PROJECT TEAM:
-Delia Dumitrescu, Professor (Textile Design)
-Erin Lewis, postdoctoral researcher
-Riikka Talman, postdoctoral researcher
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Contact information:
Delia Dumitrescu - [email protected]
Textiles and Fashion Design research group
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