TY - JOUR
T1 - Second Skins: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities for Designing Adaptable Garments Using E-Textile
AU - Beemer, Malou
AU - Dils, Christian
AU - Nachtigall, Troy
N1 - Presented at the 4th International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations and Applications in Electronic Textiles, Nottingham, UK, 8–10 November 2022.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The process of making adaptive and responsive wearables on the scale of the body hasoften been a process where designers use off-the-shelf parts or hand-crafted electronics to fabricategarments. However, recent research has shown the importance of emergence in the process of making.Second Skins is a multistakeholder exploration into the creation of those garments where the designersand engineers work together throughout the design process so that opportunities and challengesemerge with all stakeholders present in the process. This research serves as a case study into thecreation of adaptive caring garments for sustainable wardrobes from a multistakeholder designteam. The team created a garment that can customize the colors, patterns, structures, and otherproperties dynamically. A reflection on the multi-stakeholder process unpacks the process to explorethe challenges and opportunities in adaptable e-textiles.
AB - The process of making adaptive and responsive wearables on the scale of the body hasoften been a process where designers use off-the-shelf parts or hand-crafted electronics to fabricategarments. However, recent research has shown the importance of emergence in the process of making.Second Skins is a multistakeholder exploration into the creation of those garments where the designersand engineers work together throughout the design process so that opportunities and challengesemerge with all stakeholders present in the process. This research serves as a case study into thecreation of adaptive caring garments for sustainable wardrobes from a multistakeholder designteam. The team created a garment that can customize the colors, patterns, structures, and otherproperties dynamically. A reflection on the multi-stakeholder process unpacks the process to explorethe challenges and opportunities in adaptable e-textiles.
KW - dynamic garments
KW - multistakeholder design
KW - textiles
KW - e-textiles
KW - fabrication
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U2 - 10.3390/engproc2023030009
DO - 10.3390/engproc2023030009
M3 - Article
SN - 2673-4591
VL - 30
JO - Engineering Proceedings
JF - Engineering Proceedings
IS - 1
M1 - 9
T2 - E-Textiles 2022: The 4th International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations and Applications in Electronic Textiles
Y2 - 8 November 2022 through 10 November 2022
ER -