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Tatiana Krupinina
MA-graduate from the Swedish School of Textiles 2013. I am interested in national identities as a base for developing smart textiles. I learn traditional embroidering techniques in order to combine them with new materials and create a new aesthetics for smart textiles.
Russia: A nation of miracle believers
I strive to create a new approach for developing smart textiles. My main idea is to use the investigation of national identity as a base for developing smart textiles. Considering traditional textiles as a source of information about the socio-historical context wherein they were produced, I try to reproduce this information in smart textiles. I […]
Stretching Loops – Exploring interactive textiles expressing Imitation for recording and replaying interactions
ABSTRACT This paper presents Stretching Loops – design examples of sensing and reactive knitted textiles able to record and replay human interaction. Placed in a room, textile tubes imitate interactions performed by a human through motor control. As an example of basic research in the context of textile interaction design research, Stretching Loops is part […]
Exploring textiles as materials for interaction design
Persson, Anna. 2013. Exploring textiles as materials for interaction design. PhD thesis. The Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås.
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Brief Project Description: The central feature of the art piece is the artist’s picture printed on wool fabric covered with moth’s eggs. The eggs have been allowed to develop into larvae, which have fed on the wool fabric, making holes in it. A second layer, made of silk-organza fabric and printed in a Persian carpet […]
Let Your Body Prints Your Dress
It is an ongoing project to explore how body temperature could create temporary patterns on garment. This project indicates how temperature and interaction can influence a garment’s appearance by changing it constantly. Researcher: Marjan Kooroshnia In order to watch a movie, please check it out in Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/50324533 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYqJV1Ynv9g
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