Book Publication
Combining design research with philosophy of technology
publication, design research, philosophy of technology, wearable technology
A Designer’s Material-Aesthetics Reflections on Fashion and Technology
2019
What opportunities does the integration of digital technologies in clothing offer?
How do wearable technologies transform embodied experience? And can they enable new relationships between human beings and the clothing they wear?
Until now, wearables have not become integrated into everyday fashion and so their meaningful role remains limited. In this book, fashion designer and researcher Pauline van Dongen shows how this can be changed and how the integration of both can be encouraged.
Published: 2019
Edition: hardcover
Size: 16 x 24 cm
Pages: 288
Design: Catalogtree
Language : English
Available at: ArtEZ Press
Technology &Fashion
By combining design research with philosophy of technology, Van Dongen provides a new way of looking at the role of technology in fashion, offering interesting alternatives for a sustainable future. Building on the concept of material aesthetics, she emphasizes that technologies are a material concern. Through reflections on her own experiences that are richly illustrated with many examples and many images, she gives practical insights with the aim of better informing the practice of designing wearable technology. Her analysis of unique design exemplars such as the Solar Shirt and Phototrope reveals what wearable technologies do beyond their functional promise and what they mean beyond their symbolic value.
The book is accompanied by the video “Embodied Entanglements”
At Pauline van Dongen we design and develop smart textiles and clothing in a holistic way. We believe in sharing our experiences and knowledge with others to jointly change the current fashion system that relies on unethical and unsustainable practices and causes devaluation of clothing.