Activities
Browse the by-wire activities by these categories: innovative garment design, complex R&D projects, freelance assignments, events & press and education & workshops,
Apollonial for Bridges 2022 with LAURENTIUS LAB
A circle is one of the most symmetric shapes we know. More than 200 years ago, Apollonius of Perga explored configurations of “kissing circles”. In between three kissing circles there is a fourth, which fits perfectly. And ten another, and yet another, the process simply does not stop.
Here the link to the Bridges website to learn more. Or a direct link to the paper download:
https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2022/bridges2022-119.pdf
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SBIR Caring Clothing Tech & Fit Filter
By the RVO NL we have been assigned to perform two feasibility studies. One for washable protective gowns and one for FFP2 facemasks.
Soft Switch Instructable
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https://www.meetup.com/gdg-nl/events/276812705/?action=rsvp&response=yes
R=AIR with Laurentius Lab
The artists’ motivation is to stimulate innovation in fashion. Not only the innovative use of known principles like tessellations, where mathematics is essential, but also textile and process innovation, next to business innovation (new forms of cooperation). We use for example sublimation printing, foil applications and laser cutting for the construction of the garments. This year’s theme is a playful fantasy interpretation of the corona virus in a fashion collection consisting out of six items: a shirt, a corset, a dress, a jeans, a top and a hoodie. We name the collection R=AIR. Playfulness, math, making, aesthetics, dress and creativity help us to stay mentally healthy in difficult times.
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VIBE project
by-wire.net and colleagues in Fashion Tech Farm are working on a VIBE (Visions by Experience) project with several European partners.
We designed and made ten interactive garments targeted at young activists of Generation Z (18-24 years old). As you can see each garment has different design patterns and is made of particular textiles for conveying a coherent narrative to people and through the user who wears it. All the garments are equipped with interactive components, including an Arduino, speakers, vibrator motors, all connected with printed electronics.
From April 25 to May 1, 2022, an exhibition of those garments will take place at IDEAL, Carrer del Dr. Trueta, 196, 198, 08005 Barcelona. A visitor will wear one garment and walk around to explore the “goblin mode healing” space. They are immersed in the fantasy music composed by Neurodungeon. The garment plays a vibration pattern that echoes the rhythm of the music, thereby adding an additional sensory experience.
Bilihome wearable phototherapy
For our client Bilihome we developed several prototypes of the garments. Bilihome aims to support jaundiced newborns and their parents, naturally. The wearable solution allows optimal blue light therapy and helps babies to recover in the right environment. read more
The Fashion Filter
The Fashion Filter is an online pop-up store initiated by the Fashion Tech Farm, LABELEDBY., by-wire.net. Supported by TU/e and Vlisco. The Fashion Filter is a continuous development in shape, pattern, materials, functionalities, collaborations, production methodologies and style. We make use of the strengths of digital manufacturing techniques such as lasercutting, sublimation and 3D-Printing.
We are proud that The Fashion Filter facemasks are developed at the Fashion Tech Farm and produced locally in Eindhoven, The Netherlands!
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by-wire.net won a Red Dot Award!!!!
With our great client Bilihome B.V. and with the help of a wonderful designer at a prototyping facility in Drachten, we won the Red Dot Design Concept Award 2020. And this is not all! Our concept achieved the status Best of the Best, selected out of 4170 entries from 52 countries belonging to the best 42 concepts across the globe.
Barti-MAT: interactive playmat
Together with Bartiméus, VU Amsterdam and Bartiméus Fonds, by-wire.net developed an interactive playmat. Barti-MAT is developed to support bonding between parents and young children with visual (and intellectual) disabilities. We produced 12 copies to test the playmat within different institutes in The Netherlands. Find here more infomation: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02646196211047733
Contact us if you are interested to take this product into production. Customers are waiting for you!
Bridges 2020 paper: Design of a Sampler of Isohedral Tilings of the Pied-de-poule Tile
Abstract: We describe the design of a sampler of all isohedral tilings of the classic pied-de-poule tile. The sampler is a Hawaiian shirt, also known as Aloha shirt. This allows us to explore the wider applicability of the pied-de-poule motif, yet respecting the design principles of classic Hawaiian shirts. We formulate the precise inclusion and exclusion criteria of the set of tilings to be enumerated. By checking the various combinations of symmetries, we find that there are eight distinct tilings, to be included in the sampler. We also show representations of the three orbifolds of the corresponding symmetry groups, which are added to the shirt in the form of phantasy sea creatures, based on a torus, a Klein bottle and a twisted pillow.
DIS 2020 paper: Designing Towards Inward-Oriented Fashion Technology
Fashion technology designs typically combine sensing technology and actuators to register and respond to information about the environment and/or the human body. The ways in which designers use and integrate these data into garments, however, varies on a scale from highly theatrical and outward-oriented designs to subtle and inward-oriented applications.
Museum de Kantfabriek Duo expo: Mop-Up 3 and Innovative Fashion and Smart Textile
from January 19 to March 15, 2020
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Our Book!!! Unfolding Fashion Tech: Pioneers of Bright Futures
Onomatopee 167, Marina Toeters / by-wire.net, 2019
Unfolding Fashion Tech: Pioneers of Bright Futures
Order now!!! €24 ex. shipping. @Onomatopee Or feel free to email me for inquiries.
Content: 50 Innovative Fashion Projects + 8 Short Articles by Daniëlle Bruggeman, Jan Mahy, Rens Tap, Ben Wubs, Loe Feijs, Koen van Os, Gail Kenning, Lianne Toussaint, Stephan Wensveen, Anke Jongejan, Pauline van Dongen and Oscar Tomico.
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catwalk, round table discussion and booth @Avantex
Want to learn more about Printed Electronics integrated in garments? Or about computational fashion? We presented our Cellular Automaton for Pied-de-poule (Houndstooth) project and our Closed Loop Smart Athleisure Fashion project during Avantex in Paris.Publication International Journal of Design
At the last day of 2018 we received the message that the paper of Loe Feijs and me is published in the International Journal of Design!
D360 publishes about Closed Loop Smart Athleisure Fashion
NRC article: Where is the smart underwear?
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2018/10/15/waar-blijft-de-slimme-onderbroek-a2559489
Fashion? Future design for the present @DDW18
Big fashion tech presentation @Campina area Eindhoven during DDW.
More info: https://www.ddw.nl/en/programme/357/fashion-future-design-for-the-present
Featured at MindFashion.today
We are honoured to be added to ‘A growing [re]framework of minds to capture moods and movements in today’s world of fashion.’ See: https://www.mindfashion.today/network/
MIND FASHION’s aim is to stimulate connections, challenge conventions, and together provide a new vocabulary and refreshing multi-disciplinary lens to look at today’s fashion economy and to develop long-term engagement and a powerful voice towards solutions. Find here our specific post: https://www.mindfashion.today/marina-toeters
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ShapeTex paper presentation TEI2018 in Stockholm
We had the pleasure to present our paper about ShapeTex: Implementing Shape-Changing Structures in Fabric for Wearable Actuation at the Tangible, embedded, and Embodied Interaction conference March 2018. The paper is written by Jiachun Du, Panos Markopoulos, Qi Wang, Marina Toeters and Ting Gong. Download here the total paper: https://dl.acm.org/authorize.cfm?key=N43354
Material Xperience 2018, Future of Fashion, March 13-15, Ahoy Rotterdam Netherlands
The Future of Fashion is part of the leading event for creative professionals focused on material innovation: Material Xperience.
The curator of this exhibition, Marina Toeters works on the edge of fashion and technology. She selected the exhibited pioneers to inspire for more innovative fashion, with new materials, technologies and production methods.
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ShapeTex paper presentation @TEI2018, Stockholm
Is was a great pleasure to present the paper ShapeTex: Implementing Shape-Changing Structures in Fabric for Wearable Actuation
More info: https://dl.acm.org/authorize.cfm?key=N43354
Closed Loop Smart Athleisure Fashion
closed loop smart athleisure fashion is a new initiative based on previous work of Marina Toeters (by-wire.net) and Margreet de Kok (Holst Centre). The smart shirts continuously measures the ladies’ key vital signals based on Holst Centre’s advanced printed sensor technologies on flexible substrates for textile integration. The laminated sensors are truly wearable, comfortable, robust, invisible during use, washable up to 25 cycles, and designed for unobtrusive integration in conventional fashion production.
This new collection targets fashionable sporty ladies at office work and right after work, they embrace forward thinking. The closed loop lease and recycle system make it extra special.
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Dutch Design Week 2017
Also this year by-wire.net will be present at the Dutch Design Week from Okt. 21-29 in Eindhoven (NL). Here our expo locations and favorite spots to visit.
Download the interactive PDF file with links to more info >>
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ArcInTex Industry Meeting
Mid July Marina organized an industry meeting at the Eindhoven University of Technology as part of the ArcInTex summer school. 15 PhD’s and textile researchers from Europe came over to work tegether. One day the industry partners and some Industrial Design students were invited the share thoughts and research topics all related to textiles.
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Presentation at KAIST ID Korea
During a visit to Korea Marina had the opportunity to meet the faculty members of the prestigious KAIST ID institute and present her work. A deep discussion and first collaborative research attempts came at the table. Looking forward to the next steps!
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Publication eTNO Berichten
Wim Bergers wrote the lovely article (in Dutch) about applications of printed electronics. He interviewed Corné Rentrop @Holst Centre and Marina Toeters @by-wire.net for this. Download here the total pdf file >>
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The making of…. closed loop smart atheleisure fashion
by Marina Toeters • by-wire.net | Margreet de Kok • Holst Centre | Melissa Bonvie • Katoen Enzo:
The closed loop smart athleisure fashion items continuously measure the wearers’ key vital signals via printed and laminated sensors. It targets fashionable sportive ladies at office work and right after work; they embrace forward thinking and are taking care of themselves.
Our ambition is to put a full service circular proposition in place. Local production and a closed loop service system are our key aims.
Our project is about how to produce and maintain sensor garments and which kind closed loop service models could be attractive for the market development. So from a technical perspective we try to design for dismantling, re-use or recycling. The material choices are first being made with the performative qualities in mind and second to enable the recycling process. We managed for example to get our hands on Econyl textile, which is a recycled material existing out of polyamide.
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June 10 Futur en Seine festival in Paris!
The future is something to celebrate! Honoured to speak at this prestigious event in Paris to talk about Fashion Technology. Saturday June 10, 15.45 o’clock. More info: http://www.futur-en-seine.paris/ Feel welcome!
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Health Meets Fashion Event
On may 23 Marina will be panalist in the health meets fashion event of Ucreate. Register and come to this event in Utrecht! https://ucreate-weconnect.nl/23-mei-expo-health-meets-fashion/
fashion tech @Electronics & Applications, Jaarbeurs Utrecht
30/31 May & June 1 by-wire.net will present the Smart Shirt made together with Holst Centre in the Start Up corner. Find us at the Jaarbeurs Utrecht.
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Tech & Fashion workshop @IOTRotterdam
During IOT Rotterdam (April 10, 2017) Marina Toeters gave a workshop Tech & Fashion. 10 participants followed the hands on workshop about how to integrate technology in fashion. We started by making a soft circuit with a LED and a push button. Than we ideated to develop fashion tech concepts that we would like to see in the world. We prototyped these concepts in pieces on textiles and placed them on the body.
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Lopec 2017 promo
Four innovative garments made by by-wire.net and Holst Centre are featured in the Lopec 2017 movie about Printed Electronics. After 15 seconds the light jacket is shown. After 31 seconds you will find 3 generations of Smart Shirts. Here more info about shirt 1, shirt 2 and shirt 3.
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Smart Shirt @MedTech Stuttgart
Thanks to Holst Centre this Smart Shirt is presented at MedTech in Stuttgart (7-4-2017) Inside out to show the advanced printed electronics. Learn here more about this Smart Shirt >>
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Smart Shirt with printed electronics monitors key vital signs
by-wire.net had the pleasure to collaborate with Holst Centre to develop this shirt for medical and fitness applications.
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A Cellular Automaton for Pied-de-poule (Houndstooth)
We report on the generation of a specific type of pied-de-poule pattern (houndstooth) using a dedicated cellular automaton.
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Wear It Berlin June 8&9 2017
June 8 and 9 Wear It Berlin presents their third edition of the Wear It Festival at Kulturbrauerei in the heart of Berlin.
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Fashion technology presented @ Tetem Enschede
Marina Toeters from by-wire.net shows innovative clothing that offers practical or social solutions at Tetem in Enschede. More info about this exhibition at the Internet of Woman Things expo by Viola Virus >>
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FashNerd visit @by-wire.net
Thanks Muchaneta and Mano [FashNerd.com] for this lovely read about Marina Toeters and by-wire.net! Here the complete article: http://fashnerd.com/2017/02/marina-toeters-lets-not-waste-the-power-of-fashion-lets-innovate-road-trip-series/
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Seminar Fashion, Theater, Interaction students @HKU
XTH • interact with connected devices
XTH Sense harnesses the power of your body to let you interact with connected devices. by-wire.net took the responsibility design and prototype manufacturing within the XTH-team.
Featured by the Internet of Woman Things!
Depending featured by the Internet of Woman Things! >> Thanks Viola Virus!
CSR trend report 2017
Honoured to be involved in the development of the CSR Trend Report 2017. Read all about it (in Dutch) via this link >>
Printed Electronics (PE)
by-wire.net participated in the Printed Electronics (PE) project. This project aims to develop and mature the PE ecosystem in South Netherland.
This project is supported by the European Union and the EFRO. More info here >>
Depending… for Elephantasia
By-wire.net designed an interactive collection consisting of 9 clothing pieces of which 3 can interact and react upon each other. Trying to bridge the gab between the fashion design and technology to innovate the fashion industry. Garments can support the wearer, E-fashion cares for us!
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Solar Fiber items in Brisbane Australia
Undress Runways showcases ethical and environment-friendly fashion. And paint a vision for the future. Oktober 8, 2016 Undress Runways opened the eyes to the world of ethical collections, wearable technology, zero-waste design, smart textiles and couture made from recycled off-cuts.
Solar Fiber had the pleasure to be invited for this outstanding event with the knitted shirt of JSSSJS and the Solar Fiber jacket.
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DDW16: fashion, tech and textile spots
Download the interactive pdf here: 161013-ddw-events
• click in the pdf on the pictures for event pages
• more ‘must see’ tips to add? or more info needed? email marina@by-wire.net or check www.by-wire.net
Have fun during DDW16!!!
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International Symposium on Wearable Technologies (ISWC’16)
Download our paper in the ACM Digital Library [search for Marina Toeters]
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Printed Electronics event: September 28, Den Bosch NL
More info: http://bc-smartsystems.nl/pe/
Featured in LEVEN
Download here the pdf >>> [in Dutch]
Thanks to: Annette van Herk, Leven Magazine. Text: Anneke Gilsing. Photo’s: Marike van Pagée
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Leonardo publication • Design of Drapely-o-lightment
Adafruit featured Pied de Pulse on Wearable Wednesday
4th Dimension – Dynamic Knit
4th dimension is a Global design local manufacturing initiative of Marina Toeters, by-wire.net, Utrecht, The Netherlands and Jesse Asjes, jsssjs Product Design Providence RI, USA
Born out of the pleasure of working together and complementary skills (dimension 1) and both feeling the urge to share knowledge (dimension 2), but living on each side of the ocean (dimension 3) we were forced to research how to design and develop complex innovative e-garments (dimension 4) on distance. Find here all our dynamic experiments.
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Gold Dynamic Skirt
A design with an integrated 3D printed, encased servo motor and arduino circuit. The system is located in a concealed pocket, constructed to fit in the centre back of the garment. The 3D printed components are engineered to create an efficient system of tension and movement. The motor releases and tightens chords that are attached to specific points within the skirt, the alternating of direction manipulates the shape of the skirt with visually organic motion.
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Qi Wang’s Zishi #3
Product development often takes years. This Posture Sensing Garment is the third iteration. See the first Zishi garment and concept here. This one is ready for clinical tests. Zishi is now produced in 4 sizes so that a whide variaty of people can join during the testing phase.
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Bridges Finland 2016: August 9-13, 2016
It starts to become a tradition: every year a new work presented at The Bridges Conference. This year Professor Loe Feijs and Marina Toeters present Pied de Pulse. Find here more info about Bridges >>
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Featured in WSA sport materials
Gold Light Jacket • Holst Centre and 4D Dynamic Knit Sleep Cap • Jesse Asjes are featured in WSA sport materials. Sophie Bramel wrote this about Marina in her article E-textiles, smarter by the day: “For Dutch fashion tech designer Marina Toeters, technology is not the problem. “We have the supplies, the conductive yarns, the miniaturised electronics. What we need is to make a simple product that is relevant and subtle. A garment is a very intimate, personal item. Accepting a new function can be a long, delicate process.” This she says, is the space the market is in now. The designer has been working with smart textiles for several years.”
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Pied de Pulse with Professor Loe Feijs
The Pied de Pulse project has two aims. The first is to study and implement a fractal-like structure of circles inspired by Apollonian circles, combined with a pied de poule (houndstooth). The second aim is to push the integration of electric actuators in garments, using the power of algorithmic design and digital manufacturing. Flat coils of copper with magnets work as vibration actuators in the garment (like the well-known rotary vibration motors, but better integrated in the garment and matching fashion production methods).
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Holst Centre • ECG Shirt
The ECG T-shirt (iteration one: blue | iteration two: red) • is made with the patented stretchable interconnect technology of Holst Centre, allowing a technical and also a smooth aesthetical integration of biometric sensing throughout the garment.
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Cliff • an automatized zipper
Developed by Mohamad Zairi Baharom, Eindhoven University of Technology.
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Kristi Kuusk: Smart Textiles for Wellbeing
Thanks Kristi Kuusk for this lovely article about Smart textiles for wellbeing! The Sustainable and supportive garments for nurses project is featured.
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Featured in the Holst Centre yearbook 2015
A few of the projects by-wire.net made for holst are published in the yearbook. Exiting detail: the book gives light, just as the featured garment! read more
SLEM shoe technology workshop
Wearable technology applications for footwear are increasingly popular as a field of interest for companies in all market segments. In this workshop, Marina Toeters of by-wire.net went over the basics of input-output and programming to understand not only what is possible to achieve through wearable technology, but also what is wanted and what can change with the use of these new opportunities. SLEM organized this workshop. Here a few results out of the 4-days workshop. read more
Marina presents in Brazil [May 2016]
Marina presented her work @festival Path in Sao Paulo. And LAJE gallery and FIRJAN – fashion seminar in Rio de Janeiro. Find here more info about Path >> Read more to see pictures and all the links to the Brazilian press.
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Prototypes for user testing medical applications
by-wire.net is working with the world’s top brands to build solutions to support a growing number of medical applications, from heart, lung and brain monitoring solutions to blankets which provide light therapy. read more
Presenting fashion tech @IETM
Marina had the chance to present at the yearly conference of IETM. IETM is a network of over 500 performing arts organisations and individual members working in the contemporary performing arts worldwide. We inspired performance artists about wearables: great indepth discussions!!! read more
Workshop fashion technology Utrecht School of Art
Find here a selection of results out of a two-week seminar with 20 design students of the Utrecht School of Arts, guided by Marina Toeters. read more
Japaneese Press!!!
How cool: Marina and by-wire.net featured at a Japaneese website!!!
difa.me/people/marina-toeters
Smart Textiles event in Barcelona, organized by the Dutch Embassy in Spain
Smart services, smart production, smart textiles: An expert meeting to exchange ideas and results in the field of smart textiles. Marina had the change to present her work and debate with the Spanish textile industry about how to approach innovation. Thanks Oscar Tomico (Euretcat / TU/e), Christel Coolen (Dutch Embassy) and many others for organizing this inspiring event!
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ILJA ASSIMILA SS16: Couture with light systems
In collaboration with the ILJA team by-wire.net has developed integrated light systems for the most recent couture collection ASSIMILA. These systems were integrated in 5 couture looks in the ASSIMILA SS16 collection, shown at Paris Fashion Week. ASSIMILA is about assimilation and therefore inspired by the skin, where the change of colour is poetically expressed in these technical light systems.
Catherine Phipps: “Ilja’s new couture collection is fluid and silky, but also contemporary and energetic: a fascinating “new pretty.”
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by-wire.net thanks you and wishes you all the best for 2016!!!
The end of the year: a good moment to reflect on all activities and celebrate the successes with you. I appreciate if you share your successes with me as well! Here some Fashion Technology highlights of 2015!
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Bright Jacket for Holst Centre
We had the pleasure to create a jacket with tiny leds for Holst Centre. The jacket features imec and Holst Centre’s flexible smart fabric interconnect technology, and miniaturized electronics. Pictures by Verse Beeldwaren.
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Fractal Art Fashion with Professor Loe Feijs
For the first time, during DDW15 we show the 4 iterations fashion pieces of Fractal Art Fashion together. by-wire.net in cooperation with TU/e Industrial Design, Loe Feijs (TU/e). Designing new patterns and garments using recursive algorithms. The tools used for the algorithmic design are mathematics, in particular tessellation theory (like Escher) and iterated function systems (to make fractals). The garments are realized using laser cutting, laser engraving (at TU/e) and a collection of other techniques such as stitching and welding in the studio of by-wire.net. Three fashion items were shown in Seoul and Baltimore and are now shown in Eindhoven for the first time. On the floor are the 24 pages of four mathematics papers published by the Bridges conference 2012-2015 and written by Loe Feijs, Marina Toeters and Jun Hu. Download here all papers!
Zishi posture sensing garment
Posture monitoring and correction technologies can support prevention and treatment of spinal pain or can help detect and avoid compensatory movements during the neurological rehabilitation of upper extremities, which can be very important to ensure their effectiveness. Zishi posture sensing garment is designed and developed by Qi Wang, PhD student of TU/e.
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4th dimension – Dynamic Knit with Jesse Asjes
Installation by Jesse Asjes, Providence USA, Marina Toeters and Rowan Verbraak, by-wire.net, Utrecht NL. Creating shape and volume by draping from knitted cloth informed by-wire.net and jsssjs to create a 4th dimension – dynamic knit. This wearable prototype has a volume that shape shifts and is tailored by local manufacturing.
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Marina Toeters @RTL Boulevard
Friday the 16th of October 2015 Marina Toeters • by-wire.net had the opportunity to reach out to a greater public and talk about fashion technology via RTL Boulevard. Have a look here! Special thanks to: Holst Centre for making this possible.
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DDW 2015: Fashion Technology route!!! NazcAlpaca, One Wash, Zishi Posture Sensing, and more….
Visit by-wire.net during Dutch Design Week: 17-25 October 2015, Eindhoven, The Netherlands! There will be several collaborative by-wire.projects on show. Like Zishi, NazcAlpaca, One Wash, Ting Gong‘s graduation work, 4th dimension – Dynamic Knit with Jesse Asjes and Fractal Art Fashion with Loe Feijs. Here an overview and route suggestion. Download this route as PDF-file >>
NazcAlpaca • high-end body monitoring & wearables for environmental awareness
With the help of Bear Creek Mining S.A.C. in Peru we developed the first proof of concept to combine alpaca yarn with innovative wearable technology: NazcAlpaca. An innovative training system to avoid work related stress issues. The NazcAlpaca shirt monitors your body, with this app you can adjust settings, start training and check your history. Two scarfs can measure the air quality and temperature around the wearer. Here you will find a visual documentation of the process and its prototypes so far.
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Imec and Holst Centre Showcase Advanced Smart Garment at ITF Brussels 2015
Press release: June 24, 2015 – Today, imec and Holst Centre are demonstrating the most advanced smart garment to date at the Imec Technology Forum (ITF) in Brussels. The smart t-shirt measures a highly accurate electrocardiogram (ECG), recognizes activity and calculates energy expenditure in an unobtrusive way. The t-shirt features imec and Holst Centre’s flexible smart fabric interconnect technology, and miniaturized electronics. The smart t-shirt allows for maximum user comfort and natural movement.
A project from Holst Centre. Photo’s by Marc Koetse. Shirt design and prototyping of the shirt is done by us: by-wire.net.
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A Novel Line Fractal Pied de Poule (Houndstooth)
In earlier work Loe Feijs and Marina Toeters proposed a fractal pied de poule inspired by Cantor’s dust, building on a mathematical analyis of the classical pied de poule pattern (fPDP). Now we propose another fractal pied de poule implemented as a single line.
We calculate the fractal dimension and develop a fashion item based on the new pattern, to be shown at Bridges, Baltimore USA. Download here the paper >>
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kM publication: Mode die voor ons zorgt
Thanks Monika Auch for the lovely publication about Zorgzame Bedrijfskleding and the Philips Blue Touch!
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kM publication: Wearables zijn hot
Thanks Monika Auch for the lovely publication about 5 prototypes of the CRISP smart textile services project!
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Zorgzame Bedrijfskleding @Dutch Technology Week Eindhoven
Tech Meets Design: Innovation Exchange: More information here>
Smart Fashion @ Electronics & Automation fair
Marina presenting at the Wearable Electronics / Smart Fashion Seminar part of Electronics & Automation fair @Jaarbeurs Utrecht. Photo: Oscar Tomico
Drapely in Leonardo!!! [and Triangled Coat on the cover]
Finally the publication is out!!! Loe Feijs and Marina Toeters have an publication in today’s leading journal on contemporary for the art, science and technology: LEONARDO!!! Besides that our article is accepted: Triangled Coat, a work out of 2007, is shining on the cover!
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Solar Fiber knitted shirt with JSSSJS
Together with Jesse Asjes we developed this Solar Fiber knitted shirt. Optical fibers are integrated during the knitting process. Tiny photodiodes are connected to the end of the fibers to transform the transported light into electrical current.
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Led prototype constructed with conductive glue for MaanR&D
Via the research center of Saxion Smart Functional Materials I was asked to design and make a garment to show the outstanding qualities of conductive glue developed by MaanR&D. The sweater is made out of scrubbed Lycra, the conductive fabric is laser cut in the Maan logo and than laminated on the Lycra fabric. After the sweater was finished MaanR&D connected tiny LED’s with conductive glue.
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Workshop Fashion Interaction @Umeå Institute of Design
In September 2014 I had the pleasure to run a workshop week together with Jos van der Weele and the extremely talented Interaction Designers of the Umeå Institute of Design. Here some results. Thanks Thu Thuy Nguyen, Kallirroi Pouliadou, Johan Grönskog, Emily Keller, Henrike Feckenstedt, Henriette Stykow and Dongzhi Xia.
CRISP Smart Textile Services prototype: Print Dress
Prototypes made within the Crisp project about Smart Textile Services together with Saxion.
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Blue light wristband by Philips, on show @TechTextil 2015
In 2013 we made several Blue light wristband prototypes for Philips. Now on show during TechTextil 2015 in Frankfurt one of the prototypes with the beautiful integration technology of Imec and Holst Centre.
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Woven light art: Ank Hazelhoff
This beautiful woven object from Ank Hazalhoff is made out of tiny LED’s and fiber optics that transport the light. The work has been exhibited during the Textiel Festival in Leiden from 13 to 16 may 2015.
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Fespa entry for Coldenhove Papier
by-wire.net helped Dirk van Vreeswijk to develop a concept for the Fespa Contest and made 4 garments as demonstrators out of the transfer printed fabric made with outstanding Coldenhove Papier. Vote here!
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Spine Dress @Textiel Festival Leiden
Presenting (and explaining) the comfortable feeling of Spine Dress.
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CRISP Smart Textile Service expo @TextielMuseum
So lovely to see all the work coming together: Here the CRISP Smart Textiles, Wearable Services exhibition in TextielMusuem Tilburg. This was on show till February 2015.
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Zorgzame Bedrijfskleding in Trouw (Dutch newspaper)
Crisp – Smart Textile Services expo @Heim Textil
CRISP Smart Textile Services had the opportunity to present at HeimTextil in the Messe Frankfurt. More info: crisp – smart textile services. Marina helped with to make the samples.
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Lovely 2015!
by-wire.international • 2014
London, Sofia Bulgaria, Japan, RI USA, Umeå Sweden, Liverpool, Ghent
Thanks Anke, Antoine, Anton, Beam, Daisy, Ellen, Erik, Esther, Floor, Ger, Gert, Han, Hans, Helene, Henk, Huub, Iris, Janny, Jenny, Jesse, Judith, Koen, Laura, Lilian, Loe, Maarten, Matthijs, Marloes, Melissa, Michiel, Murielle, Nicole, Oma, Omar, Oscar, Pauline, Pierie, Ralf, Robert, Samira, Sander, Sarien, Stephan, Stoffel, Tessa, Tineke, Wim, students @HKU, Saxion, TU/eindhoven, ETT, Umeå, ABWxD and many many many more for this wonderful year!
MVO Sustainable and supportive garments for nurses
by-wire.net was involved in the wonderful development and co-creation process between 4 ambitious care/cure institutes, three work wear producers and textile experts. Here pictures of the results during a conference for the health sector in Rotterdam, December 4. 2014. See the posture sensor, the gas sensor, the supportive under layer, the futuristic pattern design and the comfortable materials.
What you don’t see: the materials are as sustainable as possible, so also better for our world. More info here >> (in Dutch). And RTL Boulevard (minute 13:58)
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Psoriasis therapy device: Philips Blue Control
Last year I had the pleasure to consult and prototype the fixation and textile research, during the development process of the Philips Blue Control: “The world’s first wearable blue LED light therapy device to treat skin disease psoriasis vulgaris.” Now it is out there!!!
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Keynote speaker @SIA-congres 2014
Marina is honoured to share her experiences as creative professional and freelance educator at 3 different institutes during the event of universities of applied science in the Netherlands. Thursday the 27th of November 2014 in Den Haag.
De Kledingbibliotheek will select Marina’s outfit for this event. Thank you girls!
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Liverpool and Ghent
Busy week for the international office: Sunday till Tuesday in Liverpool (UK) discussing the Economic Value of the Creative Industry at the Apeldoorn conference. Thursday and Friday in Ghent presenting a paper together with Professor Loe Feijs about Actuating Movement in Refined Wearables at the Global Fashion Conference (BE).
Lovely inspirational events to discuss the relevance of fashion technology and meet a lot of new people!
Marina participates at ‘a better world by design’, Providence, Rhode Island USA
One of the best experiences in 2014 was to participate in the ‘a better world by design’ event in Providence, Rhode Island USA. Pierie, one of the wonderful organizers of this event wrote this in her thank-you-letter: “The (3) workshops were incredible – collaborative and engaging and fascinating and your talk tied together all the ideas in a beautiful way.”
It was so lovely to work with all these super enthusiastic people and I would like to thank Matthijs Vertooren and Jesse Asjes for all their help and support during these lovely days in Providence USA!
The movie shows the result out of the “activating an outfit workshop”. The three pictures show the “Guerrilla Stretch Sensor Knitting workshop” on the grass at lunch.
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2014 Designing a Country publication
Societies the world over are facing enormous challenges today.
The economic crisis has left its mark on them. Their populations are ageing; and the fossil fuels on which they run are becoming scarcer.
Population growth has put pressure on the quality of life, infrastructure and environmental quality of cities worldwide. But there is good news too.
The Netherlands is actively helping to face these global challenges.
This booklet shows some examples how The Netherlands reacts on this via their creative industry. by-wire.net fills 6 pages totally in the end of the booklet. Download the publication.
Smart textile workshops for kids – 1) Sound Embracer
Make your own music instrument out of stretchy fabrics, conductive yarns and electronics:
part 1 technique and part 2 stretch sensor is a combined workshop, appropriate for children at the age of 9 — 12 years with the help of their parents. Developed by Daisy van Loenhout and Daniëlle de Jonge.
Smart textile workshops for kids – 2) Cable Monster
Do you know how to re-use old materials in a creative and original way? In this workshops we will use the 3D weave technique and give old materials a new life! For children at the age of 6 — 9 years. Developed by Kris van Loon.
Smart textile workshops for kids – 3) Light Cuddly
Design your own cuddly out of wool felt, a small lamp and other electronics. For children at the age of 3 — 6 years. Developed by Roos Buitendijk.
Smart textile workshops for kids – 4) My Machine
Are you a true inventor? Build your own weave machine out of wood, plastic, baskets and little sticks. Follow the instructions or design your own machine! For children at the age of 3 — 6 years. Developed by Tessa Tailford and Zoé Daemen.
Solar Fiber development
The idea behind Solar Fiber is a flexible photovoltaic fiber that converts sunlight energy into electrical energy. We aim to develop this as a yarn that can be worked into all sorts of fabrics. This “smart material” will be able to be used in all sorts of applications where textiles are currently used, but with the added advantage of being able to produce an electrical current.
CRISP Smart Textile Services prototype: Spine Dress
Prototypes made within the Crisp project about Smart Textile Services together with Lantor and Saxion.
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Push boundaries with ETT students
For the sixth year, the TextielMuseum is organising the European Textile Trainee (ETT) programme. Nine talented, international master’s students with a passion for textiles, technology and materials, will immerse themselves for five weeks in the possibilities of textiles. Marina Toeters coached the students throughout their process. More info >>
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Design of a nature-like fractal celebrating warp knitting
Marina had the pleasure to design the print and dress out of a Warp Knitting Fractal principle developed by Professor Loe Feijs (TU/e). He presented the results at the Mathematical Art Galleries in Seoel, South Korea.
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Workshop technologists @TextielMuseum
As preparation on the ETT project all textile experts and technologists of the TextielMuseum were invited to join a workshop in soft electronics.
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Night of the Nerds full of fashion-tech!
Smart Textile Services – involving the Dutch textile industry
Since end 2011 Marina was involved in the Creative Industry Scientific Programme via the research center Smart Functional Materials of Saxion. This research was all about Smart Textile Services.
Designing and Selling ‘Soft Product’ – ‘Valuable Service’ systems (Smart Textile Services) is about the development of successful methods, platforms, guiding principles and the business models required to understand the multi-disciplinary opportunities and challenges of creating Smart Textile Product Service Systems.
In 4 years we teamed up with the Dutch textile industry to create lots of knowledge, publications, exhibitions and 11 wonderful projects. Learn here more about it.
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by-wire.net is MVO partner
by-wire.net is a fresh MVO partner! Currently we are working with them on a collaborative development towards a more supportive and sustainable work wear collection for care givers.
Future Devices event of Cambridge Wireless in London
27th March 2014: ‘On Trend – High Fashion meets High Technology’ @UCL in London Text with help >>
This one-day event brought together practitioners from fashion design, and wireless technology, working at the cutting edge – where fashion and technology meet. Speakers include Dr Sally Day of UCL, me: Marina Toeters of by-wire.net, Koen van Os of Philips Research, Rob Milner of Cambridge Consultants and Francesca Rosella of CuteCircuit.
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SaxShirt by Saxion
A sensing shirt that measures breathing rhythm, heartbeat, and temperature of the person. Prototype production by-wire.net: Marina Toeters & Melissa Bonvie. The shirt is on display @University Twente in Enschede.
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Glowing collar for Rijksmuseum via Philips Research
Rijksmuseum initiated the project Luminous Couture: a glowing collar, inspired by the 17th century costumes of the wealthy bourgeois in the Amsterdam Canal Belt. The 21st Century interpretation contains LED technology.
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Wonderful 2014!!!
Demonstrator for Holst Centre (baby wrap)
Marina had the possibility to design and develop the outer layers of this baby wrap together with Margreet de Kok from Holst Centre. More info: >>
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Solar Fiber featured in China
More info about Solar Fiber> by-wire.net/solar-fiber-development/ or about this article: fastcompany.cn
Drapely-O-Lightment in Designhuis Eindhoven
Tip: Visit this expo during Dutch Design Week 2013 in Eindhoven! More info: designhuis.nl
Pictures: Lizzy Kalisvaart for The New Institute.
2013 Research through design: a way to drive innovative solutions in the field of smart textiles
Paper by Marina Toeters, Martijn ten Bhömer, Eliza Bottenberg, Oscar Tomico, Ger Brinks. Saxion University of applied science Enschede (Saxion), Technical University Eindhoven (TU/e), The Netherlands
Abstract Research through design allows creating a dialogue with the material. It uses making and reflection on action as a generator of knowledge. Our aim is to explore the opportunities and challenges of smart textiles. The Fablab is our set up, a place that allows us to combine the hackingscientific-, and design community. It stimulates collaboration and the knowledge exchange needed for the development of smart textile systems. A collaborative prototyping workshop for medical
products combined two worlds. The textile world in Saxion aims at incorporating conductive materials into textile structures and functional- / 3D printing to create systems for applications such as flexible heating systems and wearable technology. We combined this with the world of Industrial Design at TU/e, focused on the design of intelligent products, systems and services by the research through design approach. The collaboration between these different disciplines accelerated the process by reducing the resistance to the new and skipped the frustration on failure. Download the complete paper here.
fPDP selected for the international conference on culture and computing, Kyoto, Japan: Creative Programming and Generative Arts: Pied de Poule
Marina Toeters at by-wire.net loves to expand innovative fashion by sharing knowledge and Feijs loves making contributions to the field of creative programming and apply them. The proposed artwork, combines culture, mathematics, fashion, computing, and innovative material processing. More info >>
Philips Blue Touch
Since August 2010 by-wire.net is working for Philips on the straps to attach the Pain Relief Patch onto the body. The patch and straps are for sale at the pharmacy shops as Philips Blue Touch. by-wire.net was involved in the research and development areas prototyping, user comfort, product design, material (textile) research, fitting / sizing and production sourcing. More info for buying>>
fPDP: a novel textile pattern, accepted for Bridge conference
Two art works of Professor Feijs (TU/eindhoven) and Marina Toeters (tech fashion designer) are accepted for the Bridge conference. The works are each a combination of fashion, new technology, and mathematics. 1) Drapely-o-lightment is a skirt designed around the themes of drapability and light. 2) fPDP is a novel textile pattern: fractal Pied de Poule. Here fPDP applied in the design of a men’s jacket.
e-textile swatch – Skin patch with magnet zipper
As member of the E-textile group I was asked to contribute to a e-textile swatch book 2013. As by-wire.net is developing products worn close to the body I tried to address some discussion topics that often occur during the process. Four of them are combined in this e-textile swatch.
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Marina @Smart Fabrics 2013 Barcelona, Spain!
Reed more about this conference.
Or read an interview with Marina Toeters on smart fabrics trends, innovation, and what she’s looking forward to most at Smart Fabrics Europe.
Visitetaartje
For Yildiz Celie and Communicatie in Teamverband we 3D-printed some moulds to enable them making decorated cakes ;-)
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Saxion Living Technology – Marina Toeters
Crossover Works #1 Highlight 02 more than fashion
An interview and photoshoot in the studio of by-wire.net page 34-39. Download the total booklet.
Or reed more about the booklet initiative: clicknl.nl
Solar Fiber Jacket [with solar cells]
To test the current state of the art in tiny solar cells we decided to make a jacket with rigid cells. Here you find the result out of this.
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Amsterdam Fashion Week: pop-up catwalk
Marina Toeters was invited to show two looks during the opening weekend of the Amsterdam Fashion Week. Together with Professor Loe Feijs she showed the Drapely-o-lightment and a few OLED accessoires. Together with team Solar Fiber she showed the Cell Jacket and a Solar Fiber dress from Meg Grant.
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Drapely-o-lightment with TU/e and Philips Research
Drapability and light are the two design themes of this skirt. The light sources used are 6 OLEDS (Organic light-emitting diodes), integrated in a fabric consisting out of over 2500 patches.
Drapely-o-lightenment was shown at Architextiles in Tilburg, Place-it in Berlin, and Gouden Geesten in Utrecht and Pretty Smart Textiles Ronse, Belgium.
Thanks to: Prof. Dr. Ir. Loe Feijs, TU/eindhoven and Koen van Os, Philips Reserach.
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2012 Analysis of parallel collaboration assignments in smart textile design
Marina Toeters and Ger Brinks from the Saxion Lectoraat Smart Functional Materials presented this paper during the ‘Onderzoek voor een vitale regio’ congress 2012.
Abstract To investigate the different kinds of expertise necessary for the development of Smart Textile Services we initiated an assignment to develop new Smart Textile Services concepts for elderly that can be used during rehabilitation (ten Bhömer, et all 2012) and executed this project in 2 different institutes: Saxion University of Applied Sciences and Eindhoven University of Technology.
The blue dots are the activities. Horizontal is the timeline from the -left- beginning till the end of the process. The 6 competences are placed on the vertical line:
1. User Focus & Perspective: Getting to know their user.
2. Ideas & Concepts: Creating ideas and transform them into concepts.
3. Social & Cultural Awareness: Reflect on context and existing products.
4. Form & Senses: Design explorations for the actual products.
5. Integrating Technology: Research, develop and implement (existing) technology.
6. Business: Find out how to create a valuable business with the project.
Download the full paper.
Design process of a waste conscious scarf with contrechoc
Reporting the design process of an e-textile in the context of awareness of the problems created by textiles containing electronics. Designers should be able to produce a design which takes recycling and pollution into account before it becomes a huge problem when e-textiles are mass produced. The sensor measures the air quality around the scarf.
A collaborative project between contrechoc.com and by-wire.net.
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The first complete e-wearable pervasive game platform
Woven Wearable Games is a Master graduation project at the Utrecht School of the Arts created by Christiaan Ribbens and Patrick Kersten.
This summer Melissa Bonvie and Marina Toeters helped them by designing and making 2 interactive sweaters.
Check the concept around this ‘Pervasive Game’ and more details: wearablegames.eu
Presenting a poster for STS-CRISP @Cimtec conference Italy
Cimtec conference “Smart Materials, Structures and Systems” in Montecatini Terme, on June 10 to 14, 2012. Eliza Botterberg (Saxion, Smart Functional Materials) and Marina Toeters had the pleasure to attend this conference. Download the Cimtec Book of Abstracts
Carried out as part of the project “Smart Textile Services” sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs under the CRISP program.
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Interview NRC.next: Harvest energy with your coat
Today (6-6-2012) page 18-19 in the NRC.next. Interview!!! Wek ook eens energie op met je jas.
Download in PDF: Interview Marina Toeters NRC.next
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€5000 price for the best idea: solar fiber
Team Solar Fiber: Ralf Jacobs, Meg Grant, Aniela Hoitink and Marina Toeters
More info: ideaswaitingtohappen.com
And check the developments around Solar Fiber: by-wire.net/solar-fiber-development/
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Wearble Senses article CURSOR, TU/e newspaper
Suikerspin experiment with Thijs Rijkers
We did an experiment to make new material out of old synthetic fabrics. Thijs Rijkens, student Product Design HKU, made an rotating heating system with little holes to press the material around, as a ‘suikerspin-machine’. Here a small collection of jewelry and garment parts. More info about Thijs’ work: thijsrijkers.nl
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We wish you a warm, diverse and energetic 2012!
Presentation Green Fashion Competition
Mode op de maan: publication in Bright 42
A full page publication in Bright 42 about the moonlife project. Also thanks to great photography by Maarten van der Meer and model: Melinda!
Valérie over modetechnologie – voor CityZine Gent 2011
Bright article
Thanks Christophe of Bright.nl for this nice article
Find images and read more critics on: http://www.bright.nl/modebewust-naar-de-maan
Here already one critical remark from Bomboora: “De mode industrie die op aarde gigantisch vervuilend is en mensen aanzet om ieder seizoen kleren te vervangen gaat nu hetzelfde doen op de maan? Gaan ze dan beweren dat we niet meer gekleed zijn volgens de laatste maanfase mode ? Geef die eikels toch geen publiciteit.”
Thanks Bomboora! You are very right about the polution from the fashion industry. Lets work on this problem.
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PR Design.nl
PR by Awearness Fair Fashion
by-wire.net present @ Picnic Marketplace
Marina Toeters active in the Saxion Smart Functional Material reserach group
The research center Smart Functional Materials (SFM) of Saxion University for applied sciences is based in Enschede. Since the summer of 2011 Marina Toeters is an active member of this team of interdisciplinary experts in the field of Smart Materials, especially textiles.
Amongst other project Marina will represent Saxion involved in the CRISP (Creative Industry Scientific Program) Platform, pathway Smart Textile Services.
Quote in Items #2 2011
Thanks to Chris Reinewald a quotation in the Dutch article: Tech-textile and fashion.
Items #2 2011, page 43, about collaboration between technological institutes and designers.
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Human&Kind: Moon Life collection
In 50 years the Moon Life Academy and European Space Agency (ESA) expect that bigger groups could live together on the moon. To make the moon and society ready for this big step there needs to happen a lot. Like how to link humanity and kindness to protection against an absurd and technical environment?
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Publication Alter Nature Modemuseum Hasselt
Alter nature: The future that never was
Publication 2011 of Modemuseum Hasselt (be)
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a positive and colorful 2011!
Connected Garments
imagine…
…your clothing is taking care of you feeling at home and being in touch with your friends while you walk around. Clothing will make appointments, dates, it will blog about you, of course it keeps track of daylight, of being at work or in a disco. Your clothing is talking to the clothing of others, exchanging information which is interesting for you.
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Human & Kind • by-wire.net for Moon Life [ESA]
In 50 years the Moon Life Academy and ESA expect that bigger groups of people could live on the moon. To make the moon and society ready for this big step there needs to happen a lot. Like how to link humanity and kindness to protection against an absurd and technical environment?
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Moon Academy collaborated, to discover new concepts for living on the moon. Therefor they asked several designers and artists to create concepts and visions about how we, as society, could and would become ‘moon habitants’. Alicia Framis of the Moon Life Academy asked Marina to join the Moon Life team to explore design concepts in the field of fashion.
Alicia asked Marina’s input because of her experience with new (smart) textiles. Textile communicates good with the body and brings softness and tactility in life. On the moon, humans will have to depend heavily on technology. However, technology is not know for its softness.
Which textiles would suit best to moon life? Find here more about this extensive research!
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First price Unlimited Design Contest 2010: Solar Scarf!
Future vision on the production of solar energy with the items you wear. Film technologies for flexible solar cells in the avant-garde looking solar cell. Via these shapes more solar radiation can be captured.
The ECN back-contacted cell proved it is better performing and easier to assemble compared to conventional cells. But it is also better looking. The design of the front-side metallization pattern is much more uniform and visually appealing than the conventional solar cells.
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Gogbot Enschede
Vibrating shirt reacts on music
64 vibrators are integrated in this shirt. All these tiny vibrators can be individually controlled. A microchip with wireless connection is connected to a system that translates music in tactile information. High tones will be felt high on the body, with low tones the lowest vibrators come in action. That’s how you can feel Beethoven move onto your body or Tiësto beating all over you arms and back.
This project is commissioned by the Utrecht School of Art; music, interaction & game department, in and made in collaboration with Tim Walther. Pictures by Maarten van der Meer
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by-wire.net present @Kunstgras 2010
Wireless sensor costumes for Marloeke van der Vlugt
Development and production of a wireless sensor costumes, by Waag Society and by-wire.net. Design of the suit is a collaboration between Marina Toeters and Marloeke van der Vlugt.
12 different sensors are integrated into a digital printed jersey with embroidery effect.
This suit will be used in Duetten, 1-5 June 2011 in Het Veemtheater with Marjolein Vogels, Sarah Manya, Tim van Elferen. Theater design and production by Marloeke van der Vlugt.
collaborative textile: fashion vs interieur
by-wire.net meets JSSSJS
This project was developed in collaboration between Marina Toeters of by-wire.net and Jesse Asjes JSSSJS Product Design. Jesse Asjes is a textile designer posed by technology and innovation. Jesse chooses ‘Slow design’, where designs come from the intended use rather than appearance or image. Sustainability and quality are its central.
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Master thesis experiment: Dyna Seat Dress
Dynafoam 3D cutted PU foam [>>] here presented in the dress-seat. This garment can be used as dress, as well as seat. If you build on history, you will never get lost in the future. That’s why I have chosen a baroc shape constructed in innovative materials.
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Master thesis experiment: Ecological Suited
Ecological yakwool and hemp
garments [>>] hemp fabric is 5 times as strong as cotton and better for our environment, durability on top.
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Master thesis experiment: Fire Fighter Suit
Ten Cate firefighter body suit [>>] Future vision made out of moisture management fabric; chemical resistant but breathable. In the extrapolation we find the development to multi-risk fabrics.
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Master thesis experiment: Triangled Coat
Triangled coat with TNO, HKU and Printed Unlimited [>>] inspired on the 3D body measuring system of TNO. Digital printed on the new full width jet printer at the HKU and fixated by Print Unlimited in Horst, Limburg.
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Master thesis experiment: Tecatud
Ten Cate & TUDelft reflecting raincoat [>>] fabric for safety in traffic with tiny glass bolls and applied electronic features for user comfort.
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Master thesis experiment: Huggy Care
Kwintet KLM huggycare [>>] antibacterial dress as inspiration of future care wear that must become more careful-looking.
The kintting is made out synthetic yarn. Nanotechnology is used to produce the silver yarn.
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