Week 05 | Dec 08–11 — Tuesday, December 8th After the feedback from the catwalk on Friday we are now looking to make our wearable a little more fantastic. For us this means considering what parts of the wearable should inflate, as well as how this inflation looks. We also would like to focus more on the sound of…

Week 04 | Dec 01–04 — Tuesday, December 1st Before our group splits again for the textile workshop, we updated those who were not there for the end of last week on our progress. As a quick refresh, our concept was sparked by a question that was raised during one of our many discussions: “What is our relationship with…

Week 03 | Nov 26–27 — Thursday, November 26th Yesterday our group was split between the textile workshop and the atelier where we continued to work on our concept/prototype. Those of us who were not in the workshop began the day with a quick refresher of the discussion from the previous evening. We had considered a wearable that attempts…

Week 03 | Nov 25 — Despite starting the day with the intention of creating an advanced prototype for our concept, we somehow ended up experimenting with materials—again. Not that it isn’t fun to walk around like the Michelin Man with inflatable wearables, but we all agreed that a more clear direction was needed. …

Week 03 | Nov 24 — At the end of last week we switched our focus from material exploration, back to thinking about the goal or purpose of our project. This required us to ask ourselves the following question: “What does it mean to cry?” We did some quick research and also shared our thoughts with…

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Week 02 | Nov 18–20 — Material Exploration, Nov 18 On Wednesday we spent the entire day quick prototyping with various materials. In the morning we worked individually from home, each trying out different things. We experimented with a range of materials, such as wax, glue, corn starch, paper pulp, and textiles. Later in the afternoon we met up at…

Week 01 | Nov 12 — As we only met briefly the previous day, we began our day considering emotional literacy. What does this even mean? When you say a person is literate in a subject, it generally means they are well-versed, both in their experiences and the material they've read. …

Week 01 | Nov 11 — In the morning everyone had the opportunity to perform their analog personal data. From live drawings and the mixing of water colour paints, to self-made beats and hand gestures representing leg positions — all the performances were really interesting interpretations of the individually collected data. …