Monthly Archives for February 2016
Temp Expert, Wk 1/2: Readings on the Anthropocene
Biggest take away form the first set of readings was the economic tie-in to progressing with environmental policy changes. What seems to be holding many nations from signing agreements are fears that certain regulations and changes will affect their main … Continue reading
Wearables, Week 2: Readings
Reading “Design For All-Life” reminded me of Rosi Braidotti’s text, The Post-Human. Moving away from human-centered thinking to considering our relationship with the rest of the world, but also acknowledging that the way we’ve often thought about the human as … Continue reading
Wearables, Week 2: Forming an Idea
Ok, so Doing a 180 I was struggling with my previous ideas…while I liked them in certain ways, nothing was really sticking. I started thinking back to other projects I’ve been working on and realized I’ve been very interested in … Continue reading
Wearables, Week 1: Mood Board
https://www.are.na/zoe-bachman/wearables-inspo *forgot to link to my mood board last week* I’ve been toying around with this idea of non-verbal communication via wearables since I made the Semaphore Jacket last semester. There are many ways to send messages without speaking, from … Continue reading
Social Hacking, Week 1: I Will Give Anyone My Location
For our first week, we had to reinterpret Steve Lambert’s “I Will Talk With Anyone” with our own personal flavor. I found this assignment very interesting 1. Because Steve Lambert is a well-known social practice artist and that’s something I always … Continue reading
Wearables, Week 1: Soft Circuit
I wanted to try my hand a soft switch that involved some kind of social interaction, allowing another person to complete the circuit. Thought about this interest in embroidery, kind of painting with thread…thought of imagery that could look nice, … Continue reading
Wearables, Week 1: Reflections on Reading
In Losing the Thread, Virginia Postrel goes deep into the historical relationship between textiles and technology, going so far to argue that textiles are the ultimate form of technology. I particularly liked her point that technology does not need to … Continue reading
Wearables, Week 1: Favorite Garment Tracking
I had a difficult time choosing my favorite garment. I don’t think much about my clothes (hence why most of them are black). I thought about doing an old shirt of my mom’s, but all of the evidence about where … Continue reading