Touch-Sensitive Clothing
Published by Rudy De Waele February 19th, 2007 in Women in Mobile, Mobile Lifestyle, User-Experience, Usability, Art, Experience Design, Augmented Reality, Innovation, Conversations Tags: art, augmented reality, cati vaucelle, Experience Design, innovation, Mobile Lifestyle, mobility, textile, touch sensitive, usability, user experience, Women in Mobile, yasmine abbas.Excellent interview from Régine Debatty with Cati Vaucelle at we make money not art. Asking Cati whether she’s a researcher, artist, designer, or something inbetween… Cati answers:
I am a knowledge shopper. I studied philosophy and fine arts, applied computer science, psychology, and computational linguistics starting in Paris with a B.S. in mathematics and economics. (…)
Some kind of digital bricoleur, Cati works together with m-trends.org contributor Yasmine Abbas exploring the design of a touch-sensitive dress for massage and sensory therapy.
The research focuses on the material - how the structure and the embedded components of the garment participate in pushing its function to become an envelope or cocoon for one’s well-being. Touch·Sensitive is a haptic apparel that allows massage therapy to be diffused, customized and controlled by people on the move. It provides individuals with a sensory and alerting cocoon.(…)
Can’t wait to get one of these!
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yeah, might look good printed on a t-shirt: “i am touch sensitive”.
the prototype does look very interesting