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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00364
- Thesis Title
- Designing Fabric Interactions. A Study of Knitted Fabrics as an Electronic Interface Medium
- Author
- Ramyah Gowrishankar
- E-mail
- ramyah.gowrishankar
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- MA in New Media
- Year
- 2011
- Number of Pages
- 111
- University
- Aalto university School of Art and Design
- Thesis Supervisor
- Till Bovermann
- Supervisor e-mail
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- MA in New Media
- Copyright Ownership
- ramyah.g AT gmail.com
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English
- URL where full thesis can be found
- Keywords
- Electronic textiles, fabric interactions, knitted fabrics, ludic design.
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- The field of electronic textiles although a young one, has gained momentum in the last decade. Textiles have been an integral part of our cultures for thousands of years and have adapted to the different needs and lives of people. They provide a rich source for interactions and scenarios from the context of our everyday lives that can be reinterpreted for electronic interfacing. Creative practitioners working in the field of e-textiles aim at efficiently combining electronics with traditional fabric materials. However, not many have tried to derive inspiration from the existing language of fabrics to design these interfaces. Most of the commercial e-textile products, while incorporating cutting-edge technologies, seem to copy ordirectly follow previous trends in wearable computing rather than truly attempting to design specifically fo relectronic interfacing.