An EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Funded project. The sustainable development of wearable technologies, smart and electronic textiles.
Touch Acoustics, a Multi-Sensory Textile Interface
A prototype that responds to touch and movement to produce an array of changing soundscapes.
Patterns for Textile Repair
A hands-on workshop to introduce the possibilities of using algorithmic design to generate stitch patterns, based on Japanese Sashiko techniques.
Algo Repair
Sashiko Rice Stitch Demo – Fixed Drawing Interactive Sashiko Rice Stitch Watch the animation, then draw your own green diagonal lines! Animation Controls ▶ Start Demo ⏸ Pause ⏭ Next Step 🔄 Reset Drawing Mode ✏️ Enable Drawing 🗑️ Clear Lines ✏️ Drawing Active! Click on any rice center (cross intersection), then click on another…
The Value of Repair and Upcycling Actions
A short film describing the work of a repair cafe to build skills, wellbeing and emotional resilience for members of the local community.
VOICE Artist-Led Innovation Through Citizen Engagement
A project co-funded by the EU and UKRI to encourage citizen engagement using artist-led innovation to support arts-technology-society interactions.
Fabricbot: An App-Based Chatbot for Clothes Repair
Fabricbot is an app-based chatbot to help facilitate clothes repair related activities including damage inspection and material understanding.
The E-Stitches Collective Zine Launch
The first issue of The E-Stitches Collective Zine features 29 inspiring e-textile projects created by members of the e-stitches community. Showcasing works from past to present, it highlights an array of e-textile practices
Consumer Experience Digital Tools for Dematerialisation for the Circular Economy
An EPSRC funded project between RCA and UCL to design and develop digital tools that empower citizen-consumers to extend product life.
UX Design Workshop
UX designers, hackers and digital experts extend the design and functionality of the digital tools for clothes repair developed by the CXDT project over a two-day hackathon event.