New Textiles 2011

Interactive art with textile sensor

For this project I made a crocet pressure sensor with wool yarns and conductive (for sensor) yarns. Since I had no experience of crochet, this is a very interesting experience of learning this traditional technique. I added 1 stitch and 2 stitches alternatively to each of the stitches of the previous circle in order to [...]

Computational Design

Due: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 See student designs here For this assignment you will create a computationally generated textile pattern. You’ll write a program that generates a pattern and use the embroidery machine, laser cutter, knitting machine (or another CNC device, ie: a CNC loom or a 3D printer) to automatically produce the pattern.

Final Project Proposals

Due: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 See student proposals here. For your final project, you’ll explore a specific set of materials, techniques, or applications in depth. You are very welcome (in fact encouraged) to work in groups. The project could take many different forms, including but not limited to: