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| Twirl | ||
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| Author(s): | Grace Kim |  |
| Instructor: | Papadopoulos, Despina Igoe, Tom |
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| Class: | Personal Expression & Wearable Sensor Workshop |
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| URL: | http://www.iamgracie.com/twirl | |
| Documents: | (JPEG) | |
| Keywords: | wearables, physical computing, thermochromic, electoluminescent strips, accelerometer, conductive thread | |
| A garment that encourages play | ||
| When a child wears a piece of clothing, their first instinct is to play with it (stomping in boots, pulling on the sleeves of their sweaters.) Little girls will always spin around when wearing a skirt and my project encourages its adult wearer to do the same. There are 3 light panels on the skirt. One lights when the user spins slightly, encouraging her to spin longer to make more panels light. | ||
| Background: | I found it odd this past spring, when fuller skirts were in fashion, to walk down the street and see grown women marching down the street, businesslike and stressed, wearing poofy, pastel skirts. A little girl's mood would be immediately lifted by such a garment, but these women were not affected at all. I tried to think of a piece of clothing that would be charming and inspire a sense of play. | |
| Technical System Description: | The skirt is made of a navy wool that has a circuit board with a 2-axis accelerometer sewn into the waist. The accelerometer triggers three el paper panels that are embroidered in a column along the seam of the skirt. As the wearer spins, more el panels light. | |
| Project References, Research and Literature: | Despina Papadopoulos Tom Igoe | |