Giving Body to Digital Fashion Tools

Book Chapter (2017)
Author(s)

Bruna Petreca (Royal College of Art, TU Delft - Materializing Futures)

DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95241-0_13 Final published version
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Publication Year
2017
Language
English
Pages (from-to)
191-204
ISBN (print)
978-1-349-95240-3
ISBN (electronic)
978-1-349-95241-0
Downloads counter
149

Abstract

‘Super technology is going to ask for super tactility’ (Lidewii Edelkoort). Exploring this statement, this chapter reflects on the disconnection between digital fashion tools that lack sensory feedback and the critical role of designers’ embodied experience for their practice. In order to support this discussion, additional literature is brought in, which shows that in dance bodily engagement is crucial for supporting and enhancing the creative process. This is done to explore aspects of mediation and embodiment further, and to propose a research agenda for the investigation of textile experience.