INFLUENCES

An interactive 3D-printed wearable which can detect other people’s gaze and respond accordingly: “What if our clothing could behave as an artificial skin capable of changing its shape and operating as an interface with the world, defining social issues such as intimacy, gender and personal identities?”

How society puts the onus of modesty on women and shames them into considering the male gaze as a result of their behaviour. A modest headscarf is given to the user to wear., with a sensor detecting presence around the scarf and if anyone comes too close, it triggers a sharp vibration near the user’s neck, forcing them to step away from others.

The exhibition Hormonal at LifeSpace Gallery at the University of Dundee brings together work by women artists who reflect on the hormone oestrogen and how it is understood socially, politically, technologically and environmentally.

A lie-detecting garment, monitoring speech through voice-stress analysis, giving feedback through lights and electric shocks. It imagines electronically enhanced clothing as a way to help people become “better”, with tech displacing the role  of religion.

“My whole life I’ve been surrounded by Muslim women who cover themselves, they’re such badasses and have incredible depth—as much as any uncovered women. As a Muslim woman, you’re often boxed into a single identity. I wanted to shift that…”

A provocative and kaleidoscopic vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media. At one point, the viewer is asked to make a “cross” gesture to enter a (Catholic) church. Smite, Swipe, Save!

A design fiction to help dispel the bigotry and stereotypes about Islam and Muslims through satire?  The maximum strength formula treats: Blind Intolerance, Unthinking Bigotry, 

Irrational Fear, US Presidential Election Year Scapegoating.

“…constructed from soft, sweat-wicking mesh with tiny holes for optimal breathability. Designed to fully cover your head and neck, an interior strap helps prevent it from slipping as you move.”

They are not a sign of weakness nor for bullies to have a go. They are not weapons of any kind. Veils are nothing to anyone but you. And your adorning of them doesn’t diminish your humanity. And they are not a green light for cowardice and vented frustration.

“We consulted nature by borrowing an ancient pH indication potion extracted from red cabbage… we applied the resulting dye to a t-shirt to visualise the concentrations of pollution in the water around us through a simple yet impactful colour change.

When worn this headpiece becomes a reflection of inner human thought as its gems’ colours alter in response to a wearer’s brain activity – modulations in emotion –  happiness and excitement to nerves and fear.

An exploration of black women and the roles they play in technology, society and culture—including speculative products, including an Afrocentric counter-surveillance aesthetic provoking discussions on privacy, transparency, identity and perception.

Uses computer vision to scan a room and calculate whom within it is attracted to the wearer. When the device finds someone, it sends a ‘ripple’ up the wearer’s spine, reflecting the excitement one feels when meeting a potential mate. If the attraction is mutual, Ripple’s tentacles move in reaction to the wearer’s gaze.

The computer-as-furoshiki is a large square of lightweight, flexible cloth. It is not, however, “cloth” as that material is currently understood. When one’s head is wrapped completely in the furoshiki, it becomes a virtual reality rig.

A mobile embodied storytelling experience through which audience members become a young woman and walk around in a crucial hour of her life.

An extension of the wearers intuition, using proximity and respiration sensors to define and protect the personal space of the wearer. Approach aggressively and the limbs move to attack position; approach calmly and it might beckon you closer.

Objects which entangle practices, processes, and policies. They transform material practice, manufacturing culture, and social constructs. The brick, the bitcoin, the steak, and the phone are archetypal knotty objects.

Headsets, in the form of unicorn horns, designed for children with ADHD. EEG sensors measure brain activity, triggering a camera that records when the wearer’s attention level spikes. This creates a visual record that children can watch to gain a better understanding of what interests and distracts them.

Reebok is working on masks to address the current need for facial coverings that won’t interfere with performance—but it’s also thinking way into the future about how fitness masks will look decades from now.

A “smart mask” redefining masks from protecting human health, to something which communicate with others, via voice and text, using smartphones.

Inspired by traditional Islamic dress and the idea that garments can provide a separation between man and God. In Stealth Wear, this idea is reimagined in the context of drone warfare as garments that provide a separation between man and Drone.

A fabric-skinned shape-shifting sports car concept built by BMW. GINA stands for "Geometry and functions In 'N' Adaptions."

The UFO known as Jean Jacket (Occulonimbus edoequus) resembles a large jellyfish with a square-shaped singular eyeIts The outer skin has a fabric-cloth like texture. It unfolds itself into a more massive form similar to a jellyfish or a Biblical angel.

By wearing this mask formed like a lens it becomes unrecognizable for facial recognition software. It’s transparence means you will not lose your identity and facial expressions, remaining possible to interact with others.

Anila Quayyum Agha uses light and cast shadow to transform Rice Gallery into a sacred space open to all. “Intersections” is inspired by Agha’s experience of exclusion as a woman from Mosques, a space of community and creativity. The wooden frieze emulates a pattern from the Alhambra, a palace where Islamic and Western discourses met and co-existed.

The convergence of classical fibers and fabrics with computation and machine learning has only begun. We are exploring this exciting future not only through research and field testing, but importantly in an MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering course Computing Fabrics.

A nylon crown to replace the traditional undercap to provide a secure hold in the hair with minimal effort. It glides in like a headband to hold hair securely in place and grip your hijab fabric to end slipping hijab.