Category: Coursework

  • Fall 2013 Video of Student Projects

    Video 1. Fashioning Circuits Fall 2013

  • Judging Value with Electroluminescent Wire

    Throughout my first semester as an EMAC major, the topic of “value judgments” has somehow managed to come up in discussion at least once (often multiple times) within every course that I’ve enrolled in. A value judgment, in the context that I am referring, can be defined as “an estimate, usually subjective, of the worth,…

  • VuMe – Channeling My Inner Pia Myrvold

    Pia Myrvold is a Techno-Fashion Designer who we’ve touched on a few times this semester, and I think creations similar to hers were the inspiration behind my most recent project. Something about fashion and high-tech devices is simply too interesting to resist! Quite soon I am convinced that we will see garments and accessories that can…

  • Iron Man Will Be Fighting Real Wars

    It seems that the Iron Man films – and other sci-fi fare – have inspired more than an onslaught of video games, comic books and t-shirts. Due to the increasingly dangerous missions carried out by the military, a new Iron Man-like suit is being developed for soldiers. Don’t believe me? Take a look: Video 1.…

  • Formal Course on Fashioning Circuits in Fall 2013

    For two years I have been working with Fashioning Circuits students through independent study. I’m pleased to announce that in Fall 2013 I have the opportunity to offer it as a formal course in our undergraduate curriculum. This will part of the class EMAC 4372, Topics in Emerging Media and Communication. I anticipate some changes…

  • Final Project Woes: Lessons Learned and the Future

    This semester in Fashioning Circuits, I was commissioned (re: required) to create a final project that exhibited the dual nature of fashion and circuits. Although I felt up to the challenge, I actually spent many weeks accidentally setting my project on fire and haphazardly learning about coding. It wasn’t all bad: I gained some new programming and…

  • “Cry Me a River” – The Process of an Emotive Hat

    Because I’m interested in the nature of online commentary, I came up with a project idea that might seem a bit absurd. After constructing this hat at the beginning of the semester and noticing that it was less-than aesthetically pleasing due to bad stitching and a loud, obnoxious print, I wondered how I could use…

  • Final Project Thoughts

  • Kinetic Charges: Where Fashion and Movement Meet

    If you’re anything like me, Argentinian industrial designer Soledad Martin will become your personal lifesaver.

  • We have a plan!

    The Fashioning Circuits students met last week and we now have a plan for the semester.