Reactive Jacket Knows Hot and Cold

It’s easy to have a jacket for every possible weather condition. Different materials and layering have, for years, served the purpose to keep us at…

Luminescent Technology Finds Fashion

Once again, nature has been a source of inspiration. Beijing-based fashion designer Vega Zaishi Wang has, in the past, drawn inspiration from ocean bioluminescence, but…

Carbon Fiber Look with the Stretch of Spandex

What comes to mind when you think of black carbon fiber?  Perhaps you associate it with fast cars, edgy rocker or futuristic design.  Why not…

Tensile Structure and Solar Power make the PURE Tension Volvo Pavilion

The PURE Tension Volvo Pavilion was a collaborative effort between Synthesis Design + Architecture (SDA), Buro Happold (BH), and Fabric Images, Inc.  The design began…

Wearable Technology

Montreal-based fashion designer and professor, Ying Gao created two interactive dresses in a project entitled (NO)WHERE (NOW)HERE.  Inspired by Paul Virilio’s 1979 essay “Esthétique de…

A Solar Pavilion for the Volvo V60

As part of the launch of Volvo’s V60 Hybrid Electric Diesel model, a futuristic solar charging station is being developed that will be folded up…