My presentation for Design with a View at Pensione Bencistà, Fiesole, Italy

1. digital fabrics
riccardo marchesi
design with a view – july 8, 2012

2. sources: CISCO, Jim Cicconi, AT&T, Steve Leibson, Computer History Museum, CNN, University of Michigan, Fraunhofer

3. “These things are not
just smart phones and
tablets”

4. Image by Erik Wilde, University of Berkeley

6. improved energetic efficiency
– heating
– lighting
increased safety
– elderly people
– impaired people

7. why fabrics?
– they cover about 70% of our
body
– we have many fabrics in our
homes (bed sheets, carpets,
walls, sofas and chairs..)

8. how can fabrics help us?
heating elements in sofas to increase
comfort (and save energy)
adaptive fabric curtains
mapping floors for emergencies
posture control
sensing wetness
? (just free your imagination)

9. how can I do that?

10. electronics
www.arduino.cc

11. arduino leonardo
www.arduino.cc

12. textile buttons
www.plugandwear.com

13. analog pressure sensors
www.plugandwear.com

14. stretch sensors
www.plugandwear.com

15. water sensors
www.plugandwear.com

16. textile touchscreen
www.plugandwear.com

17. Paraimpu (software)
http://paraimpu.crs4.it/

18. OpenPicus
www.openpicus.com

19. 1951 tweets

20. EMI shielding

21. interior design

22. Design Pauline van Dongen – photo: Mike Nicolaassen
fashion

23. light emitting fabrics

24. pressure sensors

25. sound

26. future challenges

28. riccardo marchesi
@plugandwear
www.plugandwear.com