Material Artifacts

What does it mean to design, produce and use clothing sustainably in the age of the digital economy?

Material Artifact is a research stream that explores the implications of new technologies and new modes of enterprise based on open/shared platforms for communication and making. Here prototypes for new clothing forms and novel mechanisms for constructing clothing are being developed.

The prototypes are helping us to consider the merits and potential of novel materials, innovative patterning techniques and aesthetic developments as well as additive manufacturing processes and digitally mediated fabrication techniques. *3D printing and the **Tajima Laying Machine, are being harnessed on an ongoing basis at Emily Carr University in Vancouver and Hexagram in Montreal respectively.

* Such as: Fused Deposition Modeling, Selective Laser Sintering and Open Source 3DP.

** Laying machines have been developed to embed soft circuits boards into textiles. They facilitate the manufacture of complex electronic textiles integrated with conductive, sensing, and color-change fiber and have the potential to play a significant role in moving wearable sort technology into mass production.

Making is thinking. Our artifacts are pieces to the puzzle, a means to sort things out.

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Notch Fastener

June 2014
Authors: Logan Mohr
Type: Device
Description: 3D printed fastener and textile exploration, full scale prototype

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Fasterner Plus 73

Fall 2015
Authors: Logan Mohr
Type: 3D print
Description: Garment fastener

Led Weaving

March 2013
Author: en Hebert, Bobbi Kozinuk
Type: Miscellaneous
Description: Weaving and LED

Weaving Exploration

June 2013
Author: Jen Heibert, Karen Byskov
Type: Miscellaneous testing
Description: Wire inserts and woven fabric / form

3D Printed Form & Stamped Rubber

June 2014
Authors: Melanie Waddell
Type: Device
Description: Fasteners / connectors

Uni + Form Notes

June 2014
Author: Miscellaneous
Type: Miscellaneous research notation
Description: Garment notation

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Textile Housing for Prototype – Paper Computing

April 2013
Author: Miscellaneous
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Prototype woven inset for new computing devices

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Push Through Joints

Winter 2015
Author: Shannon Mortimer, Jason Nicholls
Type: Device
Description: Fasteners / connectors – 3D printed hardware attachments

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Dress Prototype

Winter 2015
Authors: Mia Daniels
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Small scale exploration plus (+) form as dress

Circle Fasteners

Fall 2013
Authors: Philip Robbins, Keith Doyle, Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Device / machine, aesthetic object
Description: Connection development and prototyping.

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Zigzag ish

Spring 2015
Authors: Logan Mohr
Type: Material artifact test
Description: Silicon print seam

Conversation Threads – Collar

Spring 2012
Author: Mia Daniels, Jared Korb, Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Miscellaneous research tool
Description: Detachable collar.

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Wearing the Plus (+)

June 2014
Author: Mia Daniels
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Form developments, full scale “Fold D”

Pieces

June 2013
Authors:Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Miscellaneous research tool
Description: Pen on paper – illustration

3D Print ‘Mistake’

Spring 2014
Author: Miscellaneous
Type: Miscellaneous aesthetic object
Description: 3D print error

Conversation Video Prototype A

May 2013
Author: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Stop motion animation

Weaving – Mistakes & Opportunities

March 2013
Author: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Miscellaneous testing
Description: Prototyping weaving.

Connection Units

June 2013
Author: Student RA’s
Type: Miscellaneous
Description: Connection development and prototyping

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June 2013
Author: Miscellaneous
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Garment notation – ideation

Skirt Prototype

June 2013
Author: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Test prototypes – skirt

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Cross Stitch Rethought

September 2014
Author: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Device / machine, aesthetic object
Description: Garment prototype, a bib (thinking about paper computers)

Conversation Notation

May 2013
Author: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Notations of observed conversations

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Skirt

Fall 2015
Author: Nicoline McKenzie
Type: Textile form development
Description: Mannequin scale skirt

Skirt Prototype

October 2013
Author: Nicolene McKenzie
Type: Miscellaneous
Description: Test prototypes – skirt

Jacket Prototype

May 2013
Author: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Test prototypes – jacket

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Notch Fastener

Fall 2015
Authors: Logan Mohr
Type: Device
Description: Fastener – CAD rendering

Clothing to Stimulate Conversation? Actions & Response

February 2013
Authors: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Process piece documentation.

Hoop Fasteners

January 2014
Authors: Jason Nicholls, Nicolene McKenzie
Type: Device/machine
Description: Renderings and 3D prints

Prototype – Paper Computing

May 2013
Author: Miscellaneous
Type: Device/machine, aesthetic object
Description: Modeling, 3D brainstorming

Share Session

April 2013
Author:
 Melanie Waddell, Jason Miller, Karen Byskov, Lisa Boulton, Steven Enns, Solveig Johannessen, Hélène Day Fraser
Description: Connection prototyping

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June 2014
Authors: Mia Daniels
Type: Garment
Description: Form developments, full scale

Felt Washer Bracelet

August 2014
Authors: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Garment notation – collector bracelet

Conversation Notation

April 2013
Authors: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Notations of observed conversations

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Garment Prototype

Winter 2015
Author: Mia Daniels
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Small scale exploration plus (+) form as …

Considering

June 2013
Author: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Pen on paper – illustration

Full Scale Form Development

June 2013
Author: Melanie Waddell, Jason Miller, Karen Byskov, Lisa Boulton, Steven Enns, Solveig Johannessen, Hélène Day Fraser
Description: Prototypes
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Conversation Threads – Tag

Spring 2012
Authors: Mia Daniels, Jared Korb, Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Miscellaneous research tool
Description: Tag and activities

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Jeans into Jacket

September 2013
Author: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Clothing to Stimulate Conversation round one – garment exploration

Connection Prototype – A

May 2013
Author: Jason Miller
Type: Device / machine
Description: Prototype – 3D print

Cufflink Prototype – A

May 2013
Author: Melanie Waddell
Type: Device / machine
Description: Prototype – 3D rendering

Uni + Form – Empathy Study

June 2013
Author: Melanie Waddell, Jason Miller, Karen Byskov, Lisa Boulton, Steven Enns, Solveig Johannessen, Keith Doyle, Hélène Day Fraser
Description: Prototypes
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Barcode Bracelets

Seprember 2014
Author: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Cardboard tape rings and black tape

Dress Prototype

February 2013
Author: Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Test prototypes – dress

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Slide Clasp Development

February 2014
Authors: Jason Nicholls, Nicolene McKenzie
Type: Device/Machine
Description: Renderings and 3D printing

Centralized – Decentralized – Distributed

March 2013
Authors:Hélène Day Fraser
Type: Aesthetic object
Description: Diagrams