TY - JOUR
T1 - Research through design : a way to drive innovative solutions in the field of smart textiles
AU - Toeters, M.J.
AU - Bhomer, ten, M.
AU - Bottenberg, E.
AU - Tomico Plasencia, O.
AU - Brinks, G.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Research through design allows creating a dialogue with the material. It uses making and reflection on action as a generator of knowledge. Our aim is to explore the opportunities and challenges of smart textiles. The Fablab is our set up, a place that allows us to combine the hacking- scientific-, and design community. It stimulates collaboration and the knowledge exchange needed for the development of smart textile systems. A collaborative prototyping workshop for medical products combined two worlds. The textile world in Saxion aims at incorporating conductive materials into textile structures and functional- / 3D printing to create systems for applications such as flexible heating systems and wearable technology. We combined this with the world of Industrial Design at TU/e, focused on the design of intelligent products, systems and services by the research through design approach. The collaboration between these different disciplines speeded up the process by reducing the resistance to the new and skipped the frustration on failure.
AB - Research through design allows creating a dialogue with the material. It uses making and reflection on action as a generator of knowledge. Our aim is to explore the opportunities and challenges of smart textiles. The Fablab is our set up, a place that allows us to combine the hacking- scientific-, and design community. It stimulates collaboration and the knowledge exchange needed for the development of smart textile systems. A collaborative prototyping workshop for medical products combined two worlds. The textile world in Saxion aims at incorporating conductive materials into textile structures and functional- / 3D printing to create systems for applications such as flexible heating systems and wearable technology. We combined this with the world of Industrial Design at TU/e, focused on the design of intelligent products, systems and services by the research through design approach. The collaboration between these different disciplines speeded up the process by reducing the resistance to the new and skipped the frustration on failure.
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.80.112
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.80.112
M3 - Article
SN - 1661-819X
VL - 80
SP - 112
EP - 117
JO - Advances in Science and Technology
JF - Advances in Science and Technology
IS - 112
ER -