Abstract
This paper discusses a group of experiments named rhythm exercise. It is a series of experiments which is based within the field of Smart Textiles, especially in the area of light emitting textiles. Rhythm exercise is one series of experiments out of a larger body of work (Jansen, 2015a), exploring the visual effects of movement using light as a continuous time- based medium in the field of textile design. Thereby investigates to expand an understanding about time and light as new forms of design materials in the particular context area. The experiments present new forms of instruments, textile instruments, interfaces which allow displaying light compositions inside diverse textile surfaces. The textiles are based on braided structures integrating PMMA optical fibres which are activated by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and use a digital interface to realize light-emitting textile expression. They explore in different ways the light emitting material, thereby not only creating new forms of physical objects, furthermore introducing tangible (physical) as well as intangible (non- physical) aspects of design expression – forms of material expressions, the light emitting fibres and the light as such, and its preceding design processes. Thereby the tangible and intangible forms of material expressions are fused into indivisible matter performing unique forms of expressions.
Keywords
Time; light; movement; PMMA optical fibres; textiles
DOI
http://doi.org/10.21606/eksig2015.102
Citation
Jansen, B.(2015) Temporal Patterns: New Forms of Material Thinking in Textile Design, in Bang, A. L., Buur, J., Lønne, I. A., Nimkulrat, N. (eds.), EKSIG 2015: Tangible Means – Experiential Knowledge Through Materials, 25–26 November 2015, Kolding, Denmark. https://doi.org/10.21606/eksig2015.102
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Temporal Patterns: New Forms of Material Thinking in Textile Design
This paper discusses a group of experiments named rhythm exercise. It is a series of experiments which is based within the field of Smart Textiles, especially in the area of light emitting textiles. Rhythm exercise is one series of experiments out of a larger body of work (Jansen, 2015a), exploring the visual effects of movement using light as a continuous time- based medium in the field of textile design. Thereby investigates to expand an understanding about time and light as new forms of design materials in the particular context area. The experiments present new forms of instruments, textile instruments, interfaces which allow displaying light compositions inside diverse textile surfaces. The textiles are based on braided structures integrating PMMA optical fibres which are activated by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and use a digital interface to realize light-emitting textile expression. They explore in different ways the light emitting material, thereby not only creating new forms of physical objects, furthermore introducing tangible (physical) as well as intangible (non- physical) aspects of design expression – forms of material expressions, the light emitting fibres and the light as such, and its preceding design processes. Thereby the tangible and intangible forms of material expressions are fused into indivisible matter performing unique forms of expressions.