Given the current environmental climate, with rising CO2 levels and increased pollution in urban cities, we decided to design clothing that would help individuals detect the amount of pollution in their environment. Our aim is to help individuals be more informed of the pollution in their environment and also inspire individuals to take actions…
Sense
Sense is a poetic piece with the intention of bringing awareness to dying coral/coral reefs globally. This project explores the possibilities of using fabrics that are considered “green” options, treated with sensitive solutions to inform the wearer about the presence of environmental pollution by changing colors based on the intensity of the air pollution surrounding…
Cannes Film Festival Collection
Cannes Film Festival Collection made from 100 % Recycled Polyester made from discarded plastic bottles from the ocean is a representation of personal data collection trough the hand textile manipulation of textile .
Arcosanti
Arcosanti
Palpitations
Palpitations Project “Palpitations” is a dress designed with the purpose of projecting internal reactions externally onto the dress. The proposed concept was that the butterfly headdress, symbolic of dreams and thoughts, is programmed to flutter in response to brainwaves detected from a sensor, in conjunction with the pulsation of rippling light down the front of…
Avant-Garde Collection
The inspiration for the avant-garde collection. We are becoming mobile and connected with the use of technological devices with or on us. As our lifestyle continues to morph and transform into the future, we should reflect on the relationships with Nature and not undermine the importance its existence. This avant-garde collection is inspired by the…
Reflux
This “Reflux” dress is made from 3D tactile fabric, embedded with XB anathemas, lily pad arduino, accelerometers, and conductive thread that controls the audio as well as the visualizations projected onto three screens. The sound and projections are “played” and manipulated by the fluidity, flexibility and mobility of the skirt.
Blue Perception
Perception, interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment. Water is the source of inspiration for this haute couture dress. Blue Perception is a dress that expresses emotion through technology. Here 400 Swarovski crystals are embedded with LED lights that change colour to interact and predict the emotional state of the…
Text-ile Memoryscapes
Text-ile Memoryscapes Part of an interactive houte couture collection, Text-ile Memoryscapes are inspired from the beauty of culture and tradition in Southwest and South East Asia. These dresses are made from multi-sensory materials (that engage several of our senses, such as touch, vision, sound and smell ) and tactile surfaces that can be worn by…
Scentsory Chameleon Bodysuits
The Scentsory Chameleon Bodysuit prototypes, is a collaborative project that I personally worked on in 2004 and were presented at Wired Magazine’s ‘NextFest’ in San Francisco. My research collaborators were Jenny Tillotson, as well as Frederic Zenhausern and Ghassan E. Jabbour. Frederic Zenhausern is the head of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. His…
Galina Mihaleva 