December 30th, 2007
by Tiffany Parbs
“Parbs is intrigued by “The items and articles that people allow into intimate space. I am especially intrigued by the features and embellishments the body absorbs over time.” Through the harmless application of her Marked series of creations, Parbs demonstrates the way skin surfaces can be gently manipulated to respond to ephemeral embellishments and can transmute into temporary articles of jewellery.” ( Cheng, Beccy and Indigo Clarke, 2006, p.122 )
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December 30th, 2007
by Teresa Milheiro
“A ideia deste objecto que se chama kit de sobrevivência, é a transformação da urina em água bebível. Em que a peça a meio dos tubos serve para colocar um filtro que fará essa conversão e que deve ser mudado com frequência. Esta ideia surgiu da falta de água que assola o nosso país. É uma peça de joalharia de intervenção para levar as pessoas a reflectirem e a tomar uma atitude sobre o estado do planetae este bem tão precioso que é a água e que sem ela de facto não podemos existir e quem sabe, talvez não seja descabido pensar que podemos chegar ao ponto de ter de beber a própria urina imaginando que um litro de água de torna inacessível.” ( Teresa Milheiro ( http://teresamilheiro.com/ )
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December 30th, 2007
by Norman Cherry
“Norman Cherry has invented Angiogenetic Body Adornment, 2004, a form of body modification that relies on biological engineering, the prototype for which has yet to be manufactured. Taking its name from ‘angiogenesis’, the natural process by which tissue is made, the ‘jewellery’ is constructed from the substance of the body itself. The process by which these body modifications are made is as follows: “Cells are cultured in vitro, then inserted into a biodegradable three-dimensional matrix of a given form which is reintroduced in corpo where the cells multiply and the new tissue grows.”” ( Cheng, Beccy and Indigo Clarke, 2006, p.70 )
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December 30th, 2007
by Nicole Gratiot Stöber
“The erotics of machined surfaces and smooth shapes are capitalised on in pieces designed to ligth up from within when touched and held. Stöber‘s work encourages an interactivity at odds with much jewelery designed to be admired from a distance. Stöber privileges contact over scopophilia. The body responds to the jewellery and the jewellery responds to the body.[…] The ligth fades gradually when the contact is broken. Stöber’s work regards technology benignly, as a medium for comunication and self expression. Transmitters and information interfaces operate without male gendered buttons.” ( Gilhooley and Costin, 1997, p.12 )
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December 30th, 2007
by Naomi Filmer
“The work of Naomi Filmer comments ironically on the human/machine symbiosis. […] Filmer discovers new spaces on the body to adorn, with objects designed to nestle in the negative spaces between fingers, teeth and the folds of the ear. […] Filmer pieces explore a more surreal vein, the functional and dysfunctional body and its manmade technological extensions.” ( Gilhooley and Costin, 1997, p.13 )
“The ligth in the mouth is another version of adorning the negative space. Rather than wearing something in it or on it, you expose it and light it up.” ( Naomi Filmer, Gilhooley and Costin, 1997, p.105 )
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December 30th, 2007
by IDEO
“Calls can be initiated by raising the hand to the proper position, and voice-activated interaction will allow instant communication. The little-finger units will vibrate to indicate incoming calls and the thumb unit will beam the sound towards the ear when the hand is held in the listening position.”
“Wearing one on each foot, the GPS Toes device will guide the wearer to a preset destination by vibrating and lighting up the signal upcoming direction changes. The left toe ring will indicate left turns and the right toe right turns, whether driving on the highway, walking on city streets, or hiking on the mountain trail. […] non intrusive locations for useful innovations, these concepts prove that new devices needn’t look alien to your person and that we can make technology adapt to our lifestyles rather than the other way around.” ( IDEO Corporate Web site )
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December 30th, 2007
by Klara Jirkova
“Contact lenses with expressions, that affects the subconsciousness of the person who looks in our eyes. also allow us to express our attitude without talking or confuse the people…As a metaphore for the omnipresent surveillance technologies, the industrial ones but also people with video recorders in their mobile phones or cameras. Creating the feeling of ´you are being watched and recorded - i see you´” ( http://www.digital.udk-berlin.de/ )
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December 30th, 2007
by Naoto Fukasawa
“Explore the ways in which we can shape technology and technology can shape us. During the 2001 workshop program, 22 participants from 13 Japanese companies created and visualized ideas for products that would reflect the convergence of electronic functionality with the emotional expression of fashion design. Among their ideas are these pictured here:
-Pulse Necklace and Bracelet: Jewelry that pulses in reaction to the wearer’s body rhythms
-Hole in the Body: A camera pointing out the front of the shirt sends an image to an LCD panel on the back
-Make-up Light: Adds light to the makeup routine
-Bag with Interior Light: Interior of bag lights up when opened
-Solar Sunglasses: Beautiful solar panels do double duty, blocking sun and storing power
-Tachometer: The shoe records data about distance walked “( IDEO Corporate Web site )
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December 30th, 2007
by Markus Kison
“Rings are well known status symbols, and the included jewel’s weight in carat is a comparable value for the personal ranking of its owner (the largest two diamonds are in the British crown jewels). The Vanity Ring doesn’t have a jewel, instead it shows the number of hits one gets, when he searches Google for the name of the person who wears it, a more adequate value in our time. It is personalized using a custom software, and after the name is typed the ring will change its display to show the personal "attention carats", while every night, when it is inserted into its docking station the ring is reloaded and updated. Watch the documentation video: YouTube” ( http://www.digital.udk-berlin.de/ )
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