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Baroesque Barometric Skirt in New Scientist & on show at Microsoft Research,...

As we trundle into the dark winter days of 2014, I will be locking myself away to write, so I won’t be traveling to show my work in any exciting cities for a while. So, just a couple of nuggets of...

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Francis Bitonti’s New Skins Workshop 2015 at Digits2Widgets, London

After staying in writing over Xmas and New Year, I was very excited to escape the confines of my desk to join Francis Bitonti’s New Skins Workshop on computational design for textiles, for two weeks...

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AnemoneStarHeart EEG / ECG visualising device at Transmission Symposium

At the end of April I spent a very enjoyable day at Bournemouth University attending Transmission Symposium: Strategies for Brainwave Interpretation in the Arts. There were some very interesting...

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ThinkerBelle EEG Amplifying Dress

I’m writing up my PhD thesis at the moment and analysing a huge amount of data from over 70 surveys and 8 hours of focus group audio transcripts. Anyway, without giving away too much about the data,...

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ThinkerBelle EEG Amplifying Dress at ISWC Design Exhibition, Osaka, Japan

I’m just back from an amazing trip to Japan where I exhibited my ThinkerBelle EEG Amplifying Dress at the Design Exhibition of the 19th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC). This event...

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EPSRC UK ICT Pioneers

Firstly, Happy New Year and best wishes for an amazing 2016! I’ve had a super-busy couple of months since my last post in September about my exciting trip to exhibit my ThinkerBelle EEG Amplifying...

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AnemoneStarHeart at ISWC Design Exhibition, 2016, Heidelberg, Germany.

Last month (September 2016) I traveled to Heidelberg, Germany, for the 20th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), held at the gorgeous art nouveau Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg....

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Digital Fancies: Bioresponsive E-Textiles and 3D Printing in Fashion

In June I took part in Digital Fancies: Bioresponsive E-Textiles and 3D Printing in Fashion, a group show held at Digits2Widgets, London, which highlighted how responsive and emotive input, 3D printing...

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International Symposium on Wearable Computers, London, Design Exhibition 2019

Mandlebrot – Algorithmic Fashion Aesthetics This year’s International Symposium on Wearable Computers was co-located as is now usual with UbiComp 2019 at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster,...

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Doki Doki – an emotive wearable for social interaction during covid and beyond

Doki Doki is a responsive, emotive wearable. It was created during the spring / summer of 2020 as a speculative, modular garment that explores forms of nonverbal communication. In particular cues...

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