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01.31.08
VANITY RING
CHARMING BURKA
Fashion :: The Future is so Yesterday
by Fashion Week is about to kick off in New York tomorrow, but some of the craziest and most futuristic styles were actually showcased yesterday at the Boston Museum of Science. Dubbed, Seamless: Computational Couture, the show featured emerging designers from around the world who incorporate experimental technology into their designs. Check out a few of these concept pieces below:
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VANITY RINGMarkus Kison
Rings are well known status symbols. The jewel's weight in carats is comparable to the personal ranking of its owner (e.g. the world's two largest diamonds are in the British crown jewels). The Vanity Ring doesn't have a jewel. Instead, it shows the number of hits you get when you search Google for the name of the person who wears it, a more adequate ranking in our time. The ring is personalized using custom software, and after the name is typed, the ring connects to Google to search for it. The ring's display changes to show the personal "attention carats." Every night, when it is inserted into its docking station, the ring is reloaded and updated.
CHARMING BURKAMarkus Kison
The Charming Burka deals with Freud's idea that all clothes can be positioned between appeal and shame. The Burka was chosen because it is often positioned on the side of shame. Then a digital layer was added to it so that women can decide for themselves where they want to position themselves virtually. The Burka sends an image, chosen by the wearer, via bluetooth. Every person next to her can receive her picture via mobile phone and see the woman's self-determined identity. The laws of the Koran are not broken, so the Charming Burka allows the possibility of living a more western life, which some Muslim women desire today. The Charming Burka is realised with the bluetooth marketing solution Bluebot developed by Haase & Martin, the mobile marketing company in Dresden/Germany.
N=0=INFINITY: THE INFINITY BURIAL SUIT
Jae Rhim Lee
Jae Rhim Lee is currently working with mycologists to develop the Infinity Mushroom, a new hybrid mushroom which facilitates the decomposition of the body, the remediation of industrial toxins and viruses in the body, and new plant growth. The Infinity Burial Suit is a fitted body suit embroidered with thread that has been inoculated with mushroom mycelium. The embroidery pattern mimics the growth and migration of mushroom mycelium. "Fins" extend from the suit into the surrounding environment and "wicks" uptake a solution of processed and sterilized urine that provides ammonia and nitrate, a necessary nutrient for the Infinity Mushroom. Accompanying the suit is a spore-mass slurry, an alternative embalming fluid, used to fill the body with mushroom spores. The Infinity Mushroom is still in development, therefore the Infinity Burial Suit only contains mycelium of the Oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus.
Tags: couture, fashion, fashion week, museum of science, technology, Ziya Tong
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