Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

2-2024

Abstract

In this work, we compare the designs of two fashion-tech garments that communicate the anxiety felt when walking alone. While the two garments share a common vision, they are designed to be worn in two radically different settings and to communicate to different audiences: one directly communicates an empathetic experience to its wearer; the other a model wears at a runway show and must share its story to a general audience. We used Research Through Design (RtD) methods to design both fashion-tech garments. Then, we recorded and analyzed the design process for both garments via an annotated portfolio to compare how the audience and setting influenced the design approach and the final wearable. In this paper, we describe both fashion-tech designs and a comparison of their respective annotated portfolios. Our analysis highlights how wearable technology must respond to context to continue communicating its story to its intended audience.

Keywords

Annotated Portfolio, Fashion-tech, Fashion, Design, Empathy, Empathy tool, Wearable, eFashion

Discipline

Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Areas of Excellence

Digital transformation

Publication

TEI '24: Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Cork Ireland, February 11-14

First Page

1

Last Page

15

ISBN

9798400704024

Identifier

10.1145/3623509.3633392

Publisher

ACM

City or Country

New York

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/3623509.3633392

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