“I don’t want to wear a screen”: Probing Perceptions of and Possibilities for Dynamic Displays on Clothing
Laura Devendorf, Joanne Lo, Noura Howell, Jung Lin Lee, Nanwei Gong, M. Emre Karagozler, Shiho Fukuhara, Ivan Poupyrev, Eric Paulos, Kimiko Ryokai

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Laura Devendorf, Joanne Lo, Noura Howell, Jung Lin Lee, Nanwei Gong, M. Emre Karagozler, Shiho Fukuhara, Ivan Poupyrev, Eric Paulos, Kimiko Ryokai. "“I don’t want to wear a screen”: Probing Perceptions of and Possibilities for Dynamic Displays on Clothing". Talk or presentation, 26, October, 2016; Poster presented at the 2016 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting.

Abstract
Ebb is an exploration of dynamic textiles created in partnership with Project Jacquard. We coated conductive threads with thermochromic pigments and explored how we could leverage the geometries of weaving and crochet to create unique aesthetic effects and power efficiencies. The thermochromic pigments change colors in slow, subtle, and even ghostly ways, and when we weave them into fabrics, they create calming “animations” that move across the threads. The name “Ebb” reflects this slowness, as it conjures images of the ebb and flow of the tides rather than the rapid-fire changes we typically associate with light emitting information displays. For this reason, Ebb offers a nuanced and subtle approach to displaying information on fabrics. A study we conducted with fashion designers and non-designers (i.e. people who wear clothes) explored potentials for dynamic fabrics in everyday life and revealed an important role for subtle, abstract displays of information in these contexts.

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  Laura Devendorf, Joanne Lo, Noura Howell, Jung Lin Lee,
  Nanwei Gong, M. Emre Karagozler, Shiho Fukuhara, Ivan
  Poupyrev, Eric Paulos, Kimiko Ryokai. <a
  href="http://www.terraswarm.org/pubs/870.html"><i>�I
  don�t want to wear a screen�: Probing
  Perceptions of and Possibilities for Dynamic Displays on
  Clothing</i></a>, Talk or presentation,  26,
  October, 2016; Poster presented at the <a
  href="http://terraswarm.org/conferences/16/annual"
  >2016 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.

• Plain text

  Laura Devendorf, Joanne Lo, Noura Howell, Jung Lin Lee,
  Nanwei Gong, M. Emre Karagozler, Shiho Fukuhara, Ivan
  Poupyrev, Eric Paulos, Kimiko Ryokai. "�I
  don�t want to wear a screen�: Probing
  Perceptions of and Possibilities for Dynamic Displays on
  Clothing". Talk or presentation,  26, October, 2016;
  Poster presented at the <a
  href="http://terraswarm.org/conferences/16/annual"
  >2016 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.

• BibTeX

  @presentation{DevendorfLoHowellLeeGongKaragozlerFukuharaPoupyrev16_IDontWantToWearScreenProbingPerceptionsOfPossibilities,
      author = {Laura Devendorf and Joanne Lo and Noura Howell and
                Jung Lin Lee and Nanwei Gong and M. Emre
                Karagozler and Shiho Fukuhara and Ivan Poupyrev
                and Eric Paulos and Kimiko Ryokai},
      title = {�I don�t want to wear a screen�: Probing
                Perceptions of and Possibilities for Dynamic
                Displays on Clothing},
      day = {26},
      month = {October},
      year = {2016},
      note = {Poster presented at the <a
                href="http://terraswarm.org/conferences/16/annual"
                >2016 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.},
      abstract = {Ebb is an exploration of dynamic textiles created
                in partnership with Project Jacquard. We coated
                conductive threads with thermochromic pigments and
                explored how we could leverage the geometries of
                weaving and crochet to create unique aesthetic
                effects and power efficiencies. The thermochromic
                pigments change colors in slow, subtle, and even
                ghostly ways, and when we weave them into fabrics,
                they create calming �animations� that move
                across the threads. The name �Ebb� reflects
                this slowness, as it conjures images of the ebb
                and flow of the tides rather than the rapid-fire
                changes we typically associate with light emitting
                information displays. For this reason, Ebb offers
                a nuanced and subtle approach to displaying
                information on fabrics. A study we conducted with
                fashion designers and non-designers (i.e. people
                who wear clothes) explored potentials for dynamic
                fabrics in everyday life and revealed an important
                role for subtle, abstract displays of information
                in these contexts.},
      URL = {http://terraswarm.org/pubs/870.html}
  }
  

Posted by David Mellis on 28 Oct 2016.
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