Oct 4 2010

Interview with Syuzi Pakhchyan: Wiring garments and objects… creatively…

Syuzi Pakhchyan is a passionate  user experience designer, robotics instructor, writer, blogger, founder of Fashioning technology network, soft circuits  and electronics addict, tool master, sparkle maker,  and sewing machine’s best friend…

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Sep 7 2009

E-learning: How to sew puppets, part 2

This is the second part of online school for learning how to sew puppets. Feel free to post some links with your work in the comments section of these two posts, especially if they were sewed as a result of an online learning…

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Writer Hunter S. Thompson by mullishmuse (c)

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Sep 7 2009

E-learning: How to sew puppets, part 1

Recently I was asked by an artist to share some material regarding sewing, therefore I decided to cover within several posts online school for sewing puppets.

monster.jpgMonster Hand Puppet by Stacey Rebecca (c)

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Aug 1 2009

Interview with Marija Mojca Pungercar: On Socialdress brand

Marija Mojca Pungercar is the founder of Socialdress clothing brand and workshop platform based on open source principles carried out in arts and crafts field.

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Photo: Nada Zgank (c) + excerpt from Socialdress fabric

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Jul 21 2009

Eco design: Imitation of Life

Damir Bedalov and Mladen Donadini are fashion designers behind the manifesto Eco-design (in Croatian: Eko dizajn), project established in 2008 on sustainable and ecological approach to the clothing production and though, the culture of clothing.

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Umbrella Dress, dress redesigned from umbrella
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Jan 17 2009

Massage me…

You know, I’m not attached a lot to cell phones (I have it because of the people I like, not for myself… most of the time I leave it at the bottom of my bag or a pocket…)… but my computers… my computers are certainly a sort of my friends… sure, they both have names (as many people do it) … Emily and Corto…  Emily is Asus Eee, and Corto is Fujitsu Siemens.

(No. I’m not a Mac user anymore. Sorry! I used to be at the beginning of the century, but I needed for my work PC. Yeah, I know… I’ve betrayed all open minded middle_wanna_be_high_class_population or digital bourgeoisie. Just kiddin’… OK?! )

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