wearable: Material futures development

2021

Faculty: Kristine Upesleja

This course explores the frontiers in the development, use, and manufacture of new materials for wearables and soft goods. New textiles are being developed all the time so this course will offer new topics as they arise. Through lecture and in-class material exploration, students will learn about the advances in 3-D printing, bio-grown materials, wearable tech, digital printed imagery, and a whole host of other new methods in development. Through access to ArtCenter Shop facilities and Sewing Lab resources, students will research, innovate and create samples of new experimental textile materials. A full-term Research Book will be required with research, notes, sketches, photographs, and material samples students create.