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I like the idea of a piece of clothes that you can transformed as you want. I thik that's the future of fashion.

LATVIAN SCIENTISTS DEVELOP PROTOTYPE JACKET WITH ELECTRICAL GENERATOR

By WGSN Newsteam, 21 September 2011

A team of Latvian scientists have developed a prototype jacket embedded with a new technology that uses body movement to generate enough electricity to power electronic gadgets.

The scientists at claim that their innovation uses a reduced wire coil in the sleeves of the jacket which allows electromagnetic induction to generate electricity from the wearer's motion, Deutsche Welle reported.

Some 16 interconnected 1.5cm coils and a microelectronic transformer are placed either side of the jacket with magnets placed at the end of the sleeve. “[Enabling] the natural motions of our hand movements to be transformed into electrical energy,” said Juris Blums, a physicist on the team.

According to Blums, the average person's walking speed is around five km per hour, meaning that a pedestrian can generate 200 to 300 microwatts every 60 minutes, enough to power an iPhone in several hours.

“The more coils there are the faster the jacket can produce electricity”, he added. But there are limitations, since too many coils will start to deform the cloth.

One alternative is to adapt the coils into decorative features of the clothing. “[It] can be hidden in a crocheted apple or in a star made using different embroidery techniques,” said Aumsa Vilumsone, a textile professor at the University, who is also involved in the project.

The team said it would need at least a year before it is released as a commercial product as they are currently researching ways to make the design airtight, which would make the technology water-resistant and the garment washable.
They are also exploring military applications which could potentially allow soldiers to “go into the field without the added weight of rechargeable batteries”.
(source: http://www.wgsn.com)

I like the idea of recharging his ipod am! Finally, I will not have this problem .... However, this will be even better for the environment!

Thinking, and Literally Looking, Very Big

PARIS — Imagine Lady Gaga, her slender figure so elongated that she would cover half the width of a road, as measured by her image on the cover of a giant magazine

Of all the performer’s covers, this Visionaire production, with its photograph of a slinky, shimmering mermaid Gaga with a tar-covered fish tail, has to be the most flamboyant. The magazine is two meters high and 1.5 meters wide, or 6 feet high and 4.8 feet wide — so large that it has just entered history in the Guinness Book of World Records.

A magazine? Aren’t those paper productions supposed to be going the way of the dodo, an endangered species in the era of the Internet?

       

Cecilia Dean, one of the three founders of Visionaire back in 1991, has reason to rejoice that the art/fashion combo is celebrating its 20th birthday in such good shape.

“Everyone keeps asking ‘Is print dead?’ It’s been the question of the moment for last five years,” Ms. Dean said. “Print is not dead. But it has to evolve. The challenge for a magazine is to create real physical experience for their audience. Visionaire makes more sense now than it did before.”

The editor and her founding colleagues, Stephen Gan and James Kaliardos, saw the magazine as an interactive experience long before the era of cyberspace. Issues on the subject of “smell” and “taste” literally offered those opportunities to the readers.

When Karl Lagerfeld, as guest editor, helped to develop the tasting issue, a glass vial of liquid re-created the warm smell of freshly baked bread from Paris. To take the concepts past striking visuals, there was a collaboration with International Flavors and Fragrances that included scent strips to accompany the images of the London artist Gary Hume

“The painting depicted life, so the taste was fertile soil about to blossom,” Ms. Dean said. “If there is too much water it tastes like a bog. Too dry and it is like the desert: sand with no fertility. Every morning my desk had taste strips and gel tabs that melt on the tongue. And the issue came out with packets like that.”

Other issues pushing the boundaries of print included a battery-operated “light” magazine, and an issue that had a tray of 10 toys. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons was the first guest editor, in 1996, with the magazine covered in her signature checked muslin fabric.

Visionaire was as much a student start-up as Facebook. Ms. Dean, a graduate in English and French literature; Mr. Gan, a multitasker who had been creative director and visualizer of Details magazine; and Mr. Kaliardos, who had just left Parsons school of design and was fascinated by makeup and beauty, got together to found what was then a revolutionary meld of art and fashion. But for all its imaginative content, it was still physically a classic magazine.

“When we started in 1991 it is just crazy to think it was pre-Blackberry, pre-Internet, pre-Google and desktop,” Ms. Dean said. “It was a completely different world. We were offering a forum for fashion photographers and illustrators to show their personal work. They were not accepted in art galleries, didn’t have Internet, publishing their own books was expensive and the landscape was very commercial. Yet all these people had personal work tucked in a drawer.” As a model working with photographers like Peter Lindbergh, Mario Testino and Ellen von Unworth, the would-be editor knew that personal work would be carried out after the photo shoot. That was then the source of creative and unpublished work.

“Artists now are so busy and paid so much money, we have to come to them with such a fun idea that it piques creative juices and they will make time for you,” Ms. Dean said.

Since the early days, photographers have been honored to collaborate on projects — not least Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, who did the Gaga image. The Gaga issue, “Larger Than Life,” comes at a price. The deluxe edition is limited to 250 and costs $1,500; the smaller version, more friendly to bookstore shelves, sells at $375.

       

Only the support from Africa, a Brazilian advertising and media agency and its colorful owner, Nizan Guanaes, allowed it to be produced.

For those who want the joy without the bucks, the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris has just acquired a complete collection of Visionaires. Does Ms. Dean think of more areas to conquer, like moving images, now that Vmagazine and Vman have already been spun off from Visionaire? “There is no grand plan or mission statement,” she said. “It has to be an organic project and anything creative has to come from a very personal place.”

(source:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/fashion/22iht-fmagazine22.html?_r=2&src=tp)

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

Correction: November 22, 2011

A previous version of this article misspelled the surname of a co-founder of Visionaire magazine. He is Stephen Gan, not Gann.

(Source:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/fashion/22iht-fmagazine22.html?_r=2&src=tp)

The Times article, a direct link to the theme of the glorification of nature (collection that I will go out soon). The siren envellopée tar and all the organic matter mentioned Cecilia Dean. I think it addresses the issue enjoy considerable industry of the printing press with a sense of optimism. it is true that this mode of communication is very expensive to produce, however, I love to shop in order to procure the new Dress to Kill magazine or ZINK .... I fully support the thesis of Mrs. when she says to do something physical experience to consumers .... I understand why the name of the magazine is call  Visionary61!

Toit vert

La membrane bi-couche de bitume élastomère

Au Québec, la membrane de toiture la plus utilisée par les architectes pour les toitures commerciales et les complexes résidentiels est la membrane de bitume élastomère posée en deux couches.
On les utilise depuis près de 40 ans pour réduire l'entretien et assurer une qualité plus uniforme de l’étanchéité. Aujourd'hui, plus de 50% des nouveaux toits plats réalisés au Canada sont faits avec de telles membranes. Ce sont des membranes constituées d'une couche de base et d'une membrane de finition avec des granules en surface qui protègent le bitume contre les rayons du soleil.

La technique de pose traditionnelle des membranes élastomères se fait au chalumeau. Il s'agit de faire fondre le dessus et le dessous des membranes par la chaleur pour ensuite les fusionner ensemble et créer une seule membrane continue. Dans les années 90, plusieurs incendies ont été créés par des entrepreneurs qui ne respectaient pas les recommandations des manufacturiers en matière de sécurité. Cependant, cette situation s'est grandement améliorée depuis 10 ans. Il existe des techniques de pose au chalumeau tout à fait sécuritaires. Il s’agit pour les propriétaires d’engager des entreprises qui respectent les règles de l’art recommandées par les fabricants.

La technique collée à froid

Il est aussi possible, pour la construction résidentielle, d’utiliser une nouvelle technique de pose à froid lorsque le pontage du toit est fait de bois. Théoriquement, le toit collé à froid devrait être aussi durable que la membrane soudée, cependant la durée de cette technique n'a pas encore subit l'épreuve du temps.

La durée et le coût

Au Canada, la durée moyenne des membranes de bitume élastomère est de 21 ans mais une membrane bien posée sur un toit ventilé peut certainement tenir 30 ans avec très peu d'entretien. La visite automnale sur le toit demeure tout de même importante par précaution. Le coût des membranes élastomères est environ de 10% de plus qu’une membrane d’asphalte et gravier mais compte tenu de sa durée de vie beaucoup plus grande la membrane élastomère est nettement un meilleur investissement.
(source:http://www.infotoitsverts.com/fr-category316/Membranes-elastomeres)

Nov 16 2011- Extraordinary Gentleman

Sparkling Crystal Dress – Hussein Chalayan

Hussein Chalayan surprised again during the Paris Fashion week the audience with ‘Technology meets high Fashion’ by showing a Sparkling Crystal Dress.

To underline his ability and willingness to challenge traditional aspects of fashion, Chalayan bended the rules a bit by deciding to show his collection in the from of a short movie rather then with models on the runway.

If you are interested to watch the complete show from Chalayan on video, showstudio.com has it for your viewing pleasure.

We are most interested in our coverage on the Sparkling Crystal Dress Chalayan presented at the end of his ‘08 S/S collection in which he used again technology to create a new fashion dimension.

The Crystal Dress (my naming) is an evolution based on Chalayan’s Mechanical Dress and his LED Dress. It uses hundreds of servo motor driven tiny lasers diodes.



The laser diodes are integrated into the garments, illuminating the Swarovski crystals in the garments and extend so the dresses visually into space.

The effect is an explosion of laser beams and light effects the make the crystal look like living, flowing lava.

The technical wizard behind this Wearable Electronic high fashion piece is no one less than Moritz Waldemeyer who has worked with Chalayan before on the LED Dress.

The result of their cooperation is a stunning light/laser show radiated from the dress that changes continuously the light effects and reflections with the movement of the wearer of the dress.

Swarovskisparkles.tv has a video you must see to experience the magic effect of Chalayan’s creation.

Another movie available on Swarovskisparkles.tv is the ‘Making of’ the Crystal Dress. Watch Chalayan and Waldemeyer how they created this fashion artwork

A fabulous concept Magician Chalayan and Wizard Waldemeyer pulled out of their heads and proved once more that technology and fashion can create a new dimension to our future clothing with the Sparkling Crystal Dress.
(source:http://www.crunchwear.com/sparkling-crystal-dress-hussein-chalayan/)

I am quite impressed by the work of this artist. He knows technology mix and ready-to-wear. His work has and will have considerable influence on the loan-to-wear mass market. His research will ensure that the average consumer will wear smart clothes to her soon...