On the occasion of the exhibition "Making FASHION Sense" at HeK - Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel until 8 March 2020, two ECAL alumni presents several projects. This exhibition showcases the radical transformation of fashion through technology. Robot arms and mixed reality, holograms and drones have all paraded down international catwalks. «Making FASHION Sense» focuses on the impact of technology upon creative processes in the fashion industry, as well as on artistic paths leading towards increasing sustainability: Fashion which makes sense.
With "BASE" (2019),
presented for his BA Media & Interaction Design diploma, the
Swiss designer Alfatih introduces
a concept of fashion
for digital spaces, and thereby an
alternative fashion economy. The project includes a collection of
filters for Instagram/Snapchat, a series of garments that can be used for
avatars in the game Grand
Theft Auto, as well as
an interactive installation/performance presenting the concept of the brand
BASE.
“Active Shoes” (2019) by ECAL BA Industrial Design graduate Christophe Guberan belongs to a series of “active textiles”, which uses technology to radically questiontraditional production processes. By printing on stretch fabrics of varying layer thicknesses, he develops self-assembling designs which reconfigure themselves in preprogrammed shapes.
Information:Installation view
Project by Alfatih
Making Fashion Sense, HeK Basel
Image Franz Wamhof
Project by Alfatih on vimeo
Installation view
Project by Christophe Guberan
Making Fashion Sense, HeK Basel
Image Franz Wamhof
Project by Christophe Guberan on vimeo