Sewing Rebellion was started by textile worker and activist Frau Fiber, under the gospel “stop shopping, start sewing,” with the purpose of encouraging others to learn how to sew and thus be able to create unique and personal clothing. Working with accessible materials, sewing rebellion members are also known for the creativity with which [...]
Read Full Post...November 12, 2009
I first heard about the Freedom in Interactive Wearable Art (FiiWA) from Tracy Gromek and Marcus Pingel at FashionCamp NYC 2009, where they discussed the challenges involved in creating safe, sturdy and adequate sporting equipment for visually impaired persons. Here’s a description of their creative and constructive project: FiiWA (Freedom in Interactive Wearable Art) is a [...]
Read Full Post...November 11, 2009
So… I finally got around to writing about a very cool event I attended a couple months ago: FashionCamp NYC. Self-described as “a barcamp style unconference,” FashionCamp NYC had its first edition September 12th and 13th at ITP. Over the course of a rainy weekend people interested in fashion and/or technology gathered to give and attend [...]
Read Full Post...November 10, 2009
Thom Yorke 3D print by Tiago Serra: a 3D model/print created from the CC licensed original point cloud data of Radioheads’s “House of Cards” videoclip. Audiência Zero (altLab, LCD and xDA’s mothership) recently held a 3D Printing Workshop led by Zach Hoeken from MakerBot Industries. Sérgio Ferreira wrote such a nice post about it that I [...]
Read Full Post...November 9, 2009
On December 12 and 13 Audiência Zero (AZ) will hold the first big meeting of its 3 labs: LCD, altLab, and xDA. We’ll all get together in Porto, at AZ’s headquarters, for 2 days of creative and fun hacking. The main goals for this hackmeet are to share knowledge, explore synergies, collaborate, research, and… (of [...]
Read Full Post...October 1, 2009
This summer I was a resident at NYC Resistor (NYCR), a hacker collective based in Brooklyn, NY. I’m now back home in Lisbon and would like to share a brief round-up of this wonderful experience. First of all I must mention how incredibly welcoming and fun all the members of the collective are. Not only did [...]
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November 13, 2009
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