1. Soft-Circuit Workshop: interactive cushion covers

    Back by popular demand: our soft-circuit workshop at the V&A.

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    Bring a sparkle to your sofa and learn to make your cushions light up when you squeeze or rattle them.

    By using conductive thread, LEDs, and E-textiles, you will learn how to build a ‘soft circuit’ into a cushion, and make your interiors interactive. The workshop will lead you through embedding electronics into a cushion provided, but feel free to bring your own textiles or garments to embed the circuit into if you wish.

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    WHEN

    Sat 27 July 2013
    10:30 – 5pm

    WHERE

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    The V&A Digital Studio, Sackler Centre
    Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

    BOOK NOW via the V&A website

  2. Soft-Circuit Workshop: Chatbot

    Come and make a cute Chatbot that talks back! This course is an introduction to soft-circuits and E-textiles, and basics of electronics for wearable technology.

    Using conductive materials for basic soft-circuit interaction techniques, the workshop will hack and embed a recordable device into your Chatbot, playing back Chatbot chatter.

    Price:

    £80, concessions £64

    When:

    Saturday 4th May 10.30pm – 5pm

    Where:

    The V&A Digital Studio, Sackler Centre
    Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

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  3. MzTEK V&A Workshops: Sound Oddities

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    Be inspired by the David Bowie exhibition, and design your own wearable electronic noise instrument.

    Learn to build a simple synthesiser by soldering components onto a specially designed Printed Circuit Board, that can be embedded into a garment using conductive thread and soft circuit techniques. The tone of the instrument is manipulated using home-made stretch and pressure sensors.

    This project was designed by MzTEK as part of the Hacked Human Orchestra, a production in collaboration with Guerilla Science.

    Where

    The V&A Digital Studio, Sackler Centre
    Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

    When

    Saturday 23 March, 10.30 – 17.00

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  4. Science Council Launches Fashion & Textiles Section On Future Morph Site

    This week not only sees the beginning of the London Design Festival, but also London Fashion Week. To tie in with the latter, The Science Council are launching a new section on their Future Morph website, entitled Fashion & Textiles. The page explores many different areas within this field, from wearable technology, to textiles used for medicine, as well as how science and fashion can work together for a more sustainable world.

    The page is also a great for tutors as it contains learning resources as well as an insight into the work which different people are doing in this area so as to inspire students with regards to career choices. If you’re interested in this area, then it’s definitely worth a read!

    The Science Council very kindly asked us to contribute towards this section of the site as MzTEK has been doing  a lot of work with soft circuits recently, including the Hacked Human Orchestra project in collaboration with Guerilla Science as well as a variety of workshops.

    We have been running classes in the Lilypad Arduino as well as a beginners soft circuit course in which students can create a soft toy with light-up eyes, which you can participate in at the V&A’s Digital Design Weekend this week!

     

    To read our article as well as others in the section, check out the Future Morph website.