Book list: See yourself sensing
‘SEE YOURSELF SENSING, REDEFINING HUMAN PERCEPTION’; author: Madeline Schwartzman. Edited by Black Dog Publishing. See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception is the first book to survey the intersection between design, the body, science and the senses, from the utopian pods and head gear of the 1960s, to the high-tech prostheses, wearable computing, implants, and interfaces...
Book list: SPACESUIT: Fashioning Apollo
“SPACESUIT: Fashioning Apollo” ; author: Nicholas De Monchaux. Edited by: Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) Press. 2011. http://fashioningapollo.com/ En 1969, Neil Armstrong y Buzz Aldrin pisaron la luna llevando trajes espaciales hechos por Playtex: 21 capas de tela, cada una con una función determinada, y confeccionada a medida por costureras habituadas a trabajar con...
Book list: Advanced Textiles, Marie O’Mahony
“ADVANCED TEXTILES for Health and Wellbeing”; author: Marie O’Mahony. Edited by: Thames & Hudson. First published in the United Kingdom in 2011. A new book release by expert Marie O’Mahony that covers from the fibers, fabric structures and surfaces of advanced textiles, to their applications in habitat, transport, personal and environment, aimed at actively contribute to our...
book list: “in the bubble”, John Thackara
“IN THE BUBBLE, designing in a complex world“; author: John Thackara. Edited by: The MIT Press; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; first paperback edition 2006. 320 pages, including bibliographical references and index. “…We’re filling up the world with technology and devices, but we’ve lost sight of an important question: what is this stuff for? What...
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