Class 1: State of Art#
Global Instructors: Fabricademy Coordination
In the introductory module we present the academy’s coordinating team, the larger network of practitioners and nodes and frame the program’s scope and vision. The course explores the relationship between humans, technology and the environment through embodiment, materiality, ecodesign, biodesign, performance, smart textiles and digital fabrication.
Fabricademy is a transdisciplinary program that aims to reshape the role of technology in textiles and clothing, from fashion to emerging wearables. It provides an overview of the current research and applies learning-by-doing methods, addressing personal fabrication, distributed manufacturing, Industry 4.0, wearable technology, biofabrication, assistive technologies and sustainability. The class also defines shared values and workflows, software and tools used during the program will be introduced, alongside documentation tools for building personal websites.
Program outline#
- Introduction
- Values and Principles, scope of the program
- Calendar overview
- State of the Art: the textile and clothing industry, sustainability, innovation and technology
- Project management, Documentation and Website
Tools/software#
- Computer
- Code/Text Editors: Sublime Merge, Texmate, Visual Studio Code, Atom, Brackets, TextMate for macOS
- Open Source Online Media Editing Software: Tinyjpg.com - Smart JPG/PNG compression, Canva - Media kit maker, Ezgif.com - Gif maker, PhotoCollage - Collage maker, ImageMagick - Open Source (Command-line)
Assignment#
- Build your documentation website describing yourself and your motivation for the textile-academy, including your previous work
- Upload the documentation to your project page on class.textile-academy.org
- Add references and research based on the topic of your interest
- Learn how to upload images, videos, references and how to use markdown and gitlab
- Learn to resize and “optimize for web” images, videos and files
- EXTRA POINT Customize your website and document how you did it
Evaluation and assessment#
Check the Assessment Criteria
References#
Fabricademy Tutorials - Introuctions to Gitlab and mkdocs - Documentation best practices