Linda Worbin

University of Borås · School of Textiles (THS)

Considering the Dynamic Light Filters concept, textile behavior aims to change the light that passes through them. As different amounts of textile layers absorb different luminosities, the research on shape memory textiles aimed to create changes within layer number variation, according to predefined geometric morphologies. These requirements were...

Designing thermo-responsive textiles, conductive materials are enabled to produce temperature variation through electrical activation. This chapter starts with an overview on electroconductive materials, fabrication technologies associated with the development of electroconductive textiles and applications, with particular emphasis on textile heati...

Development of paste recipes with TC and conventional pigments for textile printing is commonly realized through empirical processes. Towards a systematic and more accurate process to create TC textiles, this chapter presents experimental work based on instrumental processes of paste recipe formulation and respective integration in textile substrat...

To perform shape change, Nitinol alloys require an annealing process to memorize the geometry they assume when exposed to their activation temperature. The heat treatment required to shape set the alloys has to be conducted at temperatures significantly higher than those supported by textile fibers. In this sense, they must be processed prior to th...

Dynamic Light Filter effect can be designed through the interaction of textile color behavior and light. As dark colors absorb a greater intensity of visible light spectrum than lighter colors, TC textiles affect the light than passes through them, when they are below or above their activation temperature. For an introduction of dynamic color in te...

Smart textiles are able to interact with the environment and perform dynamic changes over time. They open up innovative potential for the design of responsive environments, as they are able of sensing and responding to stimuli and they are an active element in shaping the environment. The phenomenon approached in this research focuses on the design...

This book offers an extensive, interdisciplinary overview of dynamic textiles. Specifically, it discusses new findings and design concepts concerning the integration of smart materials into textile substrates and their corresponding dynamic behavior. Introducing the topic of dynamic color in textiles, it presents experimental procedures to achieve...

In this article, we explore and start to define what smart textiles as raw materials for design can be, and look at how these materials can come into and add something to another design process. The foundation for this exploration is a number of textile examples from the “Smart Textiles sample collection” and our experiences when developing and des...

Through a smart textile design project we have identified two sets of complex issues generally relevant for design with state changing materials. Specifically, we show how the temporal dimension of smart textiles increase the complexity of traditional textile design variables such as form and colour. We also show how the composite nature of smart t...

Through a smart textile design project we have identified two sets of complex issues generally relevant for design with state changing materials. Specifically, we show how the temporal dimension of smart textiles increase the complexity of traditional textile design variables such as form and colour. We also show how the composite nature of smart t...

No longer is it sufficient to add ‘smart’ to textiles to secure interesting research results. We have surpassed the initial stages of explorations and testing and now need to raise the bar. We have thus specified a research program in which we investigate what it means to design with smart textiles. What can we design with smart textiles? And how d...

We are developing a dynamic textile wall hanging as an interface to the atmosphere of a room. Atmospheres are elusive. An atmosphere is the result of an ongoing negotiation between the activities in the room and the expression of the material objects, the lighting, the temperature, and the boundaries of the room [4, 8]. The wall hanging will play a...

In the research project 'Reach', we investigate the potential for new forms of communication and expression to be incorporated dynamically and interactively into the things to be worn everyday. Through a series of iterative prototypes, we have explored both dynamic textile materials and the interactive behaviours of clothing and accessories, which...

In the Fabrication project we investigate the expressional possibilities of computational technology and textile patterns through a combination of the two. In the experiments discussed in this paper we have been looking at the combination of aesthetical qualities of textile patterns, often seen as solely decorative, and aesthetical qualities of the...

As we face an increasingly heterogeneous collection of computational devices, there is a need to develop a general approach to what it is that we design as we create computa-tional things. One such basic approach is to consider computational technology to be a design material . In the present paper, we describe how a traditional material – textiles...

In this practice-based experimental design research project a tablecloth reacting on external signals is designed. The tablecloth is connected to mobile phones and reacts to incoming calls and messages with burned out patterns. Due to the mobile phone activity, changes in colour and structure appear in the table-cloth. The tablecloth is a way to ex...

In this ongoing practise-based design research project, a new technique for designing textile patterns is developed and explored; a non chemical burn-out (ausbrenner) technique. As a first part of the project, experiments with conductive and traditional textile materials in knitted structures were designed. The knitted samples were made in cotton,...