Crafting Wearables: Blending Technology with Fashion

By Daren Guler, Kate Sicchio, Madeline Gannon, et al.

Book Overview

Crafting Wearables promotes interest and excitement around the growing field of wearable technology. As wearables become embedded in more consumer products on a micro-level, people are losing touch with the basic craft of fashioning clothes and accessories. From learning how to repair a button to learning how to design light-up shoes, readers will learn the importance of honing their sewing and crafting skills and passing them on to future generations. Written for hobbyist, beginner, and expert alike this book provides a fundamental understanding of how electronics and digital media are becoming a natural part of our "second skin". It's important as our clothes and devices become smarter and more connected to understand the possibilities wearable technology presents for monitoring health, disrupting the fashion industry, and more Crafting Wearables imparts that understanding and helps convert readers from passive bystanders to active shapers of the future in fashion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484218078
• ISBN13: 9781484218075
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"