Smart Textile / Wearable Technology
About the project
A hand-embroidered cotton dress integrating Nitinol shape-memory wire directly into the stitch. Above a set temperature threshold, the wire activates - contracting at the waist and altering the fit of the garment on the body.
As the wearer feels the dress tighten, they internalise the heat around them not as an abstract statistic, but as a bodily experience. The garment becomes a sensor - translating environmental data into something physical and personal.
The project explores how wearable technology can carry meaning beyond function: making climate change felt, not just understood.
