JOANNA BERZOWSKA Joanna Berzowska is Associate Dean Research of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University. She is also a member of the Textiles and materiality Research Cluster at the Milieux Institute and the founder of XS Labs, a design research studio focusing on textilesbased wearables as well as the enabling methods, materials, and technologies that drive innovation in composite functional fibers, textile electronics, and additive manufacturing. For the last five years, she has been the Head of Electronic Textiles at OMsignal, a Montreal based wearable and smart textile company that launched the Ralph Lauren PoloTech shirt. Her work has been shown at the V&A in London, Cooper Hewitt in NYC, Millennium Museum in Beijing, Australian Museum in Sydney, NTT ICC in Tokyo, SIGGRAPH, ISEA, SIGCHI, and Ars Electronica Center in Linz among others. She lectures internationally about the field of electronic textiles and related technological, social, aesthetic, and political issues. PUBLICATIONS Berzowska, Joanna. E Textile Technologies in Design, Research and Pedagogy. Textile Messages: Dispatches From the World of E Textiles and Education, Ed. Leah Buechley, Kylie Peppler, Michael Eisenberg, Yasmin Kafai. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2013. Berzowska, Joanna. XS Labs: electronic textiles and reactive garments as socio cultural interventions. The Handbook of Fashion Studies, Ed. Sandy Black, Amy de la Haye, Joanne Entwistle, Regina Root, Helen Thomas, Agnès Rocamora. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. Berzowska, Joanna; Laflamme, Anne Marie (2011). PLEET: Light emitting Electronic Garment. Fashion Practice: The Journal of Design, Creative Process & the Fashion, Volume 3, Number 1, May 2011, pp. 11 28(18) Berg Publishers Sayed, I., Berzowska, J., Skorobogatiy, M. (2010). Color Tunable Photonic Textiles for Wearable Display Applications. Three Dimensional Imaging, Visualization, and Display 2010 and Display Technologies and Applications for Defense, Security, and Avionics IV, p. 76901G. Berzowska, J., Skorobogatiy, M. (2010). Karma Chameleon: Bragg Fiber Jacquard Woven Photonic Textiles. 4th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI'10, p. 297 298.
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Smart Textiles for Smart Cities Joanna Berzowska Associate Dean, Fine Arts, Concordia University
Smart Biometric Textiles
Quantified Self http://www.chinabbb.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/devices.jpg
Smart Textiles High-performance even before the digital magic Performance Compression Blood circulation Posture Control Comfort fit/second skin feeling Moisture wicking Keeps cool and dry Odor control Antimocrobial treatment Machine washable
Reading biological signal at the source
Using existing manufacturing
And future textile technologies
Complex weaving
And knitting
Current manufacturing ++ Using smart fibers in existing manufacturing process to seamlessly create sensors, conductors, and connectors in garments
Additive manufacturing More complex manufacturing: weaving + knitting + laying + thermal and adhesive lamination + fusing + extrusion coating + ultrasonic welding + printing with conductive inks + 3D and 4D printing + (chemical, thermal, and mechanical) bonding
Chemistry and Material Science Developing advanced functional materials to replace some of the current sensors and construction Functional rubbers and TPUs Smart fibers
OMSignal: biometrics for performance
OMsignal: biometrics for performance
OMsignal Vision: Wellness
Beyond the Self: Crowdsourcing
Deeply Responsive Smart Cities