THE BOOKIT™ | Créez votre propre livre. E-Textiles Tutorial - News. Collaborative Collection Lookmaps » Openwear. Electro-Moleskine of the Future. I’m excited to be working on a new project with Moleskine, prototyping a Moleskine notebook of the future for their event, Objectivity: Notebook Hacking, Collaborative Drawing, and New Collections. I started the project with a visit to the Moleskine NYC showroom. Since I am already a Moleskine user, this was like being let loose in a candy shop. Moleskine let me select a stack of notebooks to bring back to my studio for testing. Many Moleskine notebooks were sacrificed to perfect this hack. To me, a future Moleskine would illuminate like the outfits in Tron.
Objectivity, hosted at Eyebeam, is free and open to the public on May 15th from 6-9pm with RSVP. Online | Programming EL wire fashion. Electroluminescent (EL) wire is a great way to add electronic patterns to your clothing. EL wire is a flexible wire that has a phosphorescent glow when current is applied to it. I like using it because I find it easier to work with than designing with LEDs. EL wire is one continuous strand that can easily be bent into different shapes and applied to clothing. I used it to create glowing patterns controlled by motion for some of the designs in my Fairytale Fashion Collection. This tutorial will show you the basics of how to sew EL wire to a garment and how to program the wire to turn on and off and to create an animated pattern. Photograph by Doug Eng To turn on, EL wire needs roughly 90-120 volts of alternating current from an EL wire driver.
Choosing Materials EL wire comes in different lengths and thicknesses. Materials [A] EL Wire with JST 2-Pin Connectors (up to 8 pieces) Soldering the wire to the connectors can be tedious, so I usually buy my wire presoldered to the connector. Tools.