DANCKWERTH

The laboratory Danckwerth by Julia Danckwerth researchs the meaning of conceptual fashion in the context of human- machine- and the body. Almost in tension between new media, velocity, technology and virtuality the perception of the body is changing. Those phanomens are questioning the requirement of designing fashion for the present and the future.

Danckwerth designs conceptual textiles which recognizes fashion as a new kind of an interface. In this way of understanding, humans use fashion in the meaning of an second skin and come to know about new potentials. She is working at innovative solutions how to integrate functions and electronics into textile. Danckwerth is researching for contemporary strategies of designing, works mostly interdisciplinary in the field of Smart Textile and Wearable Technology.