In On Around Between 2019

4 spaces:
IN
ON
AROUND
BETWEEN

the body

human body?
animal body?
other body?

style > function

tell stories

>>> why do we wear things?

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Trends:

• Soft and moving
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00685-3
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPx8xwRpfFk
  https://softroboticstoolkit.com/resources-for-educators/tsh-sensor

• * Commodification *:
  Merch/Swag/Designer Branding

• Customized everything

• Bionics

• Remote sensing

• Metallic / foil / puffy

• Voice interfaces?

• Lab grown materials / Biofabrication
  http://www.modernmeadow.com/

• Medical

• AI?

• Electronic pay

Arm wrestling China style #WeChatPay pic.twitter.com/vivydp6WIa

— Matthew Brennan (@mbrennanchina) December 28, 2018

External trends:

• TikTok? Live video

• Marijuana legalization

• Retro everything

Out/OLD:

• Glasses

• LED Clothing

• Trackers

• Phones?

• Glitch / lo-fi

• “Hi tech” / Sci-fi

• Apps

• Smart Home

• Sports?

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The clothes and jewelery of the Vikings

Afropunk

_ikeuchi

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• Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could offer new treatment for neurological disorders

Video dress

• Multi-joint, personalized soft exosuit breaks new ground

Street Tech: Soulja Boy Releases His Own Video Game Consoles — Among Other Tech Goodness

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PSA❗️ Dear fans I’m overloaded on orders but your product is on the way! If you haven’t received your order yet give it another day or two www.souljawatch.com

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HQB Shenzhen Wholesale District 2018

It’s called ~fashion~

Fiber optic clothes

Inflatable 3D-Printed Lights Are Here

Alternative Limb Project

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The Vine arm is on permanent exhibition @nationalmuseumsscotland With controller shoes and a full size photograph by @omkaar of model @itskellyknox #thealternativelimbproject collaborating with @dani_clode and @jaytaylor87 and @shadowrobotcompany #extraterrestrial #robotics #limbs #silicone #vines #botanical #prosthetics #body #transhumanism #nationalmuseum

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Custom Face Socks

figure8

• stelarc

steadycam

Discrete figures

human-inspired muscles

• World’s First Genetically Edited Babies Claimed in China

Sexy Spectacle Trends & Glasses Fashions

You can now put your face on your suitcase to keep track of it

BALENCIAGA gets weird.

Feed Your Friends With Autonomous Chest-Mounted Robot Arms

Bacteria Ride Bionic Mushrooms to Generate Electricity

Computer generated faces using generative adversarial network

Phone relief

Give your phone the finger

Alibaba’s Hema grocery stores are changing retail

Weird Dancing Cat Video, 1970s

Iiu Susiraja

Everybody Dance Now

JetPack

This Charger Looks Like An Umbilical Cord

Maison Margiela Fall/Winter 2018-2019 Set

Trashy

Emergency style

These robots are smaller than a pin head

wow

Pizza Hut’s Pie Tops II sneakers can order a pizza and pause your TV

Open Bionics

Dolce & Gabbana

“Human Uber” lets you attend events remotely using another person’s body

“Human Uber,” developed in Japan, provides a way to attend events remotely using another person’s body. “It’s surprisingly natural” says its inventor, Jin Rekimoto of Sony #emtechasia pic.twitter.com/WZHPVcZ6M0

— will knight (@willknight) January 30, 2018