Wearing Embodied Emotions, 2013 A Practice Based Design Research on Wearable Technology PoliMI SpringerBriefs Series

Today, people are in an era of digitally mediated Human-to-Human Interaction, which cannot provide full sensorial contact and therefore, emotions cannot be communicated completely. The intimate cover of the human body, i.e. garment is the interface, where many personal traits are embodied. With the improvements in textile and electronics industry, this embodiment can be carried on a higher level, where the garments become dynamic interfaces and extensions of the human body. This book consists of a research on skin, clothes and technology as extensions of human body, emotions, technology-mediated emotions and a design practice that explores the communicative level of wearable technology through turning it into a living surface, which can convert intangible data to tangible in order to provide an emotional communication. This book aims to show how Human-Technology interaction is carried into an alternative context, where technology dissolves in use and starts serving for enhancing HHI.

Introduction.- Human Body’s Extensions.- Emotion, Design and Technology.- A Design Practice on Emotional Embodiment through Wearable Technology.- Prototyping and Testing.- Conclusion.

A perspective on wearable technology from a phenomenological overview Tips for creating wearable technology prototypes A design model and assumptions that can trigger new avenues for human-to-human interaction that is mediated with wearable technology