Fractal: Living and Sensing Jewelry

  "Fractal is a stunning, figure-hugging outfit consisting entirely of huge imitation jewels augmented by pulsing LEDs. By incorporating sensors that measure movement, excitement levels and proximity of others - and using this input to alter the intensity of its integrated lighting - Fractal essentially becomes an extension of the body. It also serves as a platform for exploring emotional sensing. Unlike a cut and sewn garment, Fractal is made using product materials and processes. This opens up the possibility of ‘Hybrid’ forms and new functionalities in the search for solutions in the spaces of traditional apparel functionality - thermal protection, structure and support, water resistance, providing modesty, flesh control, and the ever-changing style calendars."
<http://www.design.philips.com/sites/philipsdesign/probes/projects/fractal/index.page>

Digital Skins Body Atmospheres

  "A Fashion Futures Film set in 2050. Couture becomes a biological experience, gowns are assembled by gas and nano-electronic-particles, where tailoring and cosmetics are constructed by 3D liquid formations, including swallowable technologies exciting the mind, body and soul through physical expression. It is a time when couture will be cultured and farmed as fashion facets of human flesh. A Fashion Futures Film to provoke...
This Film encompasses the work of Interdisciplinary Fashion Designer Nancy Tilbury and Visual Artists 125 Creative. It's narrative is formed in partnership with Philips Design, Probes Director Clive van Heerden as well as specialist concepts in the area of Living Skins with the Design for Need Expert Amanda Sleet.
The Digital Skins Team also included, Alice Moore - Make Up & Prosthetics, Mr. Murdoch - Graphic Designer, Matt Owen - Editor FMG."

Nancy Tilbury
  Used in the sense to denote a general tone or mood, the term ‘atmosphere’ can be perceived as abstract and intangible, yet multi‐layered experiences of spaces, situations and interactions have a very tangible effect on our quality of life. We use all of our senses to look for meaning in relations, representation, environments and emotions, all of which are woven into our own personal narrative. This individual record isn’t always consistent with the rest of the world and we are always struggling to place ourselves against a coherent background of culture, location and time. This notion is central to the work of London‐based fashion designer Nancy Tilbury. With a discerning eye for emerging societal trends and lifestyles, Nancy uses fashion design in a broad sense to explore technological atmospheres in and around the body. She deliberately blurs the boundaries between the separate areas in traditional design by devising new concepts that takes a fresh and open‐minded look at fashion design that always connects back to the human body.
<http://digitalskinsbodyatmospheres.blogspot.com/2009/10/digital-skin.html>




Digital Skins Body Atmospheres from Nancy Tilbury on Vimeo.