> e-stitches
smart / e-textiles & wearables meetup
e-stitches regularly brings artists, fashion and other designers – including performers, makers, electronic technologies, bio-technologists, wearable DIY enthusiasts, and quantified-selfies – all together to discuss, show, share, educate and learn from each other on the current issues and future directions in this developing area.
> Videos
In progress.
> Meetup Galleries 2014 – Present
> Timeline
November 2014 – Present
> Past Presenters
- Amy Winters
- Brook Roberts
- Michele Danjoux
- Johannes Birringer (2nd event)
- Kristina Dimitrova
- Berit Greinke
- Annie Lynwood
- Lyndsey Caulder & Sarah Robertson
- Caroline Yan Zheng
- Olsen Wolf
- Priti Veja
- Giulia Tomasello
- Emilie Gillies
- Yulia Salias
- Olga Noronha
- Bushra Burge
- Lesley-Ann Daly
- Amy Congdon
- Elena Corchero
- Marina Castan
- Aniela Hoitink
- Sophie Skach
- Mili Tharakan
- Becky Stewart
- Melissa Coleman
- Maria Paneta
- Stefanie Posavec & Miriam Quirk
- Elena Corchero
- Victoria Geaney
- Nigel Guèrin-Garrett
- Marina Toeters
- Danielle Roberts
- Maria Almena
- Rachel Friere
- Pollie Barden
- Panja Gobel
- Francesca Perona
- Becca Rose
- Tincuta Heinzel
- Nicola Woodham
- Ricardo O’ Nascimento
- Caroline McMillan
- and myself, on my own practice
> Abstract
e-stitches is a gathering for artistic / research / practice sharing, show & tell, workshops & talks, which originally took place every six weeks to two months, and now monthly online since April 2020, on the themes of..
- Soft circuits & e-textiles
- Digital fashion
- wearables and DIY electronics
…and related topics in art, design, research and performance.
The group combines discussion on topical issues around these technologies, along with show-and-tell opportunities for participants to show their current work, with occasional hands-on skills-building workshops with expert designers, in a causal meet-up format, with an additional aim to bring other London-based artistic, industry and academic groups together.
This is a non-profit, non-registered, voluntary organisation since 2014
> Partners
- Camille Baker – Founder & Organiser
- Melissa Coleman – Co-Founder & Co-Organiser (Jan 2015 – Feb 2020)
- Irini Papadimitriou – Co-Organiser (Nov 2014 – Jul 2018)
- Emelie Giles – Co-Organiser (Apr 2020 – Present)
> Budget / Funding
None. All funding in-kind or volunteer.
> Outcomes / Impact
e-stitches aims to evolve one day into a cross-disciplinary, cross institutional research & development lab, and advocacy group.
Currently we have almost 200 members, and have hosted more than sixty designers and innovators presenting their work and sharing their skills.
The WEAR Sustain project was spawned from this meetup group and many of the mentors and recipient designers that were involved in WEAR Sustain came from this group.