CLOT Magazine recommends: JUNE
Sonar+D, Barcelona 13-16 June 2018 Sónar+D is an international congress exploring how creative minds are changing our present and imagining new futures, in collaboration with researchers, innovators and…
CLOT Magazine recommends: MAY
The Future Starts Here, Victoria and Albert Museum London, 12 May-4 November 2018 The new major exhibition coming to the V&A Museum (London) this…
Digital Culture, Sónar, The CLOTcasts
Sonar+D 2017 Marketlab
Technological research, design, art, industry and business with a strong focus on future trends were the central axis of Sónar+D 2017. This year’s edition…
Curators, Digital Culture, News
Events: The Garden of Virtual Utopias
Art director and curator Estela Oliva is presenting The Garden of Future Utopias for the coming Art Night 2017 next 1st of July. Her project…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, News, Series
Festival: Lucy McRae wins ASVOFF9
Director Lucy McRae has won the wearable technology fashion film prize Diane Pernet presents A SHADED VIEW ON FASHION FILM 9 for her film “Institute of Isolation”…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
MELISSA COLEMAN, new technologies applied to fashion
‘I’m constantly trying to reframe the field of electronic textiles by asking myself what does this technology mean and what is it capable of…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
OSCAR TOMICO, how our clothes will change our lives
Barcelona-born but based in the Netherlands, designer Òscar Tomico is one of these young academics with a beyond impressive curriculum. Dr Tomico is an Assistant…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
PAULINE VAN DONGEN, exploring interaction through responsive materials
For Dutch fashion designer Pauline Van Dongen, technology is ‘a means to create dynamic expression within fashion. [Technology] offers ways to enhance our senses…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
KATIA VEGA, proposing novel ways of interacting with the world
When we think about cosmetics, the first words that come to our mind are lipstick, rouge, foundation, eyeshadow or mascara, to name just a few….
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
MARINA CASTÁN, translating signs and symbols into a new e-language
Designer and researcher Marina Castán has been always interested in ‘how design can bring [smart] technology to society in a meaningful way’. From Barcelona…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
RICARDO O’NASCIMENTO, sensorial experiences through digital interaction
To bring about sensorial experiences through digital interaction: that’s one of the main creative aims of Ricardo O’Nascimento. An artist and researcher in the…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Op & Ed, Series
Wearable Technologies in Fashion and ASVOFF9
CLOT Magazine is one of the media communicators for this year’s edition of A Shaded View On Fashion Film, ASVOFF9. Founded by Diane Pernet…
ADAM HARVEY, how technology can promote critical thinking
American and European intelligence services are using drones to detect people by their heat. They are also monitoring people’s Internet use, phone calls and much…
CATHERINE WALES, experimenting with digital technologies, genetics, and 3D printing
London based designer Catherine Wales worked with some of the most influential fashion labels in the world including Yves Saint Laurent or Jean Charles de Castellbajac…
MAIKO TAKEDA, finding inspiration in nature and the environment
I met Maiko Takeda at the last London Fashion Week SS14. There, she allowed me access to her latest creations – the headpieces from her collection ‘Atmospheric Reentry’….