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Vigour was acquired in the permanent collection of the Technical Museum Vienna, letting visitors experience the process of innovation in our cities today and in the future. More details on event page

Martijn successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “Designing Embodied Smart Textile Services: The role of prototypes for project, community and stakeholders”. The thesis was the result of a research-through-design project and amazing journey with many great partners from academia and industry.

Vigour was exhibited amount the work of 15 other designers in Paris during the FashionTech Festival in La Gaité Lyrique. “In the future, from designing to distribution, what will fashion be capable of?

The chapter “Designing ultra-personalised embodied smart textile services for well-being” is part of the book edited by Lieva van Langenhove from Ghent University. Our chapter discusses how smart textiles are becoming more integrated with service ecosystems that go beyond the current horizontal textile value chain and open up a vast field of opportunities to develop close-to-the-body applications in the area of well-being.