electronic textile

Clive van Heerden is creative director of Philips ‘Design Probes’ program. The projects he leads there include amongst others the exploration of electronic textiles for emotional sensing and expression as well as electronic tattoos that transform with touch.

Philips Design Probes is a dedicated ‘far-future’ research initiative to track trends and developments that may ultimately evolve into mainstream issues that have a significant impact on business. Emerging developments in five main areas are tracked - politics, economics, environment, technology and culture. The outcomes of this ‘far-future’ research are used to identify systemic shifts, with the aim of understanding ‘lifestyle’ post 2020. The main objective of this program is to stimulate the discussion and register feedback, challenging conventional ways of thinking to come up with concepts to stimulate debate.

On Friday afternoon, during the “New Frontiers” session, Clive will show us how to employ past technological failures to develop disruptive futures. For more information and to connect to Clive have a look at his LIFT page.