Tablet Tailor by Yip Wing Lun Erica from china
designer's own words:
As mass-production rationalizes manufacturing efficiencies, it often alienates users from their product experiences. In reaction to this the Maker Movement leverages information technology to create quality products, promoting fundamental values such as beauty, uniqueness, interaction, and people's ownership of user experiences, as it involves them in the design process. Meanwhile, smart phones and tablet mobiles are increasingly woven into tools and products, socially connecting would-be craftspeople to the internet of things. Opportunity lies at the junction of these trends; in designing accessible product-service systems for non-master craftspeople.
The Tablet Tailor features 3 textile craft tool sets: sewing, pattern-making, and weaving. The series harnesses smart phones and tablet functions for setting and managing tailor tasks, thus nurturing ‘fashion hacks’’ play with identity. The connection to the internet and its social networks facilitates the building of a maker’s library of designs and exchange, nurturing the development of home talent and small businesses.
A self-sustainable home workshop making system combining digital and analog processes facilitating the textile production of everyday objects outside the life-controlling brand paradigms.
The Tablet Tailor features 3 textile craft tool sets: sewing, pattern-making, and weaving. The series harnesses smart phones and tablet functions for setting and managing tailors tasks, thus nurturing ‘fashion hacks’’ play with identity. These three exploded view indicate the component and structure of all three products.
The pattern-making tools making use of the iPhone and magnifying lens to project the in-scaled sewing pattern on the raw fabric. It is for the preparing stage of making new clothes by connecting smart phone with tablet. Users can follow the instruction and preview the clothes via the app and tablet.
Sewing line pattern control and embroidery function are included in this machine for creating unique pattern at home. It is also the basic unit of textile craft tools.
Sometimes, maker may want to even have their own created fabric pattern and this is for them to make patterned scarf with app to guide the user. It contains light sensor to auto-adjusting heddle height for weaving and the principle is actually designed base on the traditional weaving tutorial book.
The apps are designed as simple as possible in order to keep a balance of physical and digital interaction of user. Even the non-master craft-making people can understand easily.