Abstract
E-textiles combine electronics and textiles, making it difficult to recycle due to the inherent difficulties already associated with its constituent parts, and the tight integration of electronic components and textiles. In order to enable circularity in e-textiles, components need to be easily removed from the textiles. This paper addresses the disassembly of textiles integrated e-textiles, by exploring stitching techniques to create e-textiles that can be readily disassembled. This paper presents the inquiry into designing e-textiles for disassembly. The disappearing stitch project demonstrates how the e-textile design can be designed to leverage existing textile technologies for circular practice and how design can be used to optimise material recovery, allowing the conductive threads and electronic components to be re-used.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedngs of Design and Semantics of Form and Movement, DeSForM 2023 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Boundless: Aesthetics, Human Experience and Intelligence for the New Normal |
| Publisher | Northumbria University |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 22 Mar 2023 |
| Event | Conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement: Boundless: Aesthetics, Human Experience and Intelligence for the New Normal - Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Duration: 5 Jul 2023 → 7 Jul 2023 Conference number: 12 https://www.desform2023.org |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the Conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement |
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| Publisher | Northumbria University |
| ISSN (Print) | 2706-6150 |
Conference
| Conference | Conference on Design and Semantics of Form and Movement |
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| Abbreviated title | DeSForM |
| Country/Territory | Hong Kong |
| City | Hong Kong |
| Period | 5/07/23 → 7/07/23 |
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