TWITTER FROCK
AUT BUSINESS AWARDS
2016
Made for Sarah Trotman for the AUT Excellence in Business Support Awards, 2016.
In collaboration with Dr Donna Cleveland, Lara Galea, Julian de Villiers & Marlies Reukers
CONCEPT
This year’s team from AUT’s Colab envisioned a dress for Sarah that invited multiple interactions during the night through the use of social media most used by businesses. Hence, New Zealand’s first “Twitter Frock” was born.
Incorporating NeoPixel LEDs throughout the dress using innovative textile-based circuitry, Arduino computing and clever seam-work, the dress comes to life whenever the hashtag “#AUTBizAwards” is mentioned on Twitter.
Giving the audience the chance to activate and reveal the true display of the dress.
TECHNICAL
Arduino Uno
NeoPixel LEDs
design
Satin
Gaza