The textile is based on movement-based interactions that respond to emotion.

 

Trans-For-M-otion, which is designed through emotion-driven-action and action-driven-emotion is based on the concept of form-less-ness and shape change — the shift of textiles into an in-between transitional space through the integration of the processes of human interaction, associated movement and emotional response. It considers how the form and function of textiles become sensible and adaptable to people as bodily extensions, kinaesthetically and emotionally, and thereby integrating the body-subject and the space where our body perceives senses and emotions. It particularly considers a kinaesthetic understanding of comfort in relation to negative and positive emotions, such as happiness and fear that tested how our body moves and is moved in response to these negative and positive emotions in spaces. 

 

Trans-For-M-otion is made out of engineering felt. Created of simple felt units, the textile replicates three dimensional, 3D regular polygonal shapes with the trapped air unit structure on the one side and flower-shaped pockets on the reverse side. It is structured of 3D regular geometric polygonal units, which are a combination of matter and form, and allow the transformation of form, while they stimulate air flow and enable wind protection. The principle of air layering allows for insulation and protection of the body in danger of attack in insecure spaces. For this reason, when someone wears the garment, she stands a better chance of staying warm and feeling secure. The textile is designed to simulate a myriad of responses. For example, the shape changeable 3D form can support the neck, shoulder, or back with the trapped air unit structure. This creates a garment that feels like a cushion. It helps people protect their body from hazardous environments.

 

Material substances, such as engineering felt — being composed of the compound properties, which are tough, solid, rigid, but deformable, and still have a feeling of softness — inform structure — the trapped air units’ modular segments combine craft skills with folding and sewing techniques which, in turn, inform the three-dimensional, regular polygonal shape.  This shape offers dynamic movement-based on interaction possibilities when it react to the way the body moves in different emotional situations such as the shape’s abilities of twisting, bending, deformability, manipulability, graspability, and flexibility. This shape also invites people to elicit dynamic sensorial experiences through touch and movement. 

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