Textile Prototyping Lab - A Platform and Open Laboratory for the Promotion of Open Innovation and Networking between Research, Design and Industry

This paper introduces and discusses the Textile Prototyping Lab (hereinafter referred to as 'TPL'), which is a joint research project in its early stages of five organisations from the fields of textiles, electronic research, design and economics. It comprises the concept, design, installation and testing of a textile prototyping laboratory that is more open, flexible and interdisciplinary than other textile-related laboratories known to date. The core topic of the project is Open Innovation, which means research and development is conducted within the new context of sharing resources and results amongst the directly involved actors and the interested community consisting of industry, individual professionals and students. Thus the research and development activities relevant to the individual parties involved in this project are conducted jointly and made available beyond their own organisational boundaries. The concept is implemented by five partners with a sound expertise in their respective fields of action: The Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI) and the Textile Research Institute Thuringia-Vogtland (TITV Greiz) - two leading German textile research institutes - are contributing their expertise in textile process chains, lightweight construction and Smart Textiles to the project. The Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) supports the lab in the field of microelectronic integration into textile structures, but Fab Lab Berlin - with their expertise related to Open Innovation processes. weißensee academy of art berlin serves as the network coordinator and contributes its knowledge in textile design, design education and design research. This research project is part of futureTEX, an interdisciplinary competence network in which industry, scientific institutions and associations work together to actively shape the future of the German textile industry, fostering new interdisciplinary ideas, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Germany. The infrastructure of TPL consists of a digitally supported central prototyping lab located at the weißensee academy of art berlin, supplemented by highly specialised facilities and 'focus labs‘ located at the partner institutes. A specifically developed software connects the different facilities and supports lean development processes. Additionally an extensive material library embodies and represents the textile expertise and serves as an analogue resource of references, information and inspiration in order to communicate the competence fields and technological possibilities of TPL. TPL connects different stakeholders from the textile sector and beyond promoting exchange among these. Diverse actors benefit from the competences of the TPL infrastructure and its network. The processes are adapted to serve different user types (e.g. industry, SMEs, start-ups, designers, engineers, developers, free-lancers, students). Thus TPL is an open and agile place where interdisciplinary practices and interests meet to foster quick and effective innovation processes within the extended field of textiles

How to Make Fabrics Talk Environment: The Scatol8 per la Sostenibilità Way

The mission of Scatol8 per la Sostenibilità srl (in English Scatol8 for Sustainability) is the realization of products and services to communicate the theme of sustainable development. The economic viability of the entrepreneurial initiative is ensured by three lines of activity: (1) the realization of personalized management systems, (2) carrying out environmental education activities, and (3) design and manufacture of products. Scatol8’s products are unique design objects—therefore exclusive—crafted with materials and techniques derived from scientific research. Osmosis between new researches in the fields of business management, chemistry, environment, and the Scatol8 company leads to the manufacture of products that incorporate recent innovations and transfer the knowledge content to those who can afford them, meaning those who have culture enough to understand and appreciate them. It has been said: luxury is experiential. This is the concept we aim for with our products. The following chapter describes the qualities of some sustainable luxury products and deepens the ways of thinking, designing, and making a line of garments. These garments incorporate electronic devices with natural fabrics: cotton, hemp, and eco-leather. This is an example of upcycling as a result of technological innovation, which is then analyzed by the design thinking

Obecność wdrożeń w publikacjach z zakresu nauki o informacji na podstawie wybranych czasopism wydawnictwa Emerald

Cel badań: Określenie jaką część prac z zakresu nauki o informacji stanowią wdrożenia oraz do kogo są one adresowane. Metodologia: Do oceny celów badań wykorzystano stosowane w wydawnictwie Emerald ustrukturyzowane abstrakty artykułów z trzech czasopism z zakresu nauki o informacji: „Journal of documentation”, „Online information review” i „Journal of knowledge management”. Badaniem objęto w sumie 152 artykułów z rocznika 2010. Wyniki: Artykuły dotyczące wdrożeń stanowiły zaledwie 6,6% wszystkich badanych. Spodziewano się większego udziału publikacji o charakterze praktyczno-wdrożeniowym. Wyniki wskazują na dużą dysproporcję między badaniami o charakterze teoretyczno-poznawczym, a praktyczno-wdrożeniowym. Ograniczenia: Tylko trzy czasopisma to za mało by móc traktować otrzymane wyniki procentowe, jako precyzyjnie oddające rzeczywistość. Nie zmienia to jednak faktu, jakim jest bardzo mała obecność wdrożeń w publikacjach informatologów. Praktyczne zastosowanie: Wprowadzenie budowy abstraktów na wzór stosowanych w czasopismach wydawnictwa Emerald do polskich czasopism, formularzy konferencyjnych itp. umożliwi z jednej strony szybszą orientację w treści artykułów, a z drugiej może przyczynić się do poniesienia jakości przygotowywanych publikacji. Wartość badań: Badanie jest oryginalne. Otrzymane wyniki powinny stać się impulsem dla informatologów do częstszego podejmowania prac praktyczno-wdrożeniowych