Light and Shadow play : the sun as an aesthetic trigger for urban textiles

The project investigates how the sun can be utilized to enhance aesthetics through textile surfaces in urban environments. The project explores the interplay of textiles as a sun-screening element within the outdoor public architectural space. What happens when we use the sun's heat and light to trigger a light and shadow play through a textile surface? What happens when designing with an unpre-dictable parameter – the sun – in relation to the predictability of the textile design processes? The exhibited objects; an interactive 3D model, two animation films and six storyboards, will summaries the research process and results. The interactive model is open for the audience to interact with via their own observations and explorationsAcknowledgementsThanks to:Prof. Lars Hallnäs, The Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås, SwedenProf. Robert Christie, School of Textile and Design, Heriot-Watt University, UKSarah Taylor, textile designer, UKAnn Hardie, School of Textile and Design, Heriot-Watt University, UKKatja Bülow and the Daylight Laboratory at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen, DanmarkHenrik Bengtsson, photographer, Imaginara, SwedenPierre Ledendal, photographer and film production, Film & Bildstudion, SwedenSponsorship:Smart-Textile Initiative Estrid-Ericsons Stiftelse