TY - GEN
T1 - Using asset teams to design mass-customizable next-to-skin apparel
AU - Kinnicutt, Patrick
AU - Domina, Tanya
AU - Lerch, Terence
AU - MacGillivray, Maureen
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Much research has been done in recent years in the apparel industry to incorporate different fabrics, mesh designs, nanomaterials and "smart fabrics" for sports, first responder and military apparel. One application of these technologies exists in next-to-skin apparel, where combinations of varying fabrics and/or finishes are being used to provide thermal and moisture management. This paper describes a case study showing how asset teams may effectively communicate to develop multidisciplinary solutions to design problems. In particular, the workflow used to develop a database of the thermal distributions of the human torso will be discussed. This database will be data mined to determine whether the mass-customization of next-to-skin apparel designed to optimize thermal and moisture management is feasible or not.
AB - Much research has been done in recent years in the apparel industry to incorporate different fabrics, mesh designs, nanomaterials and "smart fabrics" for sports, first responder and military apparel. One application of these technologies exists in next-to-skin apparel, where combinations of varying fabrics and/or finishes are being used to provide thermal and moisture management. This paper describes a case study showing how asset teams may effectively communicate to develop multidisciplinary solutions to design problems. In particular, the workflow used to develop a database of the thermal distributions of the human torso will be discussed. This database will be data mined to determine whether the mass-customization of next-to-skin apparel designed to optimize thermal and moisture management is feasible or not.
KW - Apparel design
KW - Asset teams
KW - Database
KW - Multidisciplinary collaboration
KW - Thermal imaging
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=58349087870&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-92719-8_56
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-92719-8_56
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:58349087870
SN - 3540927182
SN - 9783540927181
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 620
EP - 631
BT - Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design IV - 11th International Conference, CSCWD 2007, Revised Selected Papers
T2 - 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design IV, CSCWD 2007
Y2 - 26 April 2007 through 28 April 2007
ER -