Infinite - an E-textile Toolkit for Fashion and Textile Designers

More fashion and textile designers are becoming interested in interactive technology, however, there is a lack of support for them to experiment or embed the technology in their work. There are a variety of e-textile toolkits made for engaging people from diverse backgrounds into electronics and computing (Buechley et al., 2008; Katterfeldt et al., 2009; Walusinski, 2008). Those toolkits reduce the complexity of circuits and target towards a more engaging learning dynamic for electronics and programming. However, they might not be suitable for designers as they often overlook the desire for harmony between aesthetic design and its functionality.