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U EXPRESSED

Abrahamsson, Frida and Kristensson, Maria (2021) In Diploma work IDEL01 20211
Industrial Design
Abstract
Life at a music festival can be both a blessing
and a curse. It creates a feeling of escaping
reality into euphoric happiness and freedom
that only music festivals can bring. But one
thing can drastically change this mood and
make the living at the festival quite miserable – the weather. Rain as well as too high or
low temperatures contribute to this negative
change of mood. The festival chosen for this
project was Roskilde and the month when it
takes place is one of the hottest but also most
rainy of the year. This is what the U Expressed
project is a response to.
The core is the area of the body which is most
important to protect, which lead us to the brief
– Erase the visitors’ mood dips at Roskilde
festival by protecting... (More)
Life at a music festival can be both a blessing
and a curse. It creates a feeling of escaping
reality into euphoric happiness and freedom
that only music festivals can bring. But one
thing can drastically change this mood and
make the living at the festival quite miserable – the weather. Rain as well as too high or
low temperatures contribute to this negative
change of mood. The festival chosen for this
project was Roskilde and the month when it
takes place is one of the hottest but also most
rainy of the year. This is what the U Expressed
project is a response to.
The core is the area of the body which is most
important to protect, which lead us to the brief
– Erase the visitors’ mood dips at Roskilde
festival by protecting the core from rain and
maintaining a pleasant body temperature
throughout the day. This lead us into the area
of jackets.
Studying the festival life made us realize that
choosing right clothes can be quite problematic. You might decide to bring the jacket to
the concert, and have to struggle with it being
tied around your waist for most of the day. Or,
you trust in the sun and leave it behind, having
to regret it when it gets colder. We decided
to make a jacket that people could wear
throughout the day. Looking into the market,
we saw that most jackets are designed to be
either functional or fashionable, but not both.
It was time to fool the vain visitors into buying
something useful.
To achieve this, we created a unisex jacket
which at first sight breathes fashion but has hidden functions. An element of surprise, which
is what festivals are all about. The U Expressed
Jacket with its black micro suede and upper
front and back covered in silver sequins, has
a bold, yet minimalistic design. It consists of
three layers - A water repellant outer layer, a
light insulating middle layer and an inner layer
which transports moisture away from the skin.
But what makes this jacket unique is the function of the sequins. By pulling two straps at the
front, the sequins tilt upwards, showing off the
colorful backside of the sequins and allows hot
air to leave the body through small ventilation
holes underneath. When you are getting cold,
you just pull the straps placed in the pocket
and at the back, and the sequins close again,
keeping the warmth inside.
As far as our research shows, this technique has
never been used on clothes before. We had
the possibility to explore something new, that
could be developed further, both by making
the function more neat and by applying it to
other garments. This project was a challenge
for us which we are glad we accepted. (Less)
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author
Abrahamsson, Frida and Kristensson, Maria
supervisor
organization
course
IDEL01 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
publication/series
Diploma work
report number
ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/EX--21/50542-SE
other publication id
ISRN
language
English
id
9048051
date added to LUP
2021-06-29 11:52:08
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2021-06-29 11:52:08
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  abstract     = {{Life at a music festival can be both a blessing
and a curse. It creates a feeling of escaping
reality into euphoric happiness and freedom
that only music festivals can bring. But one
thing can drastically change this mood and
make the living at the festival quite miserable – the weather. Rain as well as too high or
low temperatures contribute to this negative
change of mood. The festival chosen for this
project was Roskilde and the month when it
takes place is one of the hottest but also most
rainy of the year. This is what the U Expressed
project is a response to.
The core is the area of the body which is most
important to protect, which lead us to the brief
– Erase the visitors’ mood dips at Roskilde
festival by protecting the core from rain and
maintaining a pleasant body temperature
throughout the day. This lead us into the area
of jackets.
Studying the festival life made us realize that
choosing right clothes can be quite problematic. You might decide to bring the jacket to
the concert, and have to struggle with it being
tied around your waist for most of the day. Or,
you trust in the sun and leave it behind, having
to regret it when it gets colder. We decided
to make a jacket that people could wear
throughout the day. Looking into the market,
we saw that most jackets are designed to be
either functional or fashionable, but not both.
It was time to fool the vain visitors into buying
something useful.
To achieve this, we created a unisex jacket
which at first sight breathes fashion but has hidden functions. An element of surprise, which
is what festivals are all about. The U Expressed
Jacket with its black micro suede and upper
front and back covered in silver sequins, has
a bold, yet minimalistic design. It consists of
three layers - A water repellant outer layer, a
light insulating middle layer and an inner layer
which transports moisture away from the skin.
But what makes this jacket unique is the function of the sequins. By pulling two straps at the
front, the sequins tilt upwards, showing off the
colorful backside of the sequins and allows hot
air to leave the body through small ventilation
holes underneath. When you are getting cold,
you just pull the straps placed in the pocket
and at the back, and the sequins close again,
keeping the warmth inside.
As far as our research shows, this technique has
never been used on clothes before. We had
the possibility to explore something new, that
could be developed further, both by making
the function more neat and by applying it to
other garments. This project was a challenge
for us which we are glad we accepted.}},
  author       = {{Abrahamsson, Frida and Kristensson, Maria}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Diploma work}},
  title        = {{U EXPRESSED}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}