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INplay 2010 Conference Features CFC Media Lab Alumnus

May 17, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in CFC Media Lab > Interactive Industry > News & Events > Alumni Successes

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CFC Media Lab Alumnus, Rose Bianchini, will be speaking at INplay 2010 tomorrow, May 18 at 4 pm at Liberty Grand, in the Centennial Room, located on the Exhibition Grounds in Toronto.


INplay is a unique, international event that connects kids creative industries with insights and opportunities in the interactive space. From the video game business to the broadcast industry, from toys to toons, the INplay conference brings together leaders in the kids space to learn, network and be inspired by interactive.

The conference will feature 3 major streams each covering a different dimension of working with properties for kids aged 2-12:

    Inspiration - creativity and content stream
    Investment - business stream
    Insights - research stream

Rose Bianchini has been selected to speak on an “Insights” panel for Cutting Edge Research: Input Devices. This topic will be addressed through a series of short presentations followed by a moderated Q&A.

The keyboard, mouse and headset are old school. What is coming next to improve kids’ interaction with the digital world?

Moderator: Steve Szigeti (Ph.D Candidate - Knowledge Media Design Graduate)

Other Presenters: Chris Muscarella (Cofounder at Do Crew) and Vincent John Vincent (President of Gesturetek Inc.)

Rose Bianchini prototyped Neighbourhoodie with David McCallum and Kathleen Climie during the Telus IAEP Fall Residency of 2009 at the CFC Media Lab.

Neighbourhoodie is a hoodie that combines the fun and dynamic of street games like ‘zombie tag’ with the technological experience space young people grow up with today, online or with computer games. The ‘Neighbourhoodie’ has the potential to motivate us to leaving not only the couch but the house by playing hybrid games that partly happen in the real world and partly in our all important virtual world.

Neighbourhoodie has been featured on top wearable electronics and gadget blogs, talk2myshirt.com and gizmodiva.com.

INplay is taking place May 18 & May 19. Tickets are still available!
For a full line up or speakers and sessions, click HERE.

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CFC Media Lab Alumni Congrats!

April 30, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in CFC Media Lab > Alumni Successes

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Congratulations to CFC Media Lab Alumni, Angella Mackey and David McCallum who have created a prototype “Frogr” (a Lilypad Arduino e-textile shield) featured on top wearable tech blog: Fashioning Technology.

Be sure to also check out the innovative illuminated bicycle coat crafted by Angella.

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Wearables Meet-Up To Be Hosted By CFC Media Lab Alumnus

April 12, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Interactive Industry > News & Events

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Angella Mackey (CFC Media Lab alumnus) and Kate Hartman will be hosting this month’s Wearables Meet-up tomorrow, April 13th from 7-9 pm at OCAD on Richmond: 205 Richmond St, Room 7315 (3rd floor) Toronto.

The Toronto Wearables Meet-up is a gathering of people interested in wearable technology, fashion, wearable electronics, soft circuits, electronic textiles, emerging materials, and other creative and innovative approaches to things that live on the body. This Meet-up is a gathering artists, fashion designers, industrial designers, textile enthusiasts, engineers, researchers, students, and anyone interested in these emerging and intersecting fields.

For more information and to register for this event, click here.

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CFC Media Lab Alumnus to host Toronto Wearables Meet-up

March 2, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Interactive Industry > News & Events

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CFC Media Lab alumnus, Angella Mackey and Kate Hartman are initiating a Wearables Meet-up on March 16th at 7:00 pm at OCAD DFI/DMRII Suite: 205 Richmond St, 7th floor - Room 7701, Toronto.

The Toronto Wearables Meet-up is a gathering of people interested in wearable technology, fashion, wearable electronics, soft circuits, electronic textiles, emerging materials, and other creative and innovative approaches to things that live on the body. This Meet-up is a gathering artists, fashion designers, industrial designers, textile enthusiasts, engineers, researchers, students, and anyone interested in these emerging and intersecting fields.

For more information and to register for this event, click here.

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CFC Media Lab Alumni Angela Mackey Exhibiting at OCAD’s Fashion Forward

October 27, 2009 | Anthea Foyer | Posted in CFC Media Lab

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CFC Media Lab Alumni Angella Mackey is part of this fantastic new exhibit at OCAD:

Fashion Forward
Professional Gallery

Wednesday October 21, 2009 to Sunday January 24, 2010

The opening reception will be Tuesday, October 20 at 9:30 p.m., in conjunction with
the LG Fashion Week beauty by L’Oreal Paris.

special needs | wearable tech | sustainability | choice

The Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) Professional Gallery presents the exhibition Fashion Forward: Toronto (ad)dresses the futures from October 21, 2009 to January 24, 2010. Fashion Forward is presented in conjunction with the Fashion Design Council of Canada’s LG Fashion Week beauty by L’Oreal Paris.

Rejecting the cliché that clothing design is only frivolous, Fashion Forward starts by sketching the untold story of Toronto’s couture community, featuring such stalwarts as Hoax Couture alongside more radical designers. But from there it goes on to explore this community’s trademark inventiveness as the inspiration for new forms of social responsiveness. Designers like Wendy Traas and Susan Harris highlight the growing importance of sustainability in fashion. Lily Cornell’s LED-equipped dresses show the lighter side of wearable technology, while the Ocorant heart monitor vests — designed by a team of George Brown College students — emphasize its pragmatic side. And inclusive designs by Izzy Camilleri, Lida Baday and Sansu change the wearer’s relationship to society by addressing special needs.

“Commentators like William McDonough and Michael Braungart suggest that fashion was key to the industrial revolution and will be important again in the sustainability revolution,” said OCAD Curator and exhibition organizer Charles Reeve. “But Fashion Forward wants to go further. Clothing designers tackle important social needs in new, inventive ways, and the discussion around fashion needs to come up to that same level.”

Robin Kay, President of the Fashion Council of Canada and Executive Director of LG Fashion Week, adds, “It is brilliant on the part of curator Charles Reeve to bring about the very first fashion and art exhibit. LG Fashion Week is when fashion is at its best and most current; it is truly an honour for the Fashion Council to introduce Fashion Forward, an exhibit of sustainability and technology.”

Gallery hours: Wednesday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

About the Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC) Established 1999
The Fashion Design Council of Canada is a non-governmental, not-for-profit national association directed towards fashion designers and the industry at large to brand and exercise their commercial viability both nationally and globally. The FDCC has created a successful Fashion Week, now in its 11th, year that commands international respect, economic trade, and profile of our industry and designers. LG Fashion Week, beauty by L’Oréal Paris, the second largest Fashion Week in North America, is the recognized bi-annual fashion event for our industry. For more information visit www.lgfashionweek.ca.

About the OCAD Professional Gallery
Launched in April 2007 with solo exhibits by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Karim Rashid, OCAD’s Professional Gallery is devoted to facilitating connections between, and the contemplation of, contemporary art and design.

Professional Gallery

100 McCaul St.

Toronto, Ontario

416-977-6000 Ext. 265

www.ocad.ca

Free

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CFC Media Lab Alumni Congrats!

April 30, 2010 – 10:01 am

Congratulations to CFC Media Lab Alumni, Angella Mackey and David McCallum who have created a prototype “Frogr” (a Lilypad Arduino e-textile shield) featured on top wearable tech blog: Fashioning Technology.
Be sure to also check out the innovative illuminated bicycle coat crafted by Angella.

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Wearables Meet-Up To Be Hosted By CFC Media Lab Alumnus

April 12, 2010 – 2:59 pm

Angella Mackey (CFC Media Lab alumnus) and Kate Hartman will be hosting this month’s Wearables Meet-up tomorrow, April 13th from 7-9 pm at OCAD on Richmond: 205 Richmond St, Room 7315 (3rd floor) Toronto.
The Toronto Wearables Meet-up is a gathering of people interested in wearable technology, fashion, wearable electronics, soft circuits, electronic textiles, emerging materials, and other creative and innovative approaches to [...]

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CFC Media Lab Alumnus to host Toronto Wearables Meet-up

March 2, 2010 – 1:59 pm

CFC Media Lab alumnus, Angella Mackey and Kate Hartman are initiating a Wearables Meet-up on March 16th at 7:00 pm at OCAD DFI/DMRII Suite: 205 Richmond St, 7th floor - Room 7701, Toronto.
The Toronto Wearables Meet-up is a gathering of people interested in wearable technology, fashion, wearable electronics, soft circuits, electronic textiles, emerging materials, and [...]

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CFC Media Lab Alumni Angela Mackey Exhibiting at OCAD’s Fashion Forward

October 27, 2009 – 9:34 am

CFC Media Lab Alumni Angella Mackey is part of this fantastic new exhibit at OCAD:
Fashion Forward
Professional Gallery
Wednesday October 21, 2009 to Sunday January 24, 2010
The opening reception will be Tuesday, October 20 at 9:30 p.m., in conjunction with
the LG Fashion Week beauty by L’Oreal Paris.
special needs | wearable tech | sustainability | choice
The Ontario College [...]

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