The Knitwear Archive as a Tool to Explore New Technologies
The knitwear field has been experiencing a significant economic growth and has been going through a strong phase of technological development, driven by merging innovations coming from mechanics, electronics and the digital sector, coherently with the evolution of the Industry 4.0. Two main innovati...
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| author | Giovanni Maria Conti Diego Dani Martina Motta Irene Sapuppo Federica Vacca |
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| description | The knitwear field has been experiencing a significant economic growth and has been going through a strong phase of technological development, driven by merging innovations coming from mechanics, electronics and the digital sector, coherently with the evolution of the Industry 4.0. Two main innovation areas are identified: new manufacturing technologies, developed by knitting machine producers, and virtualization and 3D modeling softwares, enabling virtual garment prototyping on avatars.This paper explores the role of design as a “cultural mediator” between the present and the past and, through a research conducted at the Gianfranco Ferré Research Center, it proposes the use of the archive as a tool to explore the new trajectories of technological innovation in knitwear and to guide them through the perspective of the Industry 5.0, refusing a technocratic idea of the future. Two approaches are highlighted: the ri-materialization of archival pieces through 3D modeling and the reinterpretation of archival material experimenting with new technologies. The research underscores the archive’s role as a tool to anticipate the future and proposes the adoption of a design-oriented approach to fully understand its value, countering a passive consumption of the archive. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7cfe3c5394b2438c8c163e3baaf0c92d2025-01-17T15:24:08ZengUniversity of BolognaZoneModa Journal2611-05632025-01-01142335510.6092/issn.2611-0563/2083919211The Knitwear Archive as a Tool to Explore New TechnologiesGiovanni Maria Conti0Diego Dani1Martina Motta2Irene Sapuppo3Federica Vacca4Politecnico di MilanoPolitecnico di MilanoPolitecnico di MilanoPolitecnico di MilanoPolitecnico di MilanoThe knitwear field has been experiencing a significant economic growth and has been going through a strong phase of technological development, driven by merging innovations coming from mechanics, electronics and the digital sector, coherently with the evolution of the Industry 4.0. Two main innovation areas are identified: new manufacturing technologies, developed by knitting machine producers, and virtualization and 3D modeling softwares, enabling virtual garment prototyping on avatars.This paper explores the role of design as a “cultural mediator” between the present and the past and, through a research conducted at the Gianfranco Ferré Research Center, it proposes the use of the archive as a tool to explore the new trajectories of technological innovation in knitwear and to guide them through the perspective of the Industry 5.0, refusing a technocratic idea of the future. Two approaches are highlighted: the ri-materialization of archival pieces through 3D modeling and the reinterpretation of archival material experimenting with new technologies. The research underscores the archive’s role as a tool to anticipate the future and proposes the adoption of a design-oriented approach to fully understand its value, countering a passive consumption of the archive.https://zmj.unibo.it/article/view/20839knitweararchiveheritagetechnological innovationindustry 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Giovanni Maria Conti Diego Dani Martina Motta Irene Sapuppo Federica Vacca The Knitwear Archive as a Tool to Explore New Technologies ZoneModa Journal knitwear archive heritage technological innovation industry 4.0 |
| title | The Knitwear Archive as a Tool to Explore New Technologies |
| title_full | The Knitwear Archive as a Tool to Explore New Technologies |
| title_fullStr | The Knitwear Archive as a Tool to Explore New Technologies |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Knitwear Archive as a Tool to Explore New Technologies |
| title_short | The Knitwear Archive as a Tool to Explore New Technologies |
| title_sort | knitwear archive as a tool to explore new technologies |
| topic | knitwear archive heritage technological innovation industry 4.0 |
| url | https://zmj.unibo.it/article/view/20839 |
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