Vollebak’s Sonic Jacket imagines clothing as an emotional experience
26 May 2026 • Mark Westall
Vollebak’s Sonic Jacket uses 180 speakers to transform clothing into an immersive emotional and sensory experience.
Tag: Wearable technology
Ben Edmunds, It won’t last forever (or maybe it will)
31 March 2021 • Mark Westall
‘It won’t last forever (or maybe it will)’ is Ben Edmunds’ solo debut in Europe and his most ambitious exhibition to date. Best known for his large scale paintings that combine tropes of modernist abstraction with the stylised accents of extreme sports, this show marks an expansion of possibilities in his practice. The works move between painting, sculpture, photography, branding, useful objects and wearable equipment.
How #tattoogate has highlighted a wider problem with wearables
1 May 2015 • Mark Westall
Reports that tattoos prevent the Apple Watch’s heart rate monitor from working are far from being unique to Apple, but as wearables go mainstream so will their failings
Forget smartwatches, smartcars will drive the next revolution
13 March 2015 • Mark Westall
Wearable technology is fleetingly entertaining, but when get into our cars we take our lives in our hands
Swatch to launch a new smartwatch within 3 months
7 February 2015 • Mark Westall
Swatch to become the second traditional watch manufacturer to enter the smartwatch space and challenge Google, Samsung and Apple