Motion Responsive Sportswear is a research project conducted by Kerri Wallace, a textile designer from the UK. Her design uses "a correlation between heart rate and body temperature as a trigger for the visual representation of the activity level by changing the color pattern of sports apparel."
The sports wear is printed with temperature specific thermo-chromic and thermo-chromic liquid crystal inks which change colours with the change in the intensity of activity as well as in body temperature.
Movement Sensitive Textiles
Motion Responsive Sportswear
Trend Themes
1. Motion-sensitive Textiles - Opportunity for disruptively innovating sportswear by incorporating motion-sensing technology to create apparel that responds to the wearer's movement.
2. Temperature-patterned Sportswear - Disruptive opportunity to develop sportswear with temperature-specific inks that change colors based on the intensity of physical activity and body temperature.
3. Biometric-driven Apparel - Innovation potential in creating sportswear that utilizes biometric data, such as heart rate and body temperature, to visually represent the wearer's activity level through color patterns.
Industry Implications
1. Sports Apparel - The sports apparel industry can explore disruptive innovation possibilities by integrating motion-sensing technology and temperature-specific inks into their products.
2. Textile Design - Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the textile design industry by developing new materials and techniques to create motion-responsive and temperature-patterned textiles for sportswear.
3. Fitness Technology - Innovation opportunity for the fitness technology industry to collaborate with sportswear companies to create biometric-driven apparel that enhances the wearer's workout experience.