My name is Cameron Back, and for my project I studied costume design projects from both thinkgeek.com and starsdesign group.
For the past two years, stars design grouop has been developing and brainstorming ways to apply EL wire to simple costumes and apparel on behalf of thinkgeek.com
As a design group, their primary purpose is to design clothes to be sold by thinkgeek.com, but what excites me about their work is the spectacular effect these kinds of details can have on a costume or hoodie.
These works were the main reason why I chose to enter this practicum, and have already inspired tons of ideas for my project in this course.
*(change slide)* star lord
Thus far they have overseen two successful profects: the starlord hoodie being their first attempt at applying this design. Much like their previous work, they used more screen printing than light, but in this design, it allows the LEDs to show off the piece without distracting from its main design.
*(change slide)* black widow
Their next project, which I am much more excited about, was the Black widow tee, inspired by the design shown in Avengers 2. In this design, they focused a lot more on the light of the suit, and allowed the Ewire to be the main attraction of the design.
What I particularly like about this design, is that the EL wire allows the design of the suit to form to the human anatomy.
By spreading a strand of EL wire along the joints of the neck and shoulders, it makes a simple tee look far more sleek and impressive than the original design from the movie.
Before I show any more I have to say that none of these following designs or concepts can leave this room, or be posted about on any media site since stars design group has a legal contract with Lucas arts and marvel over many of these designs. therefore, none of these designs may be posted on the project blog or any other internet site.