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VITRUVIANS

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The Vitruvian Power team relies on its international dynamism and its multidisciplinary creativity to conceptualize digital and interactive solutions by placing users at the centre of its strategy and systems.

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Xavier Masse

Professor George Brown College (Interaction Design) and The Institute without Boundaries, co-founder and Senior Strategy and Creative Director of Relay

EDF

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This project would not be possible without the immense support and dedication of the EDF team.

EDF is the world’s largest producer of electricity. Through the Challenge ‘Sharing Energy in the City 2030′ launched by the Research & Development department, EDf  fosters the Vitruvian project by developing innovative prototypes in France with specific partners in textile and technological systems and thus promote energy sharing.

Contacts: Gilles Rougon & Agathe Pommery 

www.sharingenergyinthecity.com

PARTNERS

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Thank you to our design and technology partners for their amazing talent.

DESIGN PERCEPT

Design Percept design studio.
Françoise Mamert, fashion and textile designer and Clémentine Chambon, product designer, have worked together since 2008 and offer a new vision of design and textile.
From design to achievement, their aim is to enhance what is elegant, simple and valuable in each product.

Their unique profile and complementary skills enable them to build strong creative axes and methodological synergies.

Their work thrives on a highly informed awareness of technological innovation allowing them to identify and apply cutting edge industrial processes.)

Contact : Clémentine Chambon & Françoise Mamert

www.designpercept.com

IFTH

IFTH, also known as French Institute of Textile and Clothing, has been delivering support and guidance to textile and fashion companies and manufacturers for 60 years. IFTH offers a broad array of solutions for strengthening strategic relevance and tackling the challenges inherent in material and product performance: strategic marketing brainstorming, product development, training, personalised support, labelling, certification, technical advice, prototyping, functionalisation and product performance evaluations.

Contact : Philippe Guermonprez, who has helped the project by offering technical solutions which could be applied on textile.

www.ifth.org

DRACULA TECHNOLOGIES

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Dracula Technologies is a startup born in 2012  in Valence. The developed expertise led to deposits of two patents in the field of digital printing.

The Dracula Technologies team, along with its scientific and strategic committees recognized internationally validated its) concept of mobility energy from manufacturers who considered the third generation of solar cells as a technological advantage to integrate on flexible supports in their products.

Contact : Adrien Brunet

www.dracula-technologies.com

MATERIA NOVA

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Materia Nova is a team of more than 50 researchers and technicians with the aim of working with small and large companies in order to develop the new materials of tomorrow, but also to improve those which we already use everyday.

Contact : Dr Olivier Douhéret (has developed a technological system to implement an OLED system on textile.)

www.materianova.be

TEXTIFOOD

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Textifood is a Futurotextiles exhibition, which will present fibres made from plant or animal sources, whose non-edible by-products are used to create textiles.

The aim of the Textifood exhibition is to showcase the range of synergies possible between food production and textiles. As Vitruvian includes organic pieces of textile (Scafé), SOL and CAl are part of the Universal Exhibition of Milan 2015.

Contact : Caroline David

www.futurotextiles.com

TRESSE INDUSTRIE

Tresse Industrie produces industrial solutions in braiding, narrow weaving, metal knitting.

Tresse Industrie’s textile has been used in the CAL jacket, to transfer heat between the body and the Seeback cell. )

Contact : Gilles Clément

www.tresse.com

SINGTEX

Singtex is a Taiwanese company which designs and produces organic textile.

Singtex’s  Scafé textile has been used in SOL Jacket in the lining and in CAL Jacket for the sleeves.

Contact : Caroline David

www.singtex.com

TIBTECH INNOVATIONS

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Tibtech Innovations has provided Vitruvian with conductive or heating yarns and flexible functional grids for energy transfer or storage in technical textiles or composites.

Contact : Guillaume Tiberghien

www.tibtech.com

INSTITUTE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES (GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE)

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Thank you to George Brown College and the Institute Without Boundaries for their incredible help.

And last but not least, a special thank you to Chris Pandolfi, Curriculum Coordinator of the Institute Without boundaries.

www.georgebrown.ca

http://institutewithoutboundaries.ca

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