Wearable Explorations

Abstract

Studio 5050 was founded in the summer of 1995 by Despina Papadopoulos. The Studio’s mission is to stretch the boundaries of fashion, design, technology, art and ideas, and to engage in an open dialogue between these disciplines. Studio 5050 was featured in I.D.’s 40 January 2007 Issue, ‘Celebrating the Collective’, as one of the world’s most interesting and promising collectives. Despina graduated from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program in 1994 after having received an MA in Philosophy from the University of Leuven, Belgium. The nature of the sublime and non-verbal communication led Despina to create a series of ‘philosophy machines’, experiments in design and technology, which probe the relationship between magic, technology and fashion. Despina has lectured extensively, her work has appeared in museums and galleries around the world and has been featured in many publications and magazines. She is an adjunct professor at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.