Maggie Orth (born 1964, Columbus, OH) is an American artist and technologist who helped create the field of
E-textiles.
Her 2001 MIT Media Lab PhD thesis, Sculpted computational objects with smart and active computing materials and associated publications and patents are among the early work in this field. She was named a 2007
United States Artists Target Fellow. The United States Artists foundation describes her as "A pioneer of electronic textiles, interactive fashions, wearable computing, and interface design". She founded , which created e-textile products.
The team of Gorbett+Banerjee and Maggie Orth were commissioned to create an interactive robotic sculpture, for the Mineta San Jose International airport.
her large electronic pom-pom piece, was commissioned for the 2013 organized by the
Zero1 Art and Technology Network.
and is currently on display in the Home ECOnomics show at the .
References
External links
Time Magazine article about Maggie OrthHigh-Tech Goes High-Touch: Fantastic Fabricator, Anita Hamilton, Time Magazine, Oct. 30, 2005
Adafruit blog pieceMaggie Orth's electronic textiles, Aug. 5 2013
Interview with MaggieFashion Sensing / Fashioning Sense: A conversation about aesthetics with International Fashion Machines' Maggie Orth, Anne Galloway, Horizon 0 magazine
International Fashion MachinesMaggie Orth Studio
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Living people
21st-century American women artists
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Artists from Seattle
1964 births