- Image-Maker in ResidenceThis month we were pleased to participate in the Sociological Review Foundation's Image-Maker in Residence programme. It is a "monthly showcase of creative work by practitioners from diverse backgrounds and disciplines that puts visual sociology in the spotlight". POP took...more
- Speculative Sewing Inventory – launchToday we launch our first phase of the Speculative Sewing Inventory. This is an open-access digital archive that documents our inventive practice research. Over the past five years, we have been not only researching but also reconstructing and re-imagining clothing...more
- Podcast – GarmologyI was recently invited onto the Garmology podcast hosted by Nick Johannessen. I talked about about the history of patented clothing inventions, creative lesser-known inventors and speculative sewing practices. I referenced not only the POP project but also research undertaken...more
- New article: Convertible, multiple & hidden sportswearWe have a new article in Sociological Review journal. Open Access PDF available here. Convertible, multiple and hidden: The inventive lives of women’s sport and activewear 1890–1940 Abstract: Who gets to be ‘sporty’ and active in public is an enduring topic...more
- New article: Masks, PPE and early women motoristsWe have a new article in Sociology journal. Open Access PDF available here. From 100-year-old women’s motoring masks to contemporary PPE: A socio-political study of persistent problems and inventive possibilities By Kat & Katja Abstract: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, personal protective...more
- SSA – Speculative Sewing ArchiveThe POP team have been hard at work this year researching, reconstructing and re-imagining 200 years of clothing inventions from the European Patent Archives. Our practice research involves stitching together theory, methods and making into three-dimensional arguments. So far we...more
- ‘The Enemy has Many Faces’Insects, Clothing Inventions and Colonial Legacies One of the topics we’ve been exploring at POP concerns how clothing inventions mediate/shape/reflect relations between humans and animals. Originally, what we had expected to find were designs for activities such as hunting, farming...more
- New article: Clothing inventions as acts of citizenshipA new article on clothing inventions, material participation and acts of citizenship is out in the journal Science, Technology and Human Values. It is open access and available here.more
- Speculatively sewing historic clothing patentsInteractions magazine - "Making & Breaking" section Many thanks to the editors of the July/August INTERACTIONS magazine for the invitation to write this piece in the 'Making & Doing' section. It nicely captures many of parts of my practice across the Bikes &...more
