Abstract

I am an audiovisual artist, designer, and researcher. Since 2015, I have been working on a practice-based research project that explores sonic value and sonic identity in the field of fashion design. My research project "Aesthetics of the Invisible: Toward a Sonic Fashion Ontology" focuses on the nonvisual aesthetics of fashion and uses speculative design methods to explore the possibilities of forming future sonic identities. By considering the ways in which we could reconceive fashion as a sonic experience, my research aims to inspire alternative forms of design thinking for fashion design education that would reflect fashion's nonvisual aspects.We are born into a humanly developed world that is already designed....