Sabine Seymour
Sabine Seymour | |
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| Born | Austria |
| Occupation(s) | Designer, author, entrepreneur, researcher |
| Known for | Fashion technology and design innovation |
| Notable work | Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology (2008), Functional Aesthetics: Visions in Fashionable Technology (2010) |
Sabine Seymour is an accomplished designer, author, entrepreneur, and researcher with expertise in the field of fashion technology and design innovation. She heads the Fashionable Technology Lab and holds the position of Assistant Professor of Fashionable Technology at Parsons the New School for Design. Seymour established Moondial Inc., a consultancy dedicated to merging technological advancements with textile materials. Originally from Austria, she earned a PhD and MSc in Social and Economic Sciences from both the Vienna University of Economics and Columbia University, along with an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University.
Research
At Parsons, Seymour directs the Fashionable Technology Lab and contributes as a member of the editorial review board for the International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction. She leads the Computational Fashion initiative funded by the Rockefeller Foundation at New York’s Eyebeam Art+Technology Center. Among her honors is the Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design Fellowship.
Her published works include Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology (Springer, 2008) and Functional Aesthetics: Visions in Fashionable Technology (Springer, 2010).
Seymour’s professional experience encompasses serving as design co-chair for the ISWC, acting as a jury member for the Prix Ars Electronica, conducting research at Aalto University’s Computational Cellulose project, curating the MAK Fashion Lab at Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts, co-directing BODYMetaphor research at The New School, and participating on the steering committee for New York’s Zero Power Smart Fashion initiative.
Entrepreneurship
As founder of Moondial Inc., Seymour leads a consulting agency that specializes in smart apparel, wireless tech integration within clothing, market entry strategies for wearable devices, and trend analysis. The firm counts clients such as Motorola, Johnson Controls, Intel, and North Face among its partners.
In 2015, she unveiled "Soft Spot," a prototype embedding sensor technology into fabric materials. This breakthrough spurred the launch of "Supa Spot," a company dedicated to advancing this innovative smart textile technology.