Distributed Stitches - Design Research for Custom-fit On-Demand Clothing Microfactories

BackgroundPattern项目是一个由Smart Grant资助的服装微型工厂创业公司。我们开发了专有的机器和正在申请专利的工艺，以实现清洁，按需定制服装的制造。愿景我们的愿景是建立清洁能源驱动的，按需微型工厂，在每一条商业街上生产定制合身/定制服装，在线送货上门，以取代全国各地的快时尚商店。我们专有的低排放面料切割机和软件，帮助传统裁缝和小型时装店实现数字化。让人们与“自己的风格”有更深的关系，对自己的服装有主人翁感，并对自己的服装了如指掌。让英国在工艺、数字制造和以人为本的自动化的混合体中引领世界。**主要目标 ** 我们建议进行设计研究，目标如下-* 更好地了解非平均和极端体型人士的需求、动机、服装购买和定制行为。了解现成尺寸的关键痛点。为店内和在线受众（[@patternprojectuk][0]的追随者）进行这项研究。*定义问题陈述并为体验式服装微型工厂产生想法，该工厂在订购后立即提供定制和定制服装。*确定解决方案所需的必要特征，使其适合在线和店内受众（多渠道收入模式）。**研究成果 ** 作为一项成果，我们将提供一个清晰的概念，为高街体验式服装微型工厂，提供定制/定制适合在线和店内观众。这一概念将通过快速、低成本的原型设计和用户测试得到验证，并为进一步的技术研发做好准备。[0]：https://www.instagram.com/patternprojectuk/网站

BackgroundPattern Project is a Smart Grant funded clothing micro-factory startup. We have developed proprietary machinery and a patent-pending process to enable clean, on-demand manufacturing of customized clothing.VisionOur vision is for clean-energy driven, on-demand micro-factories which produce custom-fit / customised clothing on every high-street, available online for home delivery to replace fast fashion stores across the country. For our proprietary low-emission fabric cutting machine and software to help digitise traditional tailors and small fashion houses. For people to have a deeper relationship with 'their style' and sense of ownership with their clothing, and to know their clothes inside out. For Britain to lead the world in a hybrid of craft, digital fabrication and human-centred automation.**Key Objectives**We are proposing conducting design research with the following objectives -* Better understand the needs, motivations and clothing buying and customisation behaviours of people with non-average and extreme body shapes. Understanding the key pain points with off-the-rack sizes. Conducting this research for both instore and online audiences (followers of [@patternprojectuk][0]).* Define the problem statement and generate ideas for an experiential clothing micro-factory that provides customisation and custom-fit garments moments after they are ordered.* Pinpoint the characteristics necessary to make the solution desirable and fit for purpose for both online and instore audiences (multi-channel revenue model).**Research Outcome**As an outcome, we will deliver a clearly communicated concept for a high-street experiential clothing micro-factory that offers customisation/custom fit to both online and in-store audiences. The concept would have been validated through fast, low-cost prototyping and user-testing and is ready for further technical R&D.[0]: https://www.instagram.com/patternprojectuk/