Maker Faire Bay Area 2007
Make Your Own Light-Up Purse

Type: Demonstration Workshop

Topic(s): Crafts | Engineering

Tags: light fashion craft purse LED


Shine on, fashionistas! Fumble for keys in the dark no more. Assemble easy-to-buy parts into a functional, fashionable light-up purse panel that also displays a message.

Web site: http://www.iheartswitch.com

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About the Maker(s)

Alison Lewis
Alison is a New York based artist and designer whose work focuses on technology with a soft, social and romantic appeal. Her designs embrace sociological concepts such as identity, attraction, and most importantly LOVE. Her work has been featured in Bust Magazine, Wired Magazine, SIGGRAPH, MIT SEAMLESS, Korea Design Biennale and ARTE' TV in Germany and France. Alison currently produces the online show IHeartSwitch.com, a website dedicated to making technology more accessible to a wide female audience through projects and interviews. She also is a freelance design consultant in New York and an adjunct faculty member at Parsons School of Design.
http://www.iheartswitch.com