KNITSONIK design stationery in production

KNITSONIK^TM garment design worksheet.

KNITSONIK^TM “PRODUKT RESEARCH DEPARTMENT DIREKTOR” Dr Felicity Ford has been developing KNITSONIK^TM worksheets to assist in the organisation of design ideas for handknitted garments designed to

atune the wearer’s imagination to the act of listening
minimise the unwanted sonic interference that non-woollen clothes impose onto sound-recording processes
combat the swoosh of jeans, the rustle of waterproof jackets, and the anti-headphone style of many hats

KNITSONIK^TM believes in a total design KONCEPT^TM which means that even the stationery used to document KNITSONIK^TM PROJEKTS must reflect the technical, utilitarian, handmade ethos of the KNITSONIK^TM directive. Customised rubber stamps have been designed in order to furnish all KNITSONIK^TM materials with a distinctive branding.

One such stamp was derived from a photograph of the first KNITSONIK^TM endeavour; the act of covering 32 miniature speakers in knitting, to create an immersive, knitting, sonik environment. That seminal act spawned the genesis of KNITSONIK^TM and so it is emblematic for a speaker from that definitive KNITSONIK^TM PROJEKT to find its way into the contemporary KNITSONIK^TM styling.

A 50mm mylar speaker, one of the 32 such speakers which were covered in knitting by “PRODUKT RESEARCH DEPARTMENT DIREKTOR” Dr Felicity Ford back in 2007 in the first KNITSONIK^TM PROJEKT.

Stamp featuring speaker and KNITSONIK^TM branding, realised from Dr Felicity Ford’s design by The English Stamp Co.

KNITSONIK^TM speaker stamp.

Other elements of the KNITSONIK^TM branding include many stationery elements designed to help KNITSONIK^TM designers to record important technical data for the realisation of KNITSONIK^TM designs. So, one rubber stamp has been designed to assist with documenting GAUGE. You never know when you might need to make a KNITSONIK^TM note of how many rows and sts per inch are required for best SONIK EFFEKT.

Gauge stamp, feat. space to select whether you are counter per inches or cms, and how many sts per measurment.

Also, KNITSONIK^TM have been devising a system for keeping track of all KNITSONIK^TM designs, via this handy label, which is being affixed to all KNITSONIK^TM worksheets.

Finally, whilst devising the KNITSONIK^TM stationery, it has been vital to make sure that we have a way of putting an instant stamp on our work, and of officially authorising all KNITSONIK^TM designs as such.

The KNITSONIK^TM stamp.

The official KNITSONIK^TM signature.

More KNITSONIK^TM PRODUKTS to come; in the meantime, you will be able to see the KNITSONIK^TM stationery fufilling its function in the Prick Your Finger Gallery during Felicity Ford’s residency there between 4th and 12th May, 2011.

KNITSONIK^TM was inspired today by the TSARINA of TSOCKS whose excellent post on the technical details of TSOCK YARN provided a refreshing read. KNITSONIK^TM was also inspired by POCKET CALCULATOR by KRAFTWERK, which helped many pixel/gauge measuring exercises necessary to stationery creation.