Artistic research as hacking: Analysing similarities of modes and methods through the observation of the experimental fashion project T-Typo

The article connects hacker culture with artistic research in fashion, highlighting how both areas share methods of producing and disseminating knowledge. Three key connecting points are highlighted: the unfinished thinking; the exploration phase through trial-and-error; the undisciplined use of tools. These shared elements are further emphasized by analyzing the experimental fashion project T-typo, which employs an artistic research methodology resulting in a form of hacking design prac tice. In T-typo, the shared key features between hacking and artistic research are identified and observed from a fashion design perspective.