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Inspiration

Dynamic geometry and biomimicy were two of our central areas of inspiration. The exploration of tech related manufacturing methods was also a large area of inspiration in exploring what different products could be made.

What it does

Our concept jacket is created from a grid moduals that house a porous membrane bio-engineered to expand and shrink with the temperature of the body. The membrane's volume controls air flow maintaining a temperature equilibrium. Utilizing the interconnection of these moduals, a user can string tron like lights along the grid lines allowing them to customize their own jacket for night visuals and safety.

How I built it

The jacket concept was built exploring methods to work with additive manufacturing as a visual benefit rather than a negative. 3D printed frames were designed with air passage geometry built directly into the manufacturing process. The layering of materials with the custom geometry allowed for additive manufacturing to be incorporated visually as a whole system rather than just representing form. As light was an element of our design, we strove to understand its uses but also how we could play with it as a visual element. Mixing rough, textured fabric, similar to concrete, we changed the reflective and abortion properties of the jacket.

Challenges I ran into

Within the time frame we were not able to create enough moduals at a small enough scale to create a physical jacket. instead we have a larger scale working section of moduals.