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Crystallized
Hybrid Worlds: Nano+Bio+Art
Victoria Vesna | Siddarth Ramakrishnan
Katherine Lee
MFADT candidate 2010
abstract
Crystallized seeks to apply the logic and elegance of natural systems to wearables, exploring the structural relationships that
emerge through relating viral forms to wearable objects. Using structures
inspired by viruses, Crystallized aims to reinterpret the beauty and evolutionary robustness of the virus world within the
constraints of wearable media.
concept
Virology is a source of well-validated structures & shapes.
These architectural forms can be deconstructed or abstracted to create novel
wearables and explore unprecedented applications.
proposalI propose a series of wearable representations of viral structures investigating novel architectures within the constraints of wearable media and human scale
1. Laser-cut textiles of molecular representations
2. Structural representations of molecular forms
design questions
• How can virus-like structures and forms be meaningfully deconstructed and applied to wearables?
• What novel and functional architectures can be created?
schedule
Week of…– April 25: prototypes – laser-cut viral proteins– May 2: prototypes – helical accessories– May 7: concept PDF with final layout– May 14: show
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