Aug. 30, 2014
Instead of keeping the design process to herself, 3D printed fashion designer Anouk Wipprecht wants to invent a dress with over 150 different elements, all created by makers around the world.
"Join our open source element dress!" In collaboration with Polaire, Wipprecht is inviting people to design these 150 parts which will be connected all together into one dress.
Wipprecht will provide a base file of a simple element, which is available for download through Tinkercad, a 3D modeling app from Autodesk. How the dress takes shape is up to you!
To get started you may download the file, and remodel the element. You can add some extras on top and create a whole new feature. You can also just simply print it in a cool color or material. You are encouraged to add things that "can communicate a message for you, whether that is a symbol like a small heart, typographical like a text or a name, or something more abstract, architectural or mechanic." according to Wipprecht.
While customising, make sure the dimensions are right. Once you finish you design, you will need to print it out. If you don't have a 3D printer, you can either go to your local Makerspace, or outsource to i.materialise or Shapeways.
Wipprecht has around two weeks time to collect these 150 parts from all over the world. Submissions can be mailed (address below), and include your name, date of birth, country, email and a short personal description. And make sure it can be received before Sept. 13th. You can follow step-by-step instructions from Instructables here.
Where to send your dress elements?
THE OPEN SOURCE DRESS
Anouk Wipprecht x Polaire
Schottenfeldgasse 72/8c
1070 Wien, Austria
The project will be launched during the Vienna Fashion Week on Saturday September 13th. On September 13 and 14, all the parts will be collected to tell an international design story. The first version of the dress will be demonstrated and constantly modified during the Open Day in the 25hours Hotel next to Museums Quartier Vienna on Saturday, September 13 at 18:00 with a party, and continuing on Sunday, September 14 from 10:00-17:00.
Below is the first off-site particle made by Christian Pramuk (San Francisco) and printed on a Makerbot Replicator 2X.
Wipprecht has created many impressive designs that bring together fashion and technology in an unusual way. Her pieces have been shown at exhibits and events around the world from Cirque du Soleil to Hollywood. For the 2011 "Super Bowl" halftime performance of the "Black Eyed Peas", Wipprecht designed the eye catching outfit for the band's lead singer Fergie.
One of her earliest works included the 3D printed "Smoke Dress", which was made in collaboration with Italian architect Niccolo Casas. The "Smoke Dress" automatically creates a veil of smoke whenever someone enters the personal space of the wearer, thus camouflages itself within its own materiality. The dress is fully 3D printed in an laser sintering [SLS] technique, and made out of polyamide and TPU 92A-1 (thermoplastic polyurethane), the first fully-flexible 3D printing material.
"She most recently completed an artist residency program with Autodesk, where she merged electronics, 3D printing and fashion, to create a Faraday Dress." notes Jennifer Gentrup, Autodesk Public Relations. "The custom-built metallic dress was paired with a spiked helmet and plate-metal dress, then secured in head-to-toe suit of chain mail. To conduct the electricity, she attached toy plasma balls into shoulder ornaments. Standing between two Tesla coils, the dress safely conducted the coils' electrical bursts around her body and into the ground while lighting up her shoulders with tendrils of purple plasma."
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