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Digitally Crafted Couture
Author(s) -
Koerner Julia
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2236
Subject(s) - clothing , architecture , computer science , product (mathematics) , field (mathematics) , folding (dsp implementation) , space (punctuation) , nesting (process) , architectural engineering , product design , human–computer interaction , visual arts , engineering , art , history , mathematics , archaeology , mechanical engineering , geometry , pure mathematics , operating system
Clothing could be described as architecture in motion. Julia Koerner , a designer based between Salzburg and Los Angeles, operates at the crossroads between architecture and product design. She has recently been working on a number of projects in the couture field, both independently and in collaboration. Here she describes how these creations – largely inspired by the forms and growth patterns of nature – have utilised various additive manufacturing techniques to explore the possibilities of folding, nesting and smocking in digital space. From seamlessness to the ability to adapt to temperature, light and emotion, these garments appear to naturally grow on the body or to animate it.