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Daniel Widrig’s exoskeleton wearable 3D sculpture. Picture from Dezeen.com.
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Side view of the sculpture, displaying how the piece rests on the back of the neck. Picture from Dezeen.com.
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Another wearable piece from this colletion, which sits around the neck. Picture from Dezeen.com.

Daniel Widrig’s wearable 3D sculptures were released in the Design Miami show of 2013. At this time, Widrig unveiled the pictured pieces, calling it the “Kinesis Collection”, as they were customized to the wearer’s body to fit perfectly. This project is admirable because of its intricacies and care in the realm of customization and scalability. The pieces were designed to be able to be recreated for any user by scanning the wearer’s body and resizing the sculpture accordingly.

The algorithms of the work are supposedly designed to replicate human vertebrae in a generative fashion, but I am unsure of the details as to how this was accomplished. In its final form, it manifested Widrig’s artistic sensibilities in its craftsmanship, perfectly customized design, and sleekness.

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