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Assignment 4: Alexander Michael Wang

Fencing

Assignment 4 – Nick Richardson

Everybody who has ever been to a middle school dance knows the rules on spacing during the obligatory slow dance. This piece enforces the mandatory spacing by quickly…

Assignment 4: Sommer Schneller

For this assignment, I wanted to explore the high-five as my movement. Typically a high-five is used to express a greeting, congratulations, or celebration and so I wanted…

Class 8: Origami Inspired Structure

The focus of class today will be exploring one specific origami-inspired structure. Sometimes this structure is also called “miura-inspired”. This origami folding “arm” will be made of cloth…

Assignment 3 – Adam Grant

Part 1 Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion (https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/pierre_cardin) This was a retrospective on the works of Pierre Cardin. I wanted to highlight this body of work because I notice…

Assignment 4: Responsive Fabric Mechanism

Due: Mon, Feb 10, 5PM Fabric combined with rigid materials (such as cardboard or wood or acrylic) can create robust flexure points, wearable structures, and highly dynamic shapes….

Class 7: Creating Cloth Flexures

The focus of class today will be developing more specific technique in fabric and cardboard construction. This will help prepare for the third assignment, and we believe fabric…

Assignment 3: Gil Jang

Architecture trained artist, Philip is as much a story teller as he is a designer. His creations attempt to tread lightly upon the earth but heavily into the…

Assignment 3: Clara Zhao

Interactive collar inspired by hummingbirds. The patterns responds to the movement of onlookers and their facial expressions. (by Behnaz Farahi) 2. Laser cut fabric sample. (by Philip Beesley)…

Assignment 3: Research and Ideation by Kristie Lord

Part 1: Precedent Research This example is a kinetic sculpture from the BMW Museum in Germany. It works by attaching 714 metal balls to strings and then using…