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Parasite Assignment | Dani and Jesse

We chose to focus on the breath and having our parasites rely on the breathing of the person. The only way the parasite would leave the body is…

Assignment 5 – Pneumatic Experiments – Jesse Wallace

For this assignment I decided to play around with methods to make the pneumatic pieces curl up. I spent a lot of time iterating and failing at attempts…

Jasmine and Grace – Parasite

We chose to make parasites that wrapped around the leg and were powered by the foot stepping onto the parasite. The wearer can feel the parasite squeeze as…

Parasite-Karen and Sophia

The Breathing Dress We wanted to make something that pushes out the dress when inflated. We added the triangle design to one end to mimic a claw and…

Parasite- Jennifer and Isabel

For our project, we aimed to create a parasite that is playful and fun. We were inspired by a furry fabric in the studio, thinking about how we…

Parasite – Carolyn + Ethan

The 2 Phases Carolyn’s Parasite: The Cloud How it exploits the human body: Takes away sight and direction, constrains the neck and blocks view, claustrophobia-inducing What feeds the…

Parasites by Yumeng and Michelle

Assignment 6 – 2/15/22 Yumeng Zhuang and Michelle Murray worked together for this assignment. I (Yumeng) was inspired by many parasitic animals that live in the hair or…

Natalia + Jina | Parasite

Our parasite is meant to be a warning for potential bruises. Many times people do not realize that they bumped into something which will later cause a bruise….

Pneumatic recipe – Jasmine

1: Aeromorph triangle This sample a was based off of an Aeromorph actuator. https://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/aeromorph/ To create this, I first drew the above pattern. Then I used the heat…

Pneumatic Recipe – Isabel Xu

01: Opening and enclosing – Pyramid Actuator Following the instruction of MIT’s aeroMorph, I recreated a pyramid actuator with a bending mechanism. From this iteration, I notice that the…