Digital bodies#

September 27th 2022

Anastasia Pistofidou

Throughout our history we observe that the human body and its representation are of high importance in arts, sciences, medicine, psychology, etc.

A fashion designer uses the human figure as his white paper to produce his masterpiece. In the same way authors were using pencil and paper, then typewriter, keyboard and currently voice dictation, the tools of the fashion designer evolved through time.

On the way of enabling mass customization, the fashion industry is claiming for new tools that can scan and fabricate unique digitally tailored garments. How can one have access to a digital tailor that responds to his specific needs?

This class introduces new digital tools that complement hand tools in order to design, represent, make and modify the human figure that can then be used as a canvas for creation. We challenge the fashion designer to step away from the simple copy of the human figure as support of his work and start his creative process from its very beginning : the design of the canvas itself.

During this class you will have an overview of tools and softwares that you can use for design and prototyping your ideas. You will get the basic training and safety measurements for using the infrastructure of the laboratory.

Program outline#

References of the representation of the human figure in art
The mannequin in haute couture
Human proportions
Measuring the body
Digital fabrication techniques : waffle, stucking, triangulation, radial, bending, kurf patterns
Scanning
Laser cutting
3D printing
CNC milling
Vacuum forming
Materials
3D Scanning
3D Modeling

Tools/software#

3d scanner
kinect, sense3D, etc
3d modelling software: rhinoceros 3d & grasshopper, solidworks, fusion360, freecad, blender etc
makehuman
open fit lab open frameworks
laser cutter
big milling machine
vacuum forming