Crystallized

Hybrid Worlds: Nano+Bio+Art Victoria Vesna | Siddarth Ramakrishnan

Katherine Lee MFADT candidate 2010

abstract

Crystallized seeks to apply the logic and elegance of natural systems to wearables, exploring the structural relationships that

emerge through relating viral forms to wearable objects. Using structures

inspired by viruses, Crystallized aims to reinterpret the beauty and evolutionary robustness of the virus world within the

constraints of wearable media.

concept

Virology is a source of well-validated structures & shapes.

These architectural forms can be deconstructed or abstracted to create novel

wearables and explore unprecedented applications.

social context

 Postmod

ern  

 fashion  

this  project  

precedents

proposal I propose a series of wearable representations of viral structures investigating novel architectures within the constraints of wearable media and human scale

1.  Laser-­‐cut  tex8les  of  molecular  representa8ons  of  protec8ve  Influenza  vaccine  proteins    

2.    Structural  representa8ons  of  molecular  forms  

design questions

•  How can virus-like structures and forms be meaningfully deconstructed and applied to wearables?

•  What novel and functional architectures can be created?

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Introduction to modern virology. 5th ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Science.

•  English, Bonnie. 2007. A cultural history of fashion in the twentieth century: From the catwalk to the sidewalk. English ed. Oxford; New York: Berg. Loschek, Ingrid. 2009. When clothes become fashion : Design and innovation systems [Wann is Mode?]. English ed. Oxford ; New York: Berg.

•  Noad, R. Roy, P. Virus-Like Particles as Immunogens. 2003. Trends Microbio. Sep;11(9):438-44.