Holland Designer Design "Breathe" 3D Print Clothing

Holland designer Pauline van Dongen believes that fashion demands a revolution. In her view, the fashion industry is too concerned about production inventory, and no one has enough time to rethink the process of making clothes. This is also the reason why van Dongen used her new technology to carry out bold design and production. Van Dongen has recently been trying 3D printing technology to see whether this technology can make clothes fit and respond when people move. At the South West South Conference this year, she elaborated on her 3D printing fashion test and said that it was far from 3D printing. clothing There are still many things to do on the market.

But she hopes her experiments will inspire other designers to explore.

Van Dongen's first attempt to use 3D printing technology to make fashions is relatively simple: she printed a cuff. But she did not want a sleeve that only covered up, so she designed the cuff into a telescopic form. Van Dongen printed this cuff with a Objet Connex multi material printer. The cuff is made of elastic, rubber like material and strong plastic.

　　 Van Dongen On the effect of wearing a cuff, it cooperated with Paola Tognazzi and Ralph Zoontjens. She wanted to make the sleeve form a human movement, so she placed a sensor on the human arm to record the movements of the people. Later, she simulated how the cuff would react on the computer through Grasshopper software. The final result is a cuff that can visually display various kinds of gestures, which will change the shape according to human movement. For example, when the wearer's arm is lowered, the cuff parts will either expand or shrink (as shown).

Van Dongen's second 3D print project Ruff is an architect. Behnaz Farahi Cooperative. They want to use 3D printing technology to create a dynamic and flexible body around the body. However, materials used for 3D printing are usually rigid and easy to crack. In order to solve this problem, van Dongen and Farahi tried to print several plastic shapes like springs. These structures are more durable and flexible.

Van Dongen and Farahi collaborated with 3D Systems's studio in Losangeles to produce this "responsive wearable garment". The spring structure of clothing is wrapped around the body, giving people a sense of beauty of deep-sea coral moving in the sea.

In order to make the dress move, van Dongen installed a spring made of nickel titanium alloy in its clothing. Ni Ti alloy has shape memory property. At a certain temperature, the NiTi alloy will deform, but when it is heated to the "deformation temperature", it will return to its original state. By installing Ni Ti alloy springs and small wires, van Dongen can make the spring expand or shrink by adjusting the temperature. This effect is like a "breathing organism" attached to the wearer.