Wearing is a fundamental act of living, by which humans augment subjective expression into sociocultural domain. By an act of wearing, a person executes a ritualized process of embodiment: sociotechnical entities of materials, production process, cultural expressions are transmuted onto a personal realm. A series of design exercise invites participants to reflect on not only commonplace objects subject to wearing such as garments, but also larger environmental and civic entities at the ornamental, architectural, and social level.
Wearing: abstraction
Augmented Wearables
Design Methodology and Workshop
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Wearing: act
Design Methodology and Workshop
Shanghai
September 2014
I led a cross-disciplinary design workshop for ~30 designers at General Motors, Gensler, and Fashion brands. The workshop was intended to explore affective and effective consequences from fundamental design operaions (color, material, form) across scales and mediums.
September 2014
I led a cross-disciplinary design workshop for ~30 designers at General Motors, Gensler, and Fashion brands. The workshop was intended to explore affective and effective consequences from fundamental design operaions (color, material, form) across scales and mediums.
Wearing: act
Wearable Wave: Provocation
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Final Object
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Geometric Represenation in Meshes
Final Object
Geometric Represenation in Meshes
Fabricated “Garment” Structure
Worn demonstration
Wearing as an abstraction and an act![]()
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Formal investigation
Exercise
Exercise
Workshop Site for Gensler / General Motors / Fashion Designers48 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138