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

Postmodern

fashion

virology

this project

Socia

l context

around vacci

nes

precedents

The MMR vaccine and autism

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

1. Laser-cut textiles of molecular representations

2. Structural representations 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?

schedule

Week of…– April 25: prototypes – laser-cut viral proteins– May 2: prototypes – helical accessories– May 7: concept PDF with final layout– May 14: show

references

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• Mashallah Designs, T-shirt Issue. Image: Marco Marcus. 2008. • Dimmock, N. J., Andrew Easton, and Keith Leppard. 2001.

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.