Mashallah Design and Linda Kostowski designed and created three t-shirts that combine a biographical memory and a 3d digital body scan of each of the three people used. The 3d data is turned into a pattern to cut from using an unfolding function which is often used in industrial design processes to make paper models with. The edges are cut using a laser cutter and once constructed, the 2d fabric once again becomes 3d.
No 419: MARKUS
No 378: PAUL
No 318: LINDA
I find this process very intruiging and personal to the wearer as a personal memory is combined in the design. It really is a very innovative way of pattern cutting, and although it's quite a complex process, there is a lot of freedom within the way the pattern is cut.
These pieces make me think more about how I can become more creative with pattern cutting of a simple garment, changing the silhouette of the figure simply by the way the fabric is cut and falls on the body.
This is really interesting, perhaps we could try this technique tomorrow, with paper?
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