Digital Design + Fabrication Second Skin: The brief calls for
design critera
material systems
innovative design of a second
The second skin project must address the following design criteria:
During this semester, we will explore the following material systems:
skin; a wearable volume or
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surface that accommodates the body. The second skin will explore, measure, and/or negotiate the
Volume; project must address the 3 dimensionality and the volumetric nature of the body. The design must create an envelope or volume using developable surfaces; a twodimensional solution is not acceptable.
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Skin and Bone system
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Panel and fold
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Profile and section
boundary of personal space
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The second skin must address the question of personal space.
The body will form the site of
Your design tutor will present to you the chosen object in your first tutorial and will discuss the potential of each object in relationship to the above categories of material system.
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The design must create a spatial or emotional effect. These effects will be showcased in a 30 second performance at the end of semester parade
Note: Each tutorial group will have a different sets of objects
investigation, measurement and intervention. You are asked to
Personal space map, Diana Galimova, 2013
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define individual/group responses
The final object must be fabricated with care and well crafted.
to the idea of personal spaces
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and address this idea through
Material choice: paper, fabric, ready made object, plastic – all material must be negotiated with your design tutor
the design of the second skin You will then make the second skin and wear it in week 12 for the video filming of the performance of your second skin 2nd skin, Anna Petrou, 2013
DIGITAL DESIGN + FABRICATION S1 2015
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