Leah Linhares is the one responsible for compiling this image collection. nerves and nerve tissue Using a fold method, which decreases the size of the dress by 85 percent, and makes it printable as a single piece, nervous system’s latest project, the kinematic petals dress, introduces a novel approach to the world of fashion by fusing art and technology. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (MFA) commissioned designers Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg to produce a custom-fit, 3D-printed outfit for the exhibition nervous system’s mfa’s exhibition: #techstyle. The show runs from March 6 through July 10, 2016. nervous system has developed a new textile language for kinematics (the features or properties of motion in an object; in this context – a system for creating custom-fit 3d printing clothing), where the interconnected elements are articulated as imbricating shells. They drew their inspiration from petals, feathers, and scales. This garment is constructed up of thousands of interconnecting elements, and it can be tailored to the wearer’s body with the use of a 3D scan. Each component of the dress may be changed in its own unique way, including differing in direction, length, and form. The body is encased in a directed landscape of overlapping plumes, which is sheathed in petals that emerge from the underlying structure of tessellated triangular panels. Although each individual component of the garment that interlocks with one another is stiff, the dress itself acts as though it were a continuous cloth. The dress is made out of a strong nylon material that is 3D printed, and despite the fact that the design is made up of more than 1600 individual parts that are joined by more than 2600 hinges, the dress emerges from the 3D printer completely constructed and ready to be worn. In order to condense kinetic clothes into a more manageable shape for the sake of economical manufacture, a clever folding approach is used. By folding the clothes before printing them, it is possible to create intricate structures that are bigger than what can be produced by a 3D printer when the garments unfold into their desired form. This outfit would not have been conceivable without the creation of brand new design software as well as simulation tools. To see the photographs on indiaartndesign.com, please click here.