Noa Raviv 3D Printed Dresses Featured at MET's Manus x Machina Exhibition
Posted on May 18, 2016
3D printed dresses designed by Noa Raviv are among the items featured at the Manus x Machina exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The new exhibit was curated by Andrew Bolton. It explores the dichotomy between hand-made and machine-made fashion.
Designer Noa Raviv used the Stratasys' Objet500 Connex Multi-material 3D Printer to develop her non-symmetrical distorted grid patterns and shapes. Using combinations of black and white rigid materials, the 3D futuristic shapes were sewn together with 2D laser-cut fabric, creating an optical illusion of 2D and 3D elements.
Raviv says in a statement, "The technological capabilities of 3D printing open new doors to areas of design previously not possible with hand-crafted fashion. Through my collection I’ve been able to explore the tension between the real and the virtual, between 2D and 3D, and this inspired me to create imperfect digital images and distorted grid patterns that are impossible to produce using conventional methods."
The exhibit is currently on display in the museum's Robert Lehman Wing. The MET says the exhibit "explores how fashion designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear." You can find the website for the exhibit at metmuseum.org. Here is a video showing some of the gallery views: