Breathe
Exploring pneumatics as an output mechanism in a nature inspired wearable design.
Grasshopper
3D Printing
Pneumatic Actuation
Duration
3 weeks
Collaborators
Shameemah Fuseini-Codjoe
Motivation
This project was aimed to explore computational design mimicking nature's life forms & the use of elements like air to create movement and sensation.
Design
The end form is a pneumatic wearable inspired by coral growth. It is intended to be worn on the collarbone, and explores the use of ambient touch technology. Feedback is based on distance sensor feedback (when others come close). It is also intended to signal to the viewer the reaction of being in close proximity to the wearer.
Contribution
- I created a grasshopper file based on the Growing Curve Kangaroo file and Diffusion Limited Aggregation script by Daniel Piker.
- The first file creates spheres around each vertice of a line which cannot intersect. By slowly increasing the length of each segment, and projecting it on a mesh, it creates a brain coral like pattern.
- The second file sent floating points spiraling towards a center point. Once the floating point reached a fixed distance determined by the user, it would attach and create a curve.
- Parts were printed on the Form 3 in Elastic 50A resin, with over 5 design iterations to account for hollowing, mechanical properties, and inflatability.
