Atomic-era inflatable fashion and Quasar Khanh's pneumatic furniture.
Pressure builds. Structure holds.
2020
Nuclear Dress explores garments as a system responding to internal pressure. The work investigates how structure contains expansion within a defined boundary.
This project demonstrates that garments can regulate internal force without losing stability.
The garment is built by robotic arm, material deposited with precision along a defined boundary. The structure holds its own volume. It does not rely on the body underneath to give it shape.
The test is what happens when the body occupies that form. Pressure builds from the inside.
The silhouette holds. Expansion is contained within the structure rather than transferred outward. The garment defines its limits and maintains them.
Atomic-era inflatable fashion and Quasar Khanh's pneumatic furniture.
By Hyun Parke's suggestion, the sealed sections within the inflatable design changed from a single line to a "Q-tip" shape to maximize the spread of surface tension created by inflation, reducing the chance of self-puncturing once filled with air.
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