Three people are portrayed digitally by scanning their bodies. The output of this scan is a 3d file, which resolution is defined by the amount of polygons, similar to pixels in a bitmap image. Linked with their biographical memories a digital twin of the body is created, which expands and personifies the garment in a formal-poetic way. The 3-D data is turned into 2-D sewing patterns by using an unfolding function, which is a common tool in industrial design process to make paper models. The single fabric pieces and the inner interface which defines the edges are cut out with the help of a laser cutter.
Making a clothes pattern in this way changes the aesthetics of the garment fundamentally, because in contrary to ordinary pattern construction methods, unfolding does not factor in orientations such as center front or the shape of a armhole. This logic frees the designer’s imagination in a way that feels fresh and deliberate. Designers Mashallah and Linda Kostowskihe chose sweatshirt fabric as a reference to the common clichee that Berlin is the city which fashionable output lies in making and painting on t-shirts.
