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source pictures: http://www.yankodesign.com/2007/06/19/mobius-dress-inside-outside-garment-by-my-studio/
The Mobius strip has been a constant source of inspiration and fascination for mathematicians and architects as it is a non-orientable surface with only one continuous side and one continuous edge.
Most of us are familiar with the concept and one its most famous application in architecture: the UNStudio Mobius house built-up in the Netherlands, where ‘’ the intertwining trajectory of the loop relates to the 24-hour living and working cycle of the family, where individual working spaces and bedrooms are aligned but collective areas are situated at the crossing points of the paths. ’’ (source: http://www.unstudio.com/projects/mobius-house).
Recently we discovered another application of this beautiful surface, this time in fashion, under the shape of an interesting dress. The two designers of the Mobius dress, both architects, wanted to challenge through this project, ‘’the clothing’s absolute adherence to conventions of interiority and exteriority’’ by proposing an inside-out and outside in garment. Using the Möbius strip properties of non orientation, single sided and single edged surface, the designers managed to create a fashion item structured only by the body where the material used has no hierarchy. ‘’Applied to the body, the spatial loop creates the appearance of two intertwining bands of fabric that meet at points around the hips and torso. This illusion is foiled as viewers realize that the dress is merely one continuous loop designed to turn inside out as it is constructed. … Unwinding and intertwining to form a perpetually changing surface in relation to the body, the Möbius Dress is worn to be unworn. ’’ (source: http://www.mystudio.us/)
Architecture and fashion have always interacted. During the years, fashion designers and architects have not only influenced each other but collaborated and borrowed different concepts and ideas in order to constantly improve their designs. ‘’ Despite obvious differences in size, scale, and materials, the source for both fashion design and architecture is, in fact, the human body and both expand on ideas of space and movement, which extend to express personal, political, and cultural identity. Architects and fashion designers produce their environments which are defined through spatial awareness.’’ (source:http://www.yankodesign.com/2007/06/19/mobius-dress-inside-outside-garment-by-my-stud )
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i love its application in architecture and the creation of the living space...:-). i would love to have such a house...
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