Beegraphy Design Awards

Where fashion meets the future! This challenge invites fashion designers, jewelry designers, textile engineers and tech enthusiasts to explore the cutting-edge intersection of style and innovation in fashion and accessories. We challenge you to blend cutting-edge technology with timeless aesthetics, creating wearable pieces that are both functional and fashionable. Utilize the power of BeeGraphy's computational design features to create stunning jewelry or a piece of fashion, that pushes the boundaries of form, function, and wearability—fashion that is not only aesthetically captivating but also showcases the innovative potential of digital fabrication. From smart clothing that responds to your environment to 3D-printed jewelry with intricate details and accessories that seamlessly integrate technology into everyday life, this is your opportunity to shape the future of fashion. Your creation should showcase a harmonious blend of cutting-edge technology with timeless style, pushing the boundaries of traditional fashion and demonstrating the future of wearable tech.

 

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Designs can be parametrized by controlling garment structure, textile properties, interactive features, color gradients, embellishment patterns, and accessory transformations using adjustable parameters for shape, geometric patterns, tessellation and fractals in BeeGraphy.  

Participants are also encouraged to explore material properties and fabrication practicality by parametrizing properties such as thickness, lattice structures, and adjustable sizing.

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Img. 1: Fashion accessories and  3D printed Costume for Queen Ramonda character in Black Panther Film Designed by JULIA KOERNER

Design Criteria:

• Innovation: Incorporate advanced technologies such as wearable tech, sustainable fabrics, or novel textile manufacturing techniques.
• Aesthetics & Sustainability: Maintain a strong sense of style and elegance, appealing to contemporary fashion trends while ensuring timeless appeal. Consider the environmental impact of materials and processes used in your designs.
• Wearability & Functionality: Designs should offer more than aesthetic value; they should include practical, usable technology or innovative features that enhance the wearer's experience. Ensure that items are comfortable and practical for everyday wear.
• Digital Fabrication Feasibility: Design with production in mind. Your design  should be fabricable using CNC machining, laser cutting, or 3D printing techniques, leveraging the capabilities of BeeGraphy to generate production-ready files.

What We’re Looking For:

• Seamless integration of innovative technologies with high fashion design.
• Designs that reflect both modernity and timeless elegance.
• Functional and fashionable pieces that make a statement and serve a purpose.
• Effective use of computational design methods.

Img. 1: The Phenotype bracelet by Maciej Nisztuk blends nature's wisdom with digital craftsmanship. Inspired by the growth patterns of bone tissue, it's shaped by algorithms and brought to life through 3D printing, then meticulously hand-finished with traditional jewelry technique

Examples to Inspire:

• Shape-Shifting Dress: A jacket that transforms its shape or function based on the wearer's needs or preferences, such as body shape and size.
• Thermochromic Dress: Changes color based on temperature, combining high fashion with interactive textile technology and materials.
• Biofabricated Accessories: Accessories grown from sustainable materials like mycelium or algae, showcasing the potential of biofabrication for creating unique and eco-friendly fashion pieces.
• Parametrically Generated Pendant: A necklace with a pendant that's been parametrized to, showcase intricate geometric patterns and dynamic movement.