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Sleep Suit

New York, United States
 
A project by: Forrest Jessee
 
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The project attempts to challenge the idea of personal space in relationship to the human body and its surrounding environment.  It is inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s practice of Dymaxion Sleeping, which involves four 30-minute naps over a period of 24 hours, and the material requirements for such conditions. Architecturally, the very close rel... read more
The project attempts to challenge the idea of personal space in relationship to the human body and its surrounding environment.  It is inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s practice of Dymaxion Sleeping, which involves four 30-minute naps over a period of 24 hours, and the material requirements for such conditions. Architecturally, the very close relationship between the human body and the suit acts as the generator of form as well as tool to negotiate between the occupant and his or her surroundings.  The structure of the material, a structural pleat, is used as a means to create feelings of connected and disconnectedness as well as provide varying levels of support for different parts of the body.  By thinking of the cut pattern as sections of the body, the structure can act as a semi-permeable outer skin.
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Location 131 varick
New York, 10013
United States
 
Building status student work
 
 

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Forrest Jessee
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Amrita Kambo
posted by: Amrita Kambo | 02/22/2010 08:26 am report this
 
does it keep you warm in winters?
does it keep you cool in summers?
does it keep the water off you when its raining?
Patrick Keane
posted by: Patrick Keane | 02/17/2010 10:41 pm report this
 
we are fans.... all the way from Sydney Australia .!
Rychiee Espinosa
posted by: Rychiee Espinosa | 02/16/2010 06:55 pm report this
 
forest, i would like one please. in this weather, is it available in waterproof rubber?
amy drezner
posted by: amy drezner | 12/12/2009 05:20 pm report this
 
those foa guys would have liked this outfit. nice ---
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