Ying Gao, BMW Gina, Zaha Hadid

Images from https://www.blonde20.com/blog/2014/04/03/has-wearable-technology-become-the-future-of-fashion/

Ying Gao

• Fashion designer and professor
• Combined urban design, architecture and multimedia
• Takes inspiration from social and urban environment
• Uses technologies in fashion design, allow garments to become more playful and interactive

Her designs are known to be "radical critical dimension that transcends technological experiment" - (http://nykyinen.com/whos-who-ying-gao/) and departing from tradition



Images from http://www.superfuturecars.com/bmw-gina/

BMW

• Fabric skinned, shape-shifting sports car
• Fabric body that is stretchable, flexible matter, resistant, translucent, man made fabric skin
• Its body changes shape according to exterior conditions and speed
• Body also stretches over moveable frame
• Steering wheel sits in an "idle" position which allows easy access  for the driver

"Geometry and functions in an adaptation" - (http://www.gogeometry.com/world_news_map/bmw_gina_geometry_in_n_adaptation.html)

Images from http://www.archdaily.com/294549/galaxy-soho-zaha-hadid-architects-by-hufton-crow/

Zaha Hadid

• Iraqi-British architect
• Distinctly neofuturistic, powerful curving forms
• Often encourages multiple points of perspective
• Fragmented geometry to evoke chaos in the modern life

Her design revolves largely around emotional evocation and abstract interpretation of life, often seemingly impossible forms

These innovative designers are inspiring because they managed to do what no one else could, creating something new and distinct in this over saturated modern world.