Archival framed print of PolyThread by Jenny Sabin.

Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper and glazed with Tru Vue Optium Museum Acrylic. Mounted on bright silver-colored metal frame, and acid-free coroplast backing.

Interior Dimensions: 24”x36”.

Own an original limited edition print of PolyThread, commissioned by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum for Beauty - Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial! Mathematically generated and inspired by cellular networks, the PolyThread installation is a freestanding inhabitable form featuring knitted lightweight, high-performing, formfitting and adaptive materials. The digitally knitted fabric structure is held in tension with freestanding integrated fiberglass tubing. An inner structure of textile-based WHOLEGARMENT© knit elements absorbs, collects and delivers light as the materials react to variegated light sources and the presence of people through embedded shadows. Material response to sunlight as well as physical participation are integral parts of our exploratory approach to the subjects of beauty and adaptive architecture. This project aims to engage a new material practice and next steps in digital fabrication in architecture through the production of models and prototypes via cutting-edge parametric and associative software that interface fabrication technologies in related, but alternative disciplines.

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