(L)ABnormal

In progress installation / Project Team: Jamison Sweat, Xavier Ramirez, Tessa Watson, Zach Beale, Austynn Machado, Hunter Pope, Andrew Homick

This installation was created for the launch of the inaugural issue of Mesh Magazine - an independent publication that showcases the work of artists and designers, erasing disciplinary boundaries through digital design and fabrication.

Mahr-kee(z) creates a center in an asymmetrical space by utilizing the existing columns. A new faceted surface encases the columns and propagates into flowering canopies. In addition to the dynamic folding and pleating of the column-canopies, ornamentation is achieved by an aperture pattern that follows the geometric logic of the faceted surface. The aperture pattern is strategically placed to alleviate visual weight and generate lighting effects as it twists from the base to the capital. This project is part of continuing research addressing contemporary ornamentation and isomorphic transformation of architectonic elements.

Project Team: TJ Howells (designer), Tessa Watson, Xavier Ramirez (project leaders), Robert Hon, Michael Johnston, Gabriela Orizondo, Hunter Pope, Audrey Reda, Pin Thienapirak, F***y Varga

Embodied Evolution Embodied Evolution is a student design competition that investigates the fusion between fashion and human form. The contemporary design environment has been influenced simultaneously by the biology of human form and the synthetics of technological innovation. This competition calls for innovative ways for the body and clothing to interface as a single entity. Students will fabricate wearable armor, gear, or prosthetic prototypes that reconsider the body as part of, not separate from, the design environment in which we exist.

All SCAD student artists and designers are welcome to participate. Students may compete individually or in teams of up to three people. Interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged. Entries may be fabricated by any means necessary, but must be wearable.


Please direct any additional questions to Natallie Santiago at [email protected]




Sponsored by (L)abNormal, SCAD Digital Fabrication Club

Designed by Larry O. Martin