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About - Danit Peleg

Danit Peleg and her team are eager to keep pushing the boundaries of 3D printed fashion. They are passionate about challenging the ecosystem to develop new materials, new printing techniques, and new software breakthroughs.

In 2017, Danit launched a revolutionary platform on her website that allows customers to order and personalize their own 3D printed garments. In 2020, Danit went a step further by offering digital files of 3D printed garments that can be downloaded and then printed at the customer’s nearest 3D printer. It’s like the iTunes store for clothes – it’s truly Beauty You Can Build.

Danit also teaches a virtual workshop that introduces beginners to the amazing world of 3D-printed fashion. This live virtual course is one of the first of its kind. Danit believes that the generous exchange of ideas in fashion drives positive change and growth in this industry.

Danit Peleg is a fashion designer and a pioneer in 3D printed fashion. In 2015, she made international headlines for being the first designer in the world to create an entire collection using desktop 3D home printers for her graduate project at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. In 2016, she was invited by the Paralympic Games to design a 3D-printed dress for Amy Purdy, a double-leg amputee dancer, who performed at the Opening Ceremony.

The Danit Peleg 3D Team works closely with both material researchers and printing companies to realize the dream of making 3D printing in fashion accessible to everyone. The team also aims to revolutionize the fashion industry by drastically cutting waste and pollution. This means disrupting traditional fashion supply chains and ultimately creating a more sustainable, hopeful alternative for the future.

Danit Peleg is also a consultant who advises fashion brands on how to incorporate this fascinating new technology into their work. She deeply believes that the generous exchange of ideas and knowledge in fashion drives positive growth and change in the industry. Her 3D-printed fashion items are highly coveted and have been sold and loaned to fashion icons, schools, museums, and events around the world.

Danit is also a TED speaker and has been featured in world-renowned publications such as Vogue, The New York Times, and Women’s Wear Daily. In 2018, she was recognized as one of Europe’s Top Women in Tech by Forbes. In 2019, the BBC named her as one of the 100 most inspiring and influential women in the world. Danit believes that 3D printing opens up fascinating new opportunities in fashion and wants to inspire future generations of designers to dream big. She is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Internship Opportunities

Danit believes in inspiring and equipping the next generation of fashion designers. She offers internship opportunities to those that have a passion for excellence and a curiosity for the extraordinary. She personally interacts with her interns and oversees their work. Danit loves building meaningful relationships with her interns and they enjoy doing the same with her too.

We can accept interns from these programs: http://www.destinationisrael.com/ and
Israel Experience https://www. israelexperience.org/.

Please get in touch with these programs if you wish to apply to be an intern.

For more information, please email [email protected]

Public speaking

I feel very fortunate to be one of the world’s pioneers in 3D printed fashion, and I didn’t get to where I am today by myself. I had a lot of help from amazing makers in the 3d printing community.

I deeply believe that the generous exchange of ideas in fashion and technology drives positive change and growth in the industry. This is why I love opening up my heart and my knowledge to like-minded people through public speaking and sharing my personal vision and experiences in 3D printed fashion.

I enjoy talking about the power and potential of 3D printing in fashion, as well as where I think this technology is taking us next.

Feel free to email [email protected] to discuss your upcoming conference and how we can work together.

Titles of talks:
3D Printed Fashion – The Future Of Fashion?
Model the future of fashion technology with 3D printing pioneer Danit Peleg

Public speaking

3D-printed clothes: why haven't manufacturers made them mass-produced yet?

ThreeASFOUR showcased their 3D printed clothing collection for the first time at a fashion show at the Jewish Museum in New York. The dresses on the models were patterned and looked ephemeral, like the robes of robotic angels. One was woven from white, angular bubbles, which gave the impression that the girl had just taken a bubble bath.

But the girl who showed this dress to the world could not sit down, otherwise the dress would have broken. “The model wearing the dress was very unhappy,” said Bradley Rothenberg, a 3D architect who collaborates with threeASFOUR founders Gabi Asfor, Angela Donhauser and Adi Gil.

ThreeASFOUR dress at the fashion show at the Jewish Museum.

It happened in 2013, when threeASFOUR began to realize that in order to achieve the goal, they would have to take a step back. They did not even think that they would create such an impractical piece of clothing. On the contrary, they wanted to create an outfit worthy of a superhero. They dreamed that the fabric they printed would become invulnerable to bullets and fire, retain heat and protect the wearer from stress. They dreamed that people would start buying their clothes as soon as they hit stores.

But time has passed. With the Silicon Valley elite building personal bunkers, refugees pouring across the border into Canada, and Margaret Atwood back in vogue, threeASFOUR's vision is as close to reality as an apocalyptic dystopia. But if everyone has access to the stocks left on Doomsday, becoming a superhero is still unrealistic.

And the reason is quite simple. Thanks to thousands of years of experience, tailored clothes are more practical and comfortable than those printed by a 3D printer. But that doesn't seem to be stopping threeASFOUR and other designers.

“In the fashion world, you can control the patterns and structure of a dress to get the look you want,” Rothenberg says. “The problem is that right now it’s just a possibility. So I think Gaby Asfor is the most interesting person in the industry. We need people who will push the boundaries, striving to show the new.”

The vision of Gabi Asfor is evident in his work. He became interested in 3D printing in 2009 and has been experimenting with the internal structure of fabrics ever since.

Traditional fabric has two dimensions: the threads are arranged horizontally, vertically and diagonally in a certain way to create a weave. Asfor, who has a degree in mechanical engineering and architecture from the University of Maryland, worked with Donhauser and Gil to come up with a three-dimensional weave that was planned to be laser-cut. The desire to give fabric a third dimension led them to 3D printing.

“The most innovative recent invention in the industry is the four-way stretch fabric,” says Asfor. “But ordinary fabric can only stretch in the X and Y planes. 3D printing will allow the material to stretch in the Z plane as well.” He believes that such a fabric will be better breathable, less restrict movement, and will not have folds.

ThreeASFOUR was interested in 3D printing, which led them to collaborate with Materialise, a 3D printed model company, and Rothenberg, who came up with 3D printed wings for the 2013 Victoria's Secret fashion show.

“When we first started, Gabi kept asking, “Can you print fabric? What material will be needed for this?” Rotenberg says. It turned out that this would not be easy.

Pangolin dress from the Biomimicry collection. Source: Backchannel

The main problem is that the materials used for 3D printing are stiffer than regular fabric. ThreeASFOUR experimented with the structures of various materials, trying to add elasticity to them, but any printed model came out very fragile.

But new materials have arrived, and ThreeASFOUR has teamed up with Stratasys and Travis Fitch to design dresses like Pangolin for their new fall 2016 collection, which they call Biomimicry. It took 500 hours to print (not including assembly) Pangolin! The dress, named after a scaly mammal, was reminiscent of dark armor (Björk appeared in it during a tour in Australia last year). To create the "scales", the designers used an algorithm that simulates cell division, thus obtaining an intertwining pattern.

On the ground floor of the ThreeASFOUR studio, there are employees who work with the most ordinary sewing machines. The dress itself is located on the next floor. Up close, the Pangolin bib, detached from the other parts of the dress, is somewhat reminiscent of a bicycle tire that has been cut to look like fish scales (it even wiggles like a fish tail). Such a deflection was not possible a few years earlier.

Asphor hands me a piece of another dress, a Harmonograph modeled after a sound wave. It was made from a rubber mesh that can expand and contract like a pillow-top mattress. The bottom of the dress shrinks when a person sits down and returns to shape when they stand up.

Harmonograph dress by ThreeASFOUR. Source: Instagram

With this flexibility, 3D wearers can now sit comfortably, although comfort is far from ideal. “Matter resembles artificial skin. It is not very pleasant to the touch and, in addition, sticks to the skin, ”says Rotenberg.

The idea of ​​making printed clothes gained popularity at the beginning of the 21st century, but developed rather slowly.

Few people know this better than Aaron Rowley, founder of Electroloom, a 3D printed clothing startup. At first, many well-known brands were interested in his work, but gradually, one by one, they left. “There was an idea that people could print tools at home,” says Rowley, referring to the days when there was a lot of hype around 3D printing. It was believed that clothes could also be printed, since wardrobe items are used every day and need to be updated regularly.

But progress has not gone far. “The process of creating fabric is fundamentally different [from 3D printing],” says Rowley.

“Textiles are an advanced technology,” says Scott Hudson, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University who has worked with Disney on soft print materials. Calling the textile industry a technology, he was not exaggerating: some experts believe that the loom is an early version of the computer. In the middle of the 18th century, Joseph Marie Jacquard figured out how to save a fabric pattern on a punched card, which made it possible to set the machine to work and automate the process.

3D printing technology is not that polished yet. “You have to find a compromise between stiffness and strength,” says Hudson. 3D printers create an object by layering, and this process is very different from how fibers are turned into fabric.

Rowley took fabric raw materials and created blends that resemble existing fabrics. However, the 3D printer has created something that looks like a "chaotic web". It took a long time before they got a soft, stretchy, foldable and lightweight material that at first glance resembled fabric. But even the final version was not suitable: the material was torn as soon as it was pulled harder.

“Fibers that are physically connected, as in the case of 3D printing, remain stationary, while woven fibers move smoothly relative to each other,” Rowley explained. Electroloom shut down last October.

Until the material issue is resolved, the printed garment will look more like a work of art than a piece of clothing. A year ago, threeASFOUR dresses were featured at the Met Gala-sponsored Costume Institute show. The Manus x Machina show in 2016 also emphasized the role of technology in the fashion world: stars and celebrities dressed in silver at the show, and Zayn Malik appeared in a suit with robot arms.

Oscillation Dress by ThreeASFOUR. Source: Instagram

This year, threeASFOUR has introduced another novelty: a white and blue lattice dress, pictured above, it hugs a mannequin in their studio. The dress consists of 30 pieces, which are first printed and then carefully assembled.

“We are looking for new technologies,” says Asfor. “I believe that in the near future we will have a unique opportunity to move in this direction.”

At the same time, the quality of other garments (such as jewelry or sportswear) printed on a 3D printer is much higher. Nike and Adidas use 3D printing to create shoe padding and soles, which are usually made from foam. NASA is developing a project similar to Pangolin - a printed "chain mail" designed to protect astronauts from the impacts in space.

Maybe not only astronauts. Although T-shirts and pants are still made in the traditional way, protective armor will soon be printed. It will come in handy in case there is a revolution, aliens attack or you need to flee abroad.

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Would you wear a dress made from a 3D printer?

Recently, at the annual Fashion and Textile Days in Zurich, a presentation of 3D-printed clothing models took place. When 3D printing can really compete with weaving machines, and whether it can at all, this question remains open.

Israeli fashion designer Danit PelegExternal link creates her designs without the usual fabrics and sewing machines, while being the most popular participant in the annual Fashion and Textile Days. Clothing items have been printed on 3D printers before, but it was she who became the first fashion designer to create an entire collection in this way. Danit Peleg's goal is to enable its customers in the future to receive sketch files by e-mail, using which they themselves will then be able to print their own clothes where and when they want.

Unfortunately, while most people do not have easy access to cheap and high-quality 3D printers, therefore, at this stage, she plans to design and produce outerwear in small batches on order. These clothes will be made exactly according to individual measurements, in addition, customers will be able to choose the color of this model, as well as the style of the lining, the role of which cannot be overestimated, because without it people will simply freeze, and such clothes will sometimes look too frank and defiant.

Swiss textiles

Switzerland was once famous for its textile industry. It was in this industry that the process of its rapid industrialization began in the 18th century. Fine lace, fine linen, skillful embroidery - all these Swiss textile products once glorified the country throughout Europe. The largest center of weaving and weaving machinery was the city of St. Gallen in the Confederation. In the second half of the 19th century, however, the Swiss textile industry fell into a serious crisis.

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The profitability of production has fallen sharply, but the machine and machine tool traditions have managed to survive all the troubles, including wars, and today, in the era of the transition of the world economy to new innovative tracks, Switzerland is still a global leader, being a country convenient and comfortable for everything new and unusual, which, perhaps, will determine the face of European fashion in the future.

It is no coincidence that the exclusive textile manufacturers Jakob Schläpfer and Forster Rohner are now based in St. Gallen, and that the “Swiss College of Fashion, Design and Business” is located in Zurich, which is famous for its mechanical engineering. administration" (" Höhere Fachschule für Fashion, Textiles und Business ManagementExternal link ”), which currently has about 700 students. It is this combination of business, university science, venture capital and a comfortable innovative environment that helps maintain the long-standing Swiss fashion tradition. Volumetric printing using 3D printers is considered here as a very promising technology.

Clothes from the printer

Danit Peleg makes his models using plastic fiber instead of the usual thread. During the years of study at the Israel College of Technology, Design and Arts ShenkarExternal link she spent a lot of time looking for the most comfortable and durable material and the most efficient printer model. At the same time, she received support from a number of Tel Aviv start-up companies and innovation laboratories.

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For Peleg, the main advantages of clothes created on a 3D printer are individuality of style, flexibility of the production process and environmental safety. “It’s a truly zero-waste production—there are no scraps or unclaimed clothes in stores,” she says, adding that if you get bored with any piece of clothing, you can simply melt it down and make a new one from the resulting material.

The problem is time!

As you might expect, the association " CEMATEXExternal link ", which brings together European manufacturers of textile machinery and equipment from Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Sweden, is very skeptical about the prospects for replacing 3D looms - printers. “Nevertheless, it must be admitted that this is an interesting trend and a very curious technology,” said Ernesto Maurer, director of the Textile Machinery Division of the cross-industry Swiss engineering organization Swissmem and vice president of CEMATEX.

Whether 3D printing will prove to be a real threat in the near or far future for the traditional textile industry, which has about 40 companies in Switzerland alone, only time will tell. As D. Peleg says, the cost of equipment and consumables has already approached a quite acceptable level: a spool of special fiber now costs about $30, and a more or less normal and 3D printer can already be purchased for $2,000.

Therefore, time remains the most significant problem. Now it takes about 100 hours to "print" a traditional dress - not bad at all, but only if you consider that just a year ago this operation took three times as long. A conventional loom is capable of producing the material needed for one dress in about 8 minutes.

Looks great, but not very practical

Another downside is that 3D printed clothing - mostly made of polyethylene - is too stiff and inelastic. D. Peleg admits that traditional cotton and silk are much better suited for creating clothing models. But tastes change, and technologies improve. E. Maurer says that 30 years ago, almost all clothing was made from natural materials. “The only exception was nylon tights. Nobody wanted to wear synthetic clothes, but what about today?

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Eliane Diethelm, co-founder of Little Black DressExternal link from Zurich, agrees. “The first polyester fibers produced in the 50s and 60s were just terrible, but the technology has evolved.

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