OPT Industries - sample box
Roles held: Lead Textile Designer (June 2019 - Dec 2021), Product Manager (Dec 2021 - Dec 2022)
“Founded in 2019, OPT Industries is an MIT Media Lab spinoff company that focuses on building the next generation of DLP-based additive manufacturing technology. We partner with globally-recognized brands to design bespoke products and materials for luxury accessories, apparel, interiors, film production, consumer electronics, automotive, cosmetics, and medical diagnostics industries. Our team is comprised of 30 employees with backgrounds in mechanical engineering, polymer science, computer science, architecture, and textile design”
Brief: Design a series of samples to send to prospective brand partners that demonstrate OPT’s manufacturing capabilities
Material concepts sketched by hand, then translated into 3D-printed samples with the assistance of OPT’s Computational Design team.
A selection of samples included in the box
FEATHERS
Fractal growth of a natural feather —-> Concept sketches for 3D printed feathers
Selected sketch —-> 3D print
