Work
Texavie MarsWear
Smart apparel for the capture of movement data and health analytics. 2021-2024
The Texavie product line incorporates sensors made from novel materials integrated into clothing and accessories to capture data from the wearer for a range of clinical and consumer applications. Networks of sensors collect complex data in real time and provide readable feedback via an app.
There were two primary design challenges:​ ​​
Preserve functionality without impeding performance, by leveraging the knowledge of various research teams and reacting to their new developments.
Simplify the user interaction and visual language to allow for meaningful interactions between either patient and clinician, or user and information.
The cost necessitated that the hardware remain attached to the garments.
Since the garments are designed for physical activity, the device needed to be waterproof and washable. To ensure a safe and reliable power source, we opted for a removable battery.
The device size was dictated by several factors: the battery required to power the hardware, the hardware itself, and the space needed to seal all points of ingress.
A few of many enclosure iterations.
Designing for diverse users means addressing distinct information needs while maintaining shared usability standards.
In clinical settings, there are two users: the clinician analyzing the data and the wearer producing it.
Some users have different mobility needs
Interaction - User and product
button placement
LED/button combination
User manual
diagrams
Learn more about the project from Nature Machine Intelligence or Texavie.com
Casca SmartFit
Casca's custom support system, tailored to each customer's unique feet. 2019-2021
Support
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Using the standard insole as a base we identified key features of the support. Through a combination of wear testing and consultations with orthotists, a set of rules was created to tune this support. Customers have an opportunity to ask for a refit, and from these cases we learn to adjust our rules over time for different fit preferences.
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Comfort
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Gyroid infill offers strength against transverse pressure even at low densities and better supported the complicated movement of the foot through gait without any major increase in print time or material usage.​
Casca shoes were developed with an orthotist to satisfy the need for support in everyday shoes. SmartFit takes this a step further by tailoring the insoles to each customer's needs using a 3D scan of the feet and manufacturing using 3D printing.
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The standard insole already offered more support than other shoes, so my work on SmartFit leveraged my previous experience to offer an upgrade using a combination of customized support, comfort, and fit.
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Fit
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Changing a part of the shoe interior alters the fit of the entire shoe. Fitting insoles can tune support, but also give more or less volume for individual foot anatomy.
Our fluted sidewall was implemented to alleviate a material issue unique to FDM 3d printing - that the outer walls of parts will be more rigid than the interior.
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Feetz
A tech shoe company providing fully custom 3D printed shoes. 2016-2019.
Shoe created in collaboration with Seth Aaron for his 2018 show
Materials Development
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Feetz had an existing manufacturing line and methods that defined the design of the shoes it made. Expanding the design palette to produce new materials and silhouettes had to push the boundaries of these methods without disrupting manufacturing.
Customization
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Feetz provided fully custom 3D printed shoes based on 22 dimensions of fit taken from a 3D scan.​
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I began by managing the 3D printed manufacturing and then leveraged that knowledge in design and fit customization.
3D Printed Manufacturing
Customizing products creates unique design and manufacturing challenges. For the wedge lattice pictured here, the lattice had to be optimized for printing a narrow size 6 shoe and a wide size 12, all in a new material better suited to the support needs of an elevated heel.
Design Development
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Collaborating with outside designers and manufacturers meant educating them on manufacturing constraints and working with them throughout the design process to realize a successful product.
Vertical gills printed onto recycled wetsuit fabric provide support for a boot shaft
Layering 2D infill patterns instead allows for interesting effects.