Setae Jacket

Setae Jacket, 2019

Design by Julia Koerner

For the Stratasys “Chro-Morpho” collection

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Julia Koerner’s SETAE design, a unique visualization of the Madagascar Sunset Butterfly, Exploring biomimicry, Koerner’s morphing design relies on 2D macro scans of butterfly wings that are digitized into an algorithm and translated into 3D patterns. By dividing the photographs into thousands of thin pixels that map out the butterfly wings and colors, the butterfly pattern can be replicated into 3D-printed strands on flexible fabric. Due to the movement and delicate color transformation, it expresses a true organic animal flow that comes to life.