Aperiodic T-shirt

Designers

Fatma Kayatekin

ARCHITECT

MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

TAIPEI, TAIWAN

Biography

Fatma Kayatekin is a master architect who is passionate about pattern generation, tessellations, parametric design, building facades, digital fabrication, and freeform surfaces. Her master's thesis focuses on aperiodic pattern generation, featuring the groundbreaking innovation of the hat tile, and its application in design elements such as fashion, art, and architecture. She believes that art and architecture have immense potential for growth when grounded in mathematical principles.

Looks

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About the look

Aperiodic T-shirt

Cotton fabric

2024

The aperiodic pattern design is generated from the groundbreaking innovation of the hat tile which is a mono tile that can tesselate the infinite plane in aperiodic order without repetition. The concept of applying an aperiodic pattern to everyday clothing creates a personalized, one-of-a-kind production for each individual. Since this pattern never repeats, it's not feasible to utilize typical print pattern rolls due to the limited size of printing press machines. Although mass production becomes unattainable due to this challenge, it's this very aspect that makes the t-shirt special! This product can only be tailored to fit the individual with the limited fabric size, ensuring that each order will feature a distinct tessellation. This will provide people with customized clothings specifically crafted for them.