Alice designs materials, machines, and interaction systems that aim to push the limits of material innovation. Her work explores the intersection of engineering, design, and digital fabrication, shaping interactive and adaptive materials. With a material-driven, computational approach, she treats machines as collaborators in tangible, process-led creation. KI MONO was developed in collaboration with the Wearable Senses Lab at TU Eindhoven and Fashion Tech Farm.
Looks
Back view of KI MONO, showing undyed body and dyed sleeves and collar.
Model: Nita Krasniqi
KI MONO top paired with a hakama, a traditional wide-legged traditional Japanese garment.
Front view close-up of KI MONO.
Photographer: Kahrawan Suleiman
Front and back of KI MONO sleeve showing the dyed knit surface and its reverse pearled texture.
About the look
KI MONO
Dyed cotton; sliver fiber printer, digital knitting (Kniterate)
2025
KI MONO is a machine-knitted, cropped kimono-style top. The fiber is pre-dyed using a custom-built sliver fiber printer, which applies pigment to sliver before spinning. The dye pattern follows the Thue–Morse sequence, a binary, self-similar sequence known for its recursive balance and aperiodicity. As the fiber is colored and knit, the pattern unfolds into irregular color rhythms—structured but non-repeating. The result evokes the aesthetic of ikat, a technique that dyes the yarn before it is woven: controlled, yet unpredictable.
The sliver fiber printer machine itself inspired the idea of a kimono since the very beginning —something singular and unreproducible, where the color logic is encoded into the yarn itself. The dyed yarn appears in the sleeves and collar and the undyed body creates contrast and frames these sections. The silhouette references the kimono and reflects my connection to Japanese heritage.
This piece is a continuation to the BRIDGES 2025 short paper "Sliver Fiber Printer: Sequence Coloring on Yarn", which introduces the sliver fiber printer and its approach to position-specific coloration. KI MONO translates that process into a wearable form, embedding mathematical thinking into every layer. The result is a garment that wears its code quietly—singular, algorithmic, and rooted in craft.
