Pixelated clothing designs: when reality has a render-glitch

Alba Prat's clothing designs are made to look pixelated, as though they've emerged from a video-game. I love how subtle the effect is -- not the chunky, 8-bit fashion we've seen before, but rather, a series of hints at some digital origin, as though caught from an angle that the game-engine doesn't know how to render properly. Jonas Lindstroem's mystery-shrouded photography really brings the collection to life.

Yatzer discovered an exceptional two-piece collection by a fashion design student from the Berlin University of Arts; Alba Prat. Despite the fact that the particular work was limited in terms of quantity, one could see the potential of this particular designer. Her work involved two designs made in laser-cut, neoprene fabric, following clean lines and creating 3-D-like, cubic effects. The small collection took the name ''The Synthetic Oceans''. Today, Alba makes her much-expected step forward. She presents us with a larger collection of garments made for women, always stamped with her signature elements. Describing it in a few words, the collection features clean lines, sole colours and optical effects. Yet this time the collection takes the name ''Digitalized''.
The Digitalized Collection constitutes Alba Prat’s fashion design studies final year project. According to the designer, the inspiration for her work was the 1982 film Tron, largely apparent in her futuristic design techniques.

The Digitalized Collection of Alba Prat (via JWZ)

(Image: downsized crop of photo by Jonas Lindstroem)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

MORE: design • fashion • Games • Happy Mutants

More at Boing Boing

Ants and Stars: Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic visit the Sardinia Radio Telescope in Italy

The Snowden Principle

Brainspore

At first I misread that headline as “gender-glitch” and was wondering if it had something to do with the model in the unisex-ish outfit.
Bubba73

I’m not ironing that
codesuidae

Low-poly clothing?
mtdna

Has anyone noticed that the latest US military camouflages are pixelated? They’re totally 8-bit!
- digi_owl
  
  iirc, the digital camo is being retired.
Bryce Castillo

Reminds me of the clothing of Deus Ex: HR.
B A

Does anyone know the name of this absolutely stunning model? She’s like a 3d design.
- Lobster
  
  I bet she dreams in digital (’cause it’s better than nothing).
  - B A
    
    I’d say it would be the designer Alba Prat who dreams in digital.
http://imcravingpresidency.tumblr.com/ SedanChair

The “I forgot to wear pants today” look is trending.
Brainspore

Huh? I don’t assume that the clothes were designed for either gender. In fact I don’t even assume to know the gender of the model.

[EDIT: Never mind, I see the written description says "garments made for women." I stand by my earlier description "unisex-ish."]
http://twitter.com/gordonjcp gordonjcp

The article does say it’s for women, though.
B A

I happen to think that all women are beautiful and wouldn’t say ‘Ew’ about any woman. This girl is like a manga assassin.