Creators: Sam Ingersoll, Kate Reed

The Body Accordion brings together two concepts: music and movement. The Body Accordion is designed to emulate the behavior of an accordion, being flexible and allowing circular movement yet fitted to the body like a corset. The Body Accordion is made of laser-cut plywood “ribs” that attach to a harness designed of recycled leather. 3D printed hinges secure the plywood ribs to the harness and allow the ribs to move and yet be stable at the same time.

We redesigned the Body Accordion to be a piece in NuVu's "Nature-Tech Collection" for the 2013 Emerging Trends Show during Boston Fashion Week. The corset didn't need to have versatile movement for fashion, so we went much farther with the design, more in the direction of a cage skirt. The structure has three belts in which everything connects - one at the top, one at the waist and one just below the butt. We also experimented with making the original ribs much bigger and more dramatic.

Creators: Noor Ansari, Ilan Barnoon

The Noodle Jungle is a large mobile exhibit structure consisting of a series of noodles hanging from it. It was created to make an immersive and relaxing experience for the participants. The noodles create a fun and enjoyable experience for participants changing and distorting sound. Our project creates and immersive experience using surgical tubing and sound. Five pieces of surgical tubing are attached to ultrasonic sensors so that, when the surgical tubing is pulled and twisted, it distorts the sound it is connected to. We wanted to create an exhibit that is themed around a rainforest or jungle, with the noodles mimicking the vines of a real rainforest. Our final project is a large mobile with each noodle hanging from it. It can be stood under and the noodles can be pulled and contorted from inside. Fake vines are place on the outer rim of the mobile to create an immersive and closed off feeling and add to the jungle theme. The Noodle Jungle creates a calming and entertaining exhibit that anyone of any age can enjoy.