3D Printing Basics for Entertainment Design

Chapter 9Costume Applications

3D printing has already become a mainstay in the fashion industry – it is only natural that its influence has started showing in costume design as well. It frees designers from many physical limitations and explodes the artist’s palette.

Costume designers are using 3D printing to add adornment and custom pieces to existing costumes as well as creating the full costumes themselves. 3D printing provides a new richness to materials and possibilities that makes the future of this landscape seemingly unlimited.

Costume Design and Technology

In 2015, costume and fashion designer Wojciech Dziedzic worked with communication design student Tomasz Dabert to re-envision an armored costume for Wolfgang Rihm’s opera The Conquest ...