Body Architecture
Funny jacket-tents on display at
a-matterAs a trained fashion designer who initially worked in the areas of casual wear, trend research and mass production, Lucy Orta now makes bodysuits that can be transformed into tent-like rooms or sleeping bags and then coupled to each other in order to create an ad-hoc community, i.e. fast small housing for mobile elements of society such as refugees, asylum seekers or the homeless.
...too bad she takes herself so seriously.
* Ray, 10/28/2003 01:03:29 PM
