Selected work
Materials technology, products and the ventures that carry them.
A patented, bi-directionally pleated fabric that expands through seven sizes, so clothing grows with the child instead of being thrown away. The pleat has a negative Poisson's ratio - stretch it one way and it grows the other - and the fabric is 100% monofibre and recyclable.
What began as a kitchen-oven prototype is now an internationally recognised materials technology and textiles company.
petitpli.com ↗An expandable auxetic knit in 100% extra-fine merino wool. It is the insulating layer of a modular wardrobe that grows with the child, and the studio's second material after the original pleat.
Auxetic knit · Merino woolExperimental materials work with one of the most advanced adventure-clothing brands on Earth, developed under wraps. The brief that suits me best: an extreme user, and a problem that has to be solved in the material.
Advanced apparelWork shown at the V&A in The Future Starts Here, with collaborations spanning culture and industry. The through-line is the same wherever it appears: engineering, applied where people can feel it.
V&A · Culture & industryRecognition