Ganit Goldstein

Ganit Goldstein is a 3D Textile and Fashion designer specialising in the development of smart textile systems. Ganit’s primary interest is in the intersection between craft and technology, combining virtual tools and tangible materials to extend the possibilities of programmable textiles. Her work focuses predominantly on pioneering the use of 3D printing fabrication to produce customized 3D textiles. 

Goldstein’s collections have received significant attention and won several prestigious prizes and press recognition. Her projects have been presented at exhibitions and museums globally, including Milan Design Week 2019, New York Textile Month, Munich Jewellery Week, TLV Biennale of Crafts & Design 2020 and many more.

Achievements:

• Horizon 2020, The European commission Re-FREAM grant.

• 1st prize winner 3D Pioneer Challenge 2020 - Fash & Tech & Best Student categories.

• Purmundus Challenge 2020 stand-out achievements in 3D and 4D printing - Finalist.

• RoPlastic Prize 2020, ‘Innovative Textiles’ category - Finalist.

• Silver prize, Indigo Award 2020, 3D CAD category.

RECREATE // Rhythm of Matter

What if textiles could respond to body gestures?

‘Rhythm of Matter’ explores the dynamic relationship between physical and virtual hand gestures through programmable interactive embroidery, simultaneously working both as a digital and a tangible fabric system.

The research explores the role of physical materials in a digital space and suggests new ways that smart textile developments operate as a bridge between tactile interactions and virtual sensations.

Over time, the change within programmable materials is revealed through the natural rhythms of textile structures. This system, a cycle of day and night, communicates movement, colour and sound through hand gestures and a light system.

The research investigates the border between ‘digital hands’ and tangible materials – how the former might extend the reality of the latter. It asks whether haptic experience might be explored differently by the hybrid of presence and remote matter.