Behnaz Farahi

Behnaz Farahi 2014

Behnaz Farahi (Persian: بهناز فرهی, born 1985 in Tehran ) is an Iranian - American architect who is known for her interactive design of clothing. In 2015 she developed outerwear made with a 3D printer under the title “Caress of the Gaze”, which reacts to looks by opening or closing at certain points. This project received numerous prizes, including the 2016 World Technology Design Award . Behnaz Farahi's work is scientifically based on recent developments in computer-aided design ( generative design ), neurosciences , cognitive philosophy and artificial intelligence . Her art is shown in the permanent exhibition at the Science Museum Chicago.

Life

Farahi grew up in Tehran and began painting and building mechanical devices as a child. After studying architecture at the Shahid Beheshti and Azad University in Iran, she moved to Los Angeles, where she completed a second master's and bachelor's degree in architecture at the USC School of Architecture in 2013.

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2010: Mirmiran Competition, Tehran
2013: Kinetic Art Organization, USA
2016: World Technology Design Award, Innovation By Design Linda Tischler Award, USA

Exhibitions (selection)

2013: The Living, Breathing Wall, Sight + Sound + Space, Los Angeles, USA
2013: Breathing Wall II, Design Intelligence: Advanced Computational Research, Beijing, China
2014: Synapse, Subliminal Pulse, Los Angeles, USA
2016: Caress of the Gaze, Radical Atoms and the Alchemists of Our Time, Ars Electronica , Linz, Austria
2017: Bodyscape, Look Forward Fashiontech Festival, La Gaité Lyrique, Paris, France
2017: Second Skin, Luminary, Future Flies & Midway, San Francisco, USA
2018: Mesolite, Adidas , Herzogenaurach, Germany
2019: Wired to Wear, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, USA

Individual evidence

↑ Ben Stockton: Stare and you'll ruffle my feathers - the clothing that reacts to your gaze . In: The Observer . October 8, 2015, ISSN 0029-7712 ( theguardian.com [accessed June 27, 2019]).
↑ Robbie Gonzalez: 3-D Printed Garment Shape-Shifts Based on an Onlooker's Gaze . In: Wired . January 4, 2016, ISSN 1059-1028 ( wired.com [accessed June 27, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Farahi, Behnaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Iranian-American architect
DATE OF BIRTH	1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tehran

[1] Ben Stockton: Stare and you'll ruffle my feathers - the clothing that reacts to your gaze . In: The Observer . October 8, 2015, ISSN 0029-7712 ( theguardian.com [accessed June 27, 2019]).

[2] Robbie Gonzalez: 3-D Printed Garment Shape-Shifts Based on an Onlooker's Gaze . In: Wired . January 4, 2016, ISSN 1059-1028 ( wired.com [accessed June 27, 2019]).