X Swimwear
2015 - 2016
New York
X Swimwear was a custom swimwear line that utilized AI and digital prototyping software to generate custom swimwear. The project was an amazing opportunity to learn about how complicated apparel is designed and developed and the cast of characters that work behind the scenes to make it happen.
X Swimwear was funded through a Kickstarter campaign and was featured in Refinery 29, Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, Fast Company, and even on the IBM Homepage (because of the novel use of Watson as a way to train a model to recognize spoken English measurements using the broad range of accents).
It was an amazing jumping off point for creativity - we designed not only swimwear but a mobile app, a pop-up rig, and a wet bathing suit bag that I still think is the greatest design.
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![A digital model of an X Swimwear block]()
A digital model of an X Swimwear block
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![the full range of styles from that one season]()
The full range of styles, all named after prominent feminists
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![Bonnie Fisher and Sarah Krasley, Photo courtesy of New York Magazine]()
An X Swimwear Prototype Evaluation Session covered by NY Magazine
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![Sunscreen timer for iOs app]()
App screens from the sunscreen timer functionality in the X Swimwear app.
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![Speech to text point of measure app]()
App screens from the measurement flow in the iOS app
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![X Swimwear's pop up]()
X Swimwear’s pop up experience
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![The wet swimsuit bag in the wild]()
The Wetness Protection Program bag in the wild — hanging in a spa locker somewhere in Iceland.
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![Custom X Swimwear]()
Two of X Swimwear’s styles
