Danit Peleg
Danit Peleg presents her process of creating 3D printed garments.
Danit Peleg, the fashion designer who uses 3D printing technology to create innovative custom clothing, has been selected in Apparel Magazine’s Top 30 Under 30 list.
The Top 30 Under 30 selection is a compilation of the brightest young entrepreneurs and creative talents in the clothing industry.
Throughout her career, Peleg has been committed to incorporating technology into her fashion design. She has long held a belief that technology can help democratise fashion and give designers more independence in the creation process. Graduating from Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in 2015, Peleg is currently involved in a collaborative collaboration with Gerber Technology, where she advises designers and fashion houses on new technologies.
Since 2015, Peleg and Gerber have been working together to refine AccuMark 3D, an enhanced design module, and YuniquePLM, a product lifecycle management software, in the Cloud into her 3D printed garment workflow.
Gerber has this week come out to congratulate Peleg on her recognition as a leading name in the fashion industry.
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Danit Peleg Paralympic 2016
Amy Purdy performing at the 2016 Paralympics Opening Ceremony wearing Peleg's 3D-printed dress
“We are proud to collaborate with Danit to help bring her vision to life and drive technological advancement in garment design,” said Elizabeth King, vice president of digital solutions community and ecosystem at Gerber Technology. “Visualisation tools are essential to the future of garment design and AccuMark 3D is helping pave the way forward whether using traditional or 3D printed textiles.”
Peleg and Gerber’s most recent collaboration was presented in front of the world at the 2016 Paralympics Opening Ceremony. When creating the custom dress for Amy Purdy, a double leg amputee, Peleg worked closely with Gerber’s AccuMark 3D team to design and visualise the dress prior to printing the various pieces. Using AccuMark 3D not only ensured the dress performed well on stage, but also allowed Peleg to understand the garment dynamics without spending hundreds of hours creating samples.
“It (was) an incredible opportunity to design a 3D-printed dress that will be seen in movement by hundreds of millions of people around the globe,” Peleg said on her blog shortly after the ceremony. “The dance segment explores the relationship of between human and technology as Amy (Purdy) dances a samba with the KUKA robot, which was fitting.”
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Danit Peleg working on Amy Purdy's dress
Prior to the Paralympic project, and while still studying at Shenkar, Peleg began working on a 3D-printed 5-piece fashion collection at home. Using Blender software to produce 3D files and a range of different printers, she produced five complete outfits, featuring dresses, skirts, jackets and a pair of high heels. Experiencing many struggles in the early phases, Peleg eventually found a breakthrough when she was introduced to , a strong and flexible filament.
When Peleg embarked on her ‘3D printing journey’ she confesses to not knowing where the end result would be. Two years on she is regarded as one of the leading young players in the fashion industry thanks to her innovative tendencies.
Peleg and the AccuMark 3D team have already planned to collaborate again using software to send patterns in the form of 3D print files directly to the printer similar to the current integration with digital fabric printing.
