.Hybrid Realities.

2024 / Hybrid Realities / Milano

Hybrid Realities is a project by Studio Nina Songhori, developed in collaboration with Studio Microchaos, Farnousha Norouzi, Leonardo Carminati, Amanda Gigliotti, Ludovico Graziano, and Rebecca Novara.
The project explores wearable sculptures and kinetic garments inspired by marine forms and movements, highlighting the deep connection between the human body and the natural world. Through a palette drawn from underwater environments—blues, greens, silvers, and vibrant iridescent tones—the garments evoke the visual language of aquatic ecosystems.
Equipped with sensors, the garments respond to movement and environmental stimuli, transforming their appearance and behavior in real time. This creates a dynamic, living system in which clothing becomes an active interface between body, space, and technology.
The project is further expanded through a video installation featuring AI-generated sea creatures that evolve from the garments themselves, establishing a continuous loop between physical and digital forms.
Hybrid Realities was presented during Milano Design Week 2024 at Fabbrica del Vapore, welcoming over 1,500 visitors throughout the exhibition.

Collaborator: Photos and video by Carolina Gheri, Jacopo Graziano, and Studio Microchaos.

Coral-inspired wearable sculpture from Hybrid Realities by Nina Songhori Atelier

MILANO DESIGN WEEK 2024

The exhibition was held at the Fabbrica del Vapore cultural center. Over the course of the
week, we welcomed around 1,500 visitors, with a particularly high turnout during our special
blue cocktail party.

3D render of Hybrid Realities wearable sculpture design inspired by marine forms showing multiple variations by Nina Songhori Atelier

Wearable sculpture inspired by coral forms, 3D printed red organic structure integrated into a black garment by Nina Songhori Atelier for Hybrid Realities

Hybrid Realities wearable sculpture dress displayed at Fabbrica del Vapore during Milano Design Week 2024 by Nina Songhori Atelier

Hybrid Realities kinetic dress reacting to viewer movement through sensors, responsive wearable design by Nina Songhori Atelier

Responsive wearable garment inspired by marine sponges with blue 3D printed structures and interactive design by Nina Songhori Atelier

Interactive wearable sculpture inspired by sea sponges and anemones with 3D printed blue structures and embedded sensors by Nina Songhori Atelier

Hybrid Realities installation with wearable sculptures prototypes and interactive video system using smartphones by Nina Songhori Atelier

Detail of Hybrid Realities interactive video installation with smartphones and digital marine animations by Nina Songhori Atelier

AI design research and 3D printed prototypes from Hybrid Realities project by Nina Songhori Atelier

3D printed prototypes and material experiments from Hybrid Realities project by Nina Songhori Atelier

Visitors interacting with Hybrid Realities prototypes during Milano Design Week exhibition by Nina Songhori Atelier

Visitors attending Hybrid Realities exhibition at Fabbrica del Vapore during Milano Design Week by Nina Songhori Atelier

Visitors observing 3D printed fashion prototypes and material experiments from Hybrid Realities by Nina Songhori Atelier at Milano Design Week

Hybrid Realities exhibition brochure and printed materials displayed during Milano Design Week 2024 by Nina Songhori Atelier

Hybrid Realities exhibition poster at Fabbrica del Vapore during Milano Design Week 2024 by Nina Songhori Atelier

Visitor reading exhibition material at Hybrid Realities during Milano Design Week by Nina Songhori Atelier

Visitors interacting outside Hybrid Realities exhibition at Fabbrica del Vapore during Milano Design Week

Visitors entering Hybrid Realities exhibition at Fabbrica del Vapore during Milano Design Week by Nina Songhori Atelier

Visitors interacting with 3D printed textile sample from Hybrid Realities by Nina Songhori Atelier

AI RESEARCH

In this project, AI is employed to generate abstract images that seamlessly blend elements of fish, dresses, and drawings.

AI-enhanced visual explorations that informed the development of wearable artworks and sculptures

AI-generated marine creature with symmetrical radial fins created for the Hybrid Realities interactive installation

Created through a combination of hand drawing and AI-assisted design, investigate shape, texture, and structural complexity.

AI-enhanced reinterpretations of original sketches

AI-enhanced fashion sketch exploring form for wearable sculpture concepts for Hybrid Realities.

Design development through AI-enhanced drawings and visual experimentation.

AI-enhanced drawing of experimental wearable object exploring organic shapes

These AI-enhanced visual explorations served as a creative research tool.

AI-enhanced visual explorations that informed the development of wearable artworks

These concept explorations merge traditional sketching techniques with AI-assisted design tools to investigate wearable forms, textures, and spatial complexity.

Biomorphic AI-generated creature resembling a deep-sea organism.

AI-generated biomorphic organism exploring structural patterns, color relationships, and surface textures as inspiration for wearable design.

Underwater organism studied as inspiration for biomorphic wearable design.

These AI-enhanced interpretations of original sketches served as a research tool for developing organic geometries, material expressions, and wearable sculptural concepts.

These visual explorations examine organic structures, surface qualities, colore range and wearable sculptural forms.

Biomorphic concept generated through AI exploring complex morphologies.

AI-generated wearable sculpture concept inspired by marine ecosystems.

AI-generated image explores organic geometries and marine-inspired aesthetics.

Fashion design development through AI-enhanced drawings and visual experimentation.

AI-generated visual exploration examines biomorphic geometries.

Biomorphic marine organism used as inspiration for wearable sculpture.

Symmetrical AI-generated biomorphic organism exploring color, texture, and structural qualities for wearable garment design.

Developed during the research phase of Hybrid Realities, AI-generated fashion concept.

AI-generated design study explores marine-inspired forms.

Marine organism used as a biological reference for the development of wearable sculptures in Hybrid Realities.

Combining manual drawing with computational image generation.

Created through AI-assisted design processes, this visual study examines the aesthetic potential of marine-inspired morphologies.

AI-generated fashion concept inspired by the form, structure and texture of marine organisms.

wearable sculptures and experimental garments for Hybrid Realities.

AI-generated fashion exploration investigates biomorphic forms

AI-generated concept for Hybrid realities

AI-generated image explores organic geometries.

This AI-generated design exploration draws inspiration from the complexity of marine ecosystems

Research-driven parametric patterns developed to explore new aesthetic and structural possibilities for wearable artworks and sculptural garments.

Combining manual drawing with computational image generation, these design explorations investigate biomorphic forms and sculptural possibilities for wearable artworks.

parametric texture study developed for wearable sculpture in Hybrid realities

omputational texture exploration developed to inform the design of wearable sculptures for Hybrid Realities.

VIDEO INSTALLATION

The animation features fantastical sea creatures that mimic the shapes and movements of the dresses. These garments, inspired by fish, undergo a reverse transformation where the fish take shape from the clothes using AI, bringing them to life in a video installation. Created by Studio Microchaos, this interactive installation allows visitors to adjust parameters and engage with these fantastical animals. The use of old cell phones and discarded materials highlights the issue of environmental pollution caused by humans.