Forget Shopping. Soon You'll Download Your New Clothes | Danit Peleg | TED Talks

Downloadable, printable clothing may be coming to a closet near you. What started as designer Danit Peleg's fashion school project turned into a collection of 3D-printed designs that have the strength and flexibility for everyday wear. "Fashion is a very physical thing," she says. "I wonder what our world will look like when our clothes will be digital."
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[@shieldsdundee]

"Nice Shirt! - Thanks, I'll Email it to you."

[@TheAmazingLucas]

Hahaha, where did you get those shoes? Pirate bay bro.

[@BulagBanditMedia]

WHAT ARE THOOOSEEE?! Pirate bay lel

[@cyrusjameskhan]

haha excellent

[@rolsondimakutosan4643]

Where is relative. #sowrong

[@KISHORENEDUMARAN]

lmao 😂

[@KevinKerrMusicLessons]

0:50 Good God.. center front row. Look at the speed she is clapping! she must really like the dress!

[@Bodebodebode]

+Kev Guitar Tutor , lmao! thanks for pointing that out, you can even listen the claps.

[@Raininbitch]

clapping for the idea is also a possibility...

[@jonsutubechannel]

Lollll

[@Maximooch]

The only problem is you can look through the cloths real easily

[@bobvella7228]

+Maximooch problem or bonus? you could wear a under shirt or have a second shifted layer. remember this is early lvl stuff, it'll get more familiar as it develops.

[@mick7sp]

+Maximooch The Eskimos are never going to give up their parkas for this. :) Oh honey look what I just printed.... What is that a strainer for whale blubber?

[@Shawnmyrelle]

Not sure if that's a problem in today's society 😐

[@Shawndrea]

almost like this before watching....can I please download clothes?! I love this!!!

[@sbeast64]

You wouldn't download your clothes!

[@berolinacosta-bahia3997]

Fantastic! Congratulations from Spain

[@irenefang246]

This idea is so intriguing, just like the manga Doremon that used to read as a kid. Now, technology has advanced so quickly to the point this idea of printing is possible. I would like to try one if I had a chance. Imaginging designing your own clothes as home and having your unique style. That would be nice!

[@ashleylehto9165]

Beautiful! Another challenge: how can we do this in an environmentally friendly/sustainable way?

[@RitaMonkam]

Hello, Please what is the name ot the apparel you used to print your material?

[@DEO777]

How do I print ear plugs?

[@ting280]

if I could download a 3x superman t-shirt the same material/design as her skirt and with a silver or white superman logo...

[@jiangchengyu8740]

That's interesting. We can purchase E-clothes on line download and print it out at home. No need for shipping time.

[@xingx355]

well if this does gain traction in development this will be the go to way for many people to get cloth. Maybe not as popular in western countries but it definitely might dominating in developing countries. The main question is what materials can be used for cloth printing and well they actually be that cheap.

[@alphacause]

This is interesting, and it has much broader implications than just clothing. Conceivably anything that we currently rely on, which is manufactured on an assembly line, can be made by a 3D printer, as the technology advances. Sculptures, tools, containers, furniture, etc. will, in the not so distant future, be producible by the average consumer with the right electronic file and physical substrate. If the 3D printer is of a large enough scale, it would even be in the realm of possibility that entire houses and cars, through modular design, can be produced by the consumer by downloading the right electronic rendering. While this maybe a boon for designers and draftsmen, who can sell their designs, this might adversely effect manufacturing jobs. - in effect putting those who labor in factories out of work. Millions of people that depend on such types of work will be relegated to obsolescence.Furthermore, even in the case of designers and draftsmen selling their work - say their electronic rendering for a furniture set - this may cause a problem, in that, as we have seen in the film and music industries, once something can get packaged in an electronic format, it can be pirated and copied quite easily, thus robbing the producer of much of the money that is owed to them. While I applaud the democratization of producing products, the implications it has on many sectors of the economy is something that is a cause for concern. It is going to be something that economists are going to have think seriously about.

[@mick7sp]

+Drake Santiago Two words: _Henry Ford._

[@EMWUZX]

+Drake Santiago No cause for concern. It'll just lead to a reallocation of labor.

[@mick7sp]

***** Right..... becasue like when grandma needed someone to thread a needle for her. Now she will need a trained 3d printer tech to thread the machine.

[@EMWUZX]

Mick7sp Yes, that's one short term reallocation.

[@mick7sp]

***** You mean aging or just people that are not mechanically inclined is a short term problem?

[@winvsdroid]

what if someone wants to do mischief and you get a hole in your skirt/shirt? :p

[@vaibhavgupta20]

I saw this few weeks back.

[@roidroid]

+Vaibhav Gupta Ya it was on the TED-Ed channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJzNo2qOiZ5ogNE

[@FearedByKittens]

+Vaibhav Gupta Thanks for letting us know

[@FlapjackGTHD]

What did she say was the filament she used to make her clothes with?

[@APR944]

I really loved this.

[@farihamohamedhilmy4700]

3D printing clothes is definitely a move to sustainability! But I have always wondered. Any idea on how to wash 3D printed clothing?? 💃🏼👚👗🧥👖👕

[@thexxtemari]

what's the name of the fashion house internship in NYC?

[@AmaniLindsey]

This is awesome

[@sawomirjanusz]

interesting lecture

[@SniperGhost]

she sounds like 'Shae' from GOT

[@smartphonephone9675]

Гусары, молчать!

[@sarame8911]

which country ted show is?

[@nickjoeb]

3D print everything!

[@phoebeshunkerbell]

This is amazing but I have only one question: can it be eco-friendly?

[@bobvella7228]

+Phoebe A you plan on throwing these cloths away often? i think you should be able to melt it back down and feed it back to your printer.

[@Dionyzos]

+bob vella You can do that just a few times

[@bobvella7228]

Dennis 2810 how frail is this stuff? if i can turn my shirt into pants then into a jacket then back into the kind of pants people buy with holes already in them it doesn't sound like a problem. though i'm really just guessing here.

[@Dionyzos]

bob vella I mean you can just melt it down a few times. The quality of the recyclate decreases with every melting cycle.

[@iluan_]

+Phoebe A If you think about it all synthetic fabrics like polyester, spandex, nylon, viscose, etc. are already made out of plastic (and thus made from oil), so from that point of view it wouldn't be worse than any of them. They could be more eco-friendly because we could potentially reduce the footprint of transportation and storage. Also, right now there's a lot of work being done in 3d printing with biomaterials, almost all of it is form making organs, but eventually I don't see why we couldn't start using that technology to make printable objects out of biomaterials with the properties of leather or cotton.

[@kateryna1790]

This video is 2016 and today is 2019 and we still don’t download our clothes, so how soon?

[@priyasharay5089]

3d printers could maybe end world hunger .

[@Visceral3D]

+Priyasha Ray You can just torrent food of the internets.

[@byteresistor]

+Priyasha Ray Once we learn to digest plastic.

[@baller3026]

The end of greed will end world hunger

[@Ou8y2k2]

+Priyasha Ray We have enough food, but war and politics prevents efficient distribution. So, "One Punch Muslim" is right.

[@Ferfe84]

+Priyasha Ray If we´ll can 3d print food with micro/macronutrients then yes. But to end world hunger there will help the most Cloning and farms made in cities with better efficieny of water and electricity.

[@Buckets41369]

Before watching the talk and only seeing the title my initial comment was, no, no we won't ever download our clothes in the future, but after watching the talk, no, no we definitely won't be doing that.

[@DeepValueOptions]

I want to print her and have her for myself

[@tabratfisch8154]

So interesting it!

[@user-hs9px7rq6j]

That sounds quite interesting. There's one point to discuss, what is the material which these clothes were made of? Is is some kind of plastic? Won't it be harmful for the environment?

[@vitamindubya]

If i dont want plastic clothes?

[@whycantihaveaproperusernam9384]

This is what we need in the CORO: Purchasing clothing files and then 3d-printing them.

[@ElectricChaplain]

So for your average person that buys their clothes at Walmart or some other store on the cheap, what reason do they have to buy an expensive 3-d printer and the material just to make a dress? You are essentially offsetting the cost of manufacture onto the consumer. Do consumers even save money in the long run?

[@letrolltwo5625]

Soon i can dl my food ;)

[@DoAtomoAoAnjo]

nice !

[@erricomalatesta2557]

no i wont because i wear wool like a civilized human being.

[@Ferfe84]

+Titty Mcgee Look at your comment after 10 years and tell me what you will wear...

[@GabrielSparkletits]

+Titty Mcgee Civilized people wear lin- wait. ... Dad?

[@erricomalatesta2557]

GabrielSparkletits my... MY BOY

[@ydin9]

I wrote a presentation/report for a school about 3D printing 4 years back which also covered uses such as clothing. Apart from the filament and public domain design share sites, there's nothing new in this. Where's my TED speech time?

[@kristapsp3497]

you are not how young girl

[@ydin9]

kristaps pozarskis To be fair, she probably makes more fashionable clothes than me. But she most certainly wasn't the first and this just scrapes the time/costs in additive manufacturing, which, without solution is just like talking about flying cars.

[@kristapsp3497]

+ydin9 she is acting like the 3d printer just came out this year. You are right about the time/ cost. i don't understand the hype. try asking on ted site. why this is so '' fantastic'' they delete my comment pff..

[@ydin9]

kristaps pozarskis Deleted? Really? Oh, that's a bummer. I've suspected TED of becoming a starved of new, actually useful ideas and subjects but it's starting to smell like their focus has turned to selling self-congratulating feel-good speech seminars with no criticism allowed.

[@kristapsp3497]

+ydin9 yup i was shocked to. comment "" wow / fantastic "" is ok but ask ''why'' your comment gets deleted. Ted has become a mass product. There are still good talk. but a lot have zero to no point just somebody talking.

[@GregTheNomad]

kanye west is going to hate her hahahaha

[@carltonwise5209]

+Diabolical Gaming It ain't Ralph Tho!

[@DwAboutItManFr]

i guess pretty hard persuate a big part of population to buy a 3D printer to do that (except if 3D printers get more uses) but... i can imagine cloth shops that also create cloths...

[@halaal-dabbous8982]

I have a public speaking test on this wish me luck!!

[@xxAnaconta]

You wouldn't download a dress....

[@roben2791]

if clothes could be downloaded . would be illegal copies ?

[@riodelucia]

I need a summary for this talk I have a listening report:(

[@paolaandreas1009]

literally me right now

[@riodelucia]

@@paolaandreas1009 i can send you mine lol

[@lateblossom]

I'm not really excited about this.

[@mhtinla]

BORING... I'M GOING TO PRINT MY LUNCH NOW.

[@congphan369]

Character In the video It's great, I like it a lot $$

Can I pirate them instead of buying them?

[@Ou8y2k2]

+RunHao Pirating PLA ain't like pirating Adele. Yes, I know you meant the CAD files.

[@bobvella7228]

+RunHao you probably don't need to since some people will post stuff for free and some of the software is too so you could mess with it and get creative.

[@canalprageral3200]

Technology is advancing quickly,it's amazing,the dark side of it,is when we stop manufacturate,major portion of employeers will be dismiss.Well it is not just about the clothes,we will have a lot of problems,let's do wisely.

[@Trustmeimgood]

Someday cars may become irrelevant since everything will be encouraged to be done from home.

[@Ferfe84]

+Trustmeimgood Yes and Virtual reality will help with this too, going for meetings and events will be done through virtual reality.

[@noelcrenshaw7969]

I thought this was going to be about smart fabric with changeable designs but this isn't bad

[@iudexe3103]

" You 3d printed it" I fix it for ya

[@kiritakizawa6597]

I trust cottons.

[@mega4s1000]

Shoes. 3D printed shoes is what's needed.

[@valuesize4383]

This is just weird.

[@kanishkaralasi7408]

Future of this looks good

[@monatetreault153]

If fabrics are made from plastics or non degradable materials, that will mean more ...much more plastic in the environment. Now, does that make sense?

[@solarchaotica]

Mona Retreat Recycled plastics maybe?

[@eugenechun4140]

Harvesting plastics and trash from the ocean rivers etc and converting into clothing simultaneously cleaning out the oceans...crap rubber metals etc.. from dump sites to be used for clothing shoes furniture etc ....

[@colemanadamson5943]

How could she afford a 3D printer?

[@jamaljohnson9734]

Wow clothes...

[@tiernanstevens117]

Dear lord ;-;

[@chazayah5985]

tiernanstevens117 pure fallen technology

[@shell7324]

I want to print with hemp. where's my kick back? I want to liquidfy hemp fibers and attain a viable future. Let's get serious. I need a job. I have no degree, but I have forward ideas.

[@chaosjacky]

Why is the crowd full of kids?

[@chazayah5985]

chaosjacky they are the future of this generation.

[@christopherstewart1145]

no I fucking won't

[@liranpiade4499]

I do hear the slight Israeli accent :P

[@KISHORENEDUMARAN]

far from home probably took inspiration from this

[@alan2here]

Are there really several negative comments here about her? For being a fashion designer instead of an academic? For traveling light? I'm an academic, these trolls do not represent me.

[@catherineanne9901]

Those outfits don't look comfortable at all...

[@JuraMalopolska]

Rebecca is too short hahahaha

[@albarleta2511]

clothes-as-a-service

[@StudioSkiesAndWater]

Where them geniuses at

[@cptkirkpyro5656]

This is an old video that you've just re-downloaded....

[@hztwcvbwiitessqeddvvuztwvb2394]

NO!!! I DON'T WANT TO DOWNLOAD MY CLOTHES, OKAY?? Stop this crazy technology development.

[@badjokes6991]

Calm down dejar lord xd

[@GabrielSparkletits]

These clothes are a complete mesh.

[@NikiK57]

The title assumes people will have 3d printers at home. But why should we? Yes people will be using 3d printing for this but not at home...

[@alejandrinos]

+Fricis Rumnieks In a decade or less, 3d printers will be as comon as microwaves.

[@braydenbohren7140]

I would no wear this stuff because of all the chemicals.

[@TheGiantBunnysaid]

I can see performance wear brands embracing this, but natural fibers will always be better one way or another. The problem with synthetic fabrics is the odor that clings to it. There are many synthetic fabrics that claim to be odor resistant, but it doesn't last long. Cotton and wool will always be king, it's just a matter of development in knit/weave of these materials.

[@dannyvingot5668]

Most Israelis have a heavier accent

[@FearedByKittens]

vry soon we will be able to 3d print trees and grass so it we will solve climte change :)

[@depthoffield4744]

I cant wait I download my guns.

[@zon3ful]

One more thing for people to pirate

[@bagasprasetyaadi9659]

she sounded like marzia ...

[@mars-sl5bz]

This... Isn't good

[@RubenGoMoRadioboyPlus]

This is not the future. The future is holograms.

[@virtualdrudgery]

Plastic underwear? No thanks.

[@azizalassaf4935]

أصحاب ثنيان خالد أن

[@qiliu5324]

撒沙

[@brunon.8962]

Plastic clothes? No thanks.

[@arthurdent6256]

It looks like crap, uncomfortable crap.

[@hugoo941]

She is hot and ... Ok she is hot .

[@rolsondimakutosan4643]

Ugh, digital! @3D-Printer vid.

[@shrunkensimon]

Shoes. Shoes. Shoes. Oh, my god, shoes! These shoes rule. These shoes suck. These shoes suck. These shoes suck! I think you have too many shoes. Shut up! I think you have too many shoes. Shut up! I think you have too many shoes. Shut up! Stupid boy. Stupid boy. Let's get some shoes. Let's party!

[@CptDoge]

+shrunkensimon Do you happen to like shoes?

[@shrunkensimon]

***** I think you have too many shoes. Shut up!

[@sharpaycutie2]

I enjoy technology. But this is taking it too far. I dont wanna live in Tron world.

[@SPUNGEAYYY]

"soon" nah not soon at all....probably 40-50 years (if ever) before this is cheap enough to go to normal peoples homes

[@youwhatsuptube]

Ted used to be platform for inventors or enterpenuers or those who make differnece, it seems like TED these days are for everyone, which sucks. This is really no meaningful TED talk unless you are hispanic and supports your own heritage fashion gal lol.

[@peterp-a-n4743]

lame!

[@ngocmai7368]

No, I don't want to wear plastic materials and these designs is not beautiful

[@jC-em7ug]

Her accent is cringing.