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Design meets the future in Estonian Anna Talvi’s ingenious range of microgravity-wear.

Anna Talvi2020

Design Indaba

Design Indaba
Cape Town, South Africa

Royal College of Art MA graduate Anna Talvi discusses her microgravity wear for space travel. She told us about some of the challenges people face in space, most notably how the shape of the human body changes significantly. Torsos become puffy, muscles experience wasting, and we have the obvious challenge of having no washing machine or creature comforts in what is in effect a floating science lab.

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  • Title: Design meets the future in Estonian Anna Talvi’s ingenious range of microgravity-wear.
  • Creator: Anna Talvi
  • Date Created: 2020
  • Original Source: Design Indaba
  • Speaker Bio: Anna Talvi combines biomedical engineering and material science to design bodysuits that can keep astronauts safe and healthy living in space for extended periods of time.
  • Location: South Africa
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