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2020

  • Work on this object began.

2021

2025

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Origami Mask, Oricool

This is a Origami mask. It is dated 2020. Its medium is olefin fabric. It is a part of the department.

Jiangmei Wu, an art and design professor at Indiana University Bloomington, created Oricool, an adjustable origami mask designed to fit on faces of different shapes. The washable mask body is folded from two layers of nonwoven polypropylene fabric, a material with significant filtration effectiveness. An insert provides even higher filtration.

It is credited Courtesy of Jiangmei Wu.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 13.3 × 14.6 cm (5 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

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