XO International (formerly known as Studio XO until 2015) is a fashion and technology company that designs for wearable applications pushing the boundaries of fashion innovation. They are located in London. It was founded by mechanical engineer Benjamin Males and RCA fashion graduate Nancy Tilbury in 2011.
Collaboration with Philips Design Probes[]
- Nancy Tilbury of Studio XO was the Fashion Director of this project.
Collaborations with TechHaus of the Haus of Gaga[]
Anemone 2.0, 2013[]
- Anemone is also known as the Bubble Dress 2.0
Anemone is a 3D printed white dress featuring an integrated bubble factory. It is also the first in a series of couture technologies to be released by the TechHaus with Studio XO and designed by Amanda Buckley and Weilong Xie; and the interactions by Javier Soto Morras, during the ARTPOP campaign. The dress was printed by Materialise using their patented Mammoth stereolithography machines, the world’s largest 3D printers.
Parametric Sculpture dress, 2013[]
The "Parametric Sculpture Dress" is a 3D printed body architecture with a couture finish. It was designed by Studio XO and printed on Materialise’s Mammoth stereolithography machines. The inspiration for the dress by the Gaga-Koon’s collaboration, a sculpture of herself with a blue Gazing Ball that was specially commissioned by Lady Gaga for the ARTPOP album artwork.
Volantis, 2013[]
Volantis is a flying dress created by the TechHaus - Studio XO. The name of the dress, Volantis is latin for flight. According to the press release, the dress is "a purpose designed transport prototype designed to carry one person in a controlled hover and directional movement."
The design of the transport of based on proved designed (need new world 2 x design) providing the best thrust to weight ratio for such a vehicule, this design has six booms in a "Hex" formation with two electric motors on each boom providing power to two custom carbon fiber propeller blades. The rotors are then contained within a carbon fiber cowl providing a protection rom the rotors when operational and managing aiflow through the rotors.
Cipher, 2013[]
Cipher was inspired by early 20th German architecture and the Bauhaus movement, has animated black digital diamond mirrors that can animate any sequence using a state-of-the-art servo motor. Ciper includes a robotic mirrored bodice, shoe accessories and head wear.
Curie Rings, 2016[]
To create the “Curie™ rings”, Intel enlisted the help of LPE and Studio XO. Designs for the rings were completed at XO Studio in London and once the files were received, LPE’s team quickly produced the parts overnight in layers of 0 .1mm on their hi accuracy Viper SLA (stereolithography) printer at its Belfast site. The rings were hand finished and painted to a rose gold and opal clear finish by the experienced in house team at LPE and delivered, all within just a few days, allowing a team of engineers to quickly incorporate some very clever Intel graphics technology, which actually responded to the ring, and how Lady Gaga moved on stage.
