The Crying Dress is a beautiful project, done by Hannah Perner-Wilson and Mika Satomi aka Kobakant. The dress acts as an companion to the wife of the deceased commissioner by constantly shedding tears and playing melancholy sounds. I love this project for its simple but sophisticated aesthetics: the dress is made of water-resistant black fabric with white and black conductive threads. The designers intentionally didn’t hide many of the electrical components because the dress was made for a hypothetical scenario in 2020 when “electronics, previously known for their uniformity and quantity, almost overnight become a showcase for individuality, materiality and skilled labor” (Kobabant website, 2012).

Video of the making of this dress can be found here.