Process

Our first ideas revolved around just using hanging strips of fabric to create something like a piano or light filters. The piano idea was rejected because it was more like a toy than a space. We weren't able to find suitable fabric to act as light filters. At the same time, we still wanted to focus on the fabric and its properties. We shifted our approach from considering what fabric is made of to what fabric makes: clothing. 

The easiest type of clothing to obtain was t-shirts, and we knew that we wanted to project something meaningful onto them. At first, we considered projecting logos or art that we could prompt users to create. This idea was rejected due to both time constraints and the doubt that we could persuade users into that level of interaction. 

In the end, we went with a much simpler idea of projecting a star-scape onto layers of hanging t-shirts, inspired by the Carl Sagan quote that humans are made of "star stuff".