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Reader Submitted: RichRach - Reinventing zippers

The zipper has been in our lives for over a hundred years, but when was the last time we stopped and examine it? Taking a closer look at its qualities gives a chance to explore the mechanism and how it can be manipulated and controlled.

From Helix to 90 degree zipper : RichRach aims to challenge the known zipper and create a catalog of new Forms and shapes that are no longer flat, linear and symmetrical.

Spiral zipper

Spiral functional zipper

Credit: photographer Anatoliy Arinitskiy

Angular zipper

90 degree angular zipper can have a structural benefit and enables closures that the flat zippers can’t.

Credit: photographer Anatoliy Arinitskiy

Circular zipper

Full circle zipper : can take any radius or size and combined with other characteristic.

Credit: photographer Anatoliy Arinitskiy

Printed functional zipper

Printed using SLA printing with nylon material gives strong but flexible qualities and allows delicate details.

Credit: photographer Anatoliy Arinitskiy

zippers catalog

Angular zippers : 120, 90 and 60 degrees angle and even spiral

Credit: photographer Anatoliy Arinitskiy

Zippers catalog

catalog : quarter half and full circle

Credit: photographer Anatoliy Arinitskiy

Zippers catalog

catalog : from the regular zipper to an asymmetrical zipper, anyone can play with the parameters and create a variety.

Credit: photographer Anatoliy Arinitskiy

Zippers catalog

Catalog : complex shapes of curved zipper and helix

Credit: photographer Anatoliy Arinitskiy

printed circular flat zipper

A fully functional circular zipper

Credit: photographer Anatoliy Arinitskiy

Printed objects with zippers

Rounded object can have a functional zipper : circular zippers can be flat, angular or tilted.

Credit: photographer Anatoliy Arinitskiy