With several works in the current Met show, Manus x Machina, and fresh off a stellar couture collection inspired by sound waves, Iris van Herpen is about as individual and unique as they come. The Dutch designer has long bridged the disparate worlds of technology and nature, futurism and poeticism, the ordered and organic. Here, she opens up about her creative process, which is, contrary to popular belief, as much about dreaming and synesthesia as it is computer-imaging and 3D-printing.
