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Yen Ting Cho Studio's 2022 Phantasm Wool Scarf Collection presents a striking compositional arrangement wherein a dramatically patterned textile accessory commands visual attention against a neutral…

2022 Phantasm Wool Scarf Collection by Yen-Ting Cho is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Silver A' Design Award in Fashion and Travel Accessories Design Competition Category.


SilverAccessory· 2022

2022 Phantasm Wool Scarf Collection

by Yen-Ting Cho

Client: YEN TING CHO Studio

Silver A' Design Award Winner in Accessory Category

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The Design

About 2022 Phantasm Wool Scarf Collection

Gender-neutral pure wool scarves with unique digitally-printed contemporary patterns produced using a bespoke software programmed called Mov.i.see that uses body movement to transform digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by computer programming. Mov.i.see enables the designer to create asymmetrical and non-repeat patterns, resulting in multifaceted and playful scarves that can be worn in different ways according to the mood or occasion, and are unlike any other products in the textiles or fashion accessories market.

The Recognition

About the Silver A' Design Award

2022 Phantasm Wool Scarf Collection is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. 2022 Phantasm Wool Scarf Collection is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. 2022 Phantasm Wool Scarf Collection is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.

Where to Get It

Contemporary Digital Pattern Luxury Scarves

We create exclusive fashion accessories using our proprietary mov.i.see technology, which transforms body movement into unique digital patterns. Our limited edition pure wool scarves feature asymmetrical designs impossible to achieve through traditional methods, offering sophisticated contemporary style for discerning collectors.

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Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The patterns are unique because they are created with the studio's digital software, mov.i.see, which uses body movement to reconstruct digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by programming. This enables he design team to create asymmetrical, non-repeat patterns that are very different from those made using traditional methods eg. mirroring or repetition. Finished by hand, the patterns are digitally-printed onto natural fabric which enables the design team to reproduce the fine detail of the designs.
Dimensions & Packaging
Each scarf: pure wool fibre, 100cm wide x 200cm long, 0.4 kg weight. Pattern digitally-printed with ink free of heavy metals.
Tags
Digital design, digital print, wool, scarf, textile design, pattern, contemporary, new aesthetic, COVID-19, pandemic
Production Technology
The design team uses a bespoke interactive software, mov.i.see, to create digital patterns. Mov.i.see uses body movement to reconstruct digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by programming. For this Collection, the team used, for the first time, layered design to bridge the gap between the figurative and the abstract to represent the complexity of the COVID-19 virus. Digital printing techniques reproduce the fine detail of the original designs whilst retaining the special colour-pattern combinations. Pure fine-combed wool holds the ink and reveals the detail of the pattern.
Design Challenge
The challenge was to create patterns inspired by the difficult circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic that were colourful, optimistic and playful. The team researched thematic concepts and colour-ways, and experimented with mov.i.see to create the new patterns. The designers used, for the first time, layered design to integrate distinctive abstract patterns with figurative symbols (eg. houndstooth). The patterns were modified whilst they were being created, rather than allow the software to wholly dictate the design; consequently, the patterns reveal the authorship of the designer.
Research
The design team creates unique patterns using a bespoke digital software programme (mov.i.see), which uses body movement to reconstruct digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by programming. Inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, the team aimed to apply the designs to a saleable commodity - pure wool scarves - that are colourful, optimistic and playful. Through trial and error, the team found digital printing techniques that reproduce the fine detail of the original digital designs whilst retaining the special colour combinations. The scarves are retailed and exhibited internationally.
Inspiration
The 2022 patterns represent a personal creative response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Physically stranded between studios in two countries during national lockdowns, the design team looked inwards for inspiration. Longing to escape to a utopian paradise, the team envisaged a journey to a fantastical world. The response was fantastical, ethereal and playful patterns based on the imagined journey, incorporating radically new pattern structures and colour combinations.
Project Duration
This Collection was inspired by the peculiar circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. The design team started designing the patterns in September 2020 and completed the project in February 2022 when the patterns were launched in New York City.
Operation Flow
A pure wool scarf with a digitally-printed pattern which can be worn as a gender-neutral fashion accessory. The studio produces unique and dynamic patterns that can be applied to playful, aesthetically-pleasing and desirable products. With asymmetrical and unique colour combinations, the scarf can be worn in different ways and to reflect individual expression, and fit changing fashion needs and occasions. Patterns are printed through the wool, so each pattern is double-sided. The wool is specially treated so that it is very comfortable and non-abrasive to the touch.
Patents
Copyright 2022 YEN TING CHO.
Team Members
Director: Yen-Ting Cho
Co-Director: Jamie Gilham
Software Developer: Yen-Ling Kuo
Software Developer: Yen-Ting Yeh
Brand Assistant: Cheng-Lin Lee
Design Assistant: Yu-Ting Li
Video Editor: Kai Ting Chan

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