Blue Ants مجموعة ملابس by Yi Yin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 جائزة A' Design Award الذهبية in تصميم الأزياء والملابس Competition Category.

ذهبالأزياء· 2023

Blue Ants مجموعة ملابس

by Yi Yin

جائزة A' Design Award الذهبية Winner in الأزياء Category

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The Design

About Blue Ants مجموعة ملابس

"النمل الأزرق" مجموعة ملابس مصنوعة من ملابس قديمة أُعيد تشكيلها. الأقمشة الزرقاء الداكنة مأخوذة من أفرولات (بدلات) العمل الزرقاء، أما الزخارف التزيينية فمستوحاة من طوابع الحصص الغذائية التاريخية. أُنتجت المطبوعات بتقنية التصوير السياني (السيانوتايب) حيث يحل ضوء الشمس محل آلة الطباعة. ويمنح القصّ بالليزر القماش تأثيرًا ثنائي الأبعاد وثلاثي الأبعاد يتبع انحناءات الجسم. وقد جرى لَيّ الصورة الظلية الكلاسيكية للأفرول وربطها. وتُطرح المجموعة بمقاسات متغيرة.

The Recognition

About the جائزة A' Design Award الذهبية

Blue Ants مجموعة ملابس هو فائز بجائزة A' Design Award الذهبية، وهي تقدير رفيع المكانة للغاية يُمنح للتصاميم من الدرجة الأولى والرائعة والمتميزة. والفائزون بالذهبية هم إبداعات شديدة الابتكار وعالية الرؤية ومبهرة ببريقها، تعكس نبوغ مصمميها وحكمتهم وبراعتهم. ويُتوقع أن يكون Blue Ants مجموعة ملابس اختراعًا عظيم الإشادة ورائدًا وضخم الأثر يقدم قيمة غير مسبوقة. وهذا التصميم الفائز بجائزة A' Design Award الذهبية مشروع مذهل ومحترم يعود بالنفع الكبير ويوسّع حدود الفن والعلم والتصميم والتكنولوجيا. ويخلق Blue Ants مجموعة ملابس مشاعر رغبة قوية، ويثير الشغف، ويشجع الإبداع، ويفتننا.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project focuses on fashion and textile design using old clothes transformation, cyanotype photography and laser cutting. The designer hopes to connect the unique political function of clothing and break the stereotypes of the old times. In terms of materials, the designer has tried a variety of interdisciplinary textile design methods, striving to design clothing that is both environmentally friendly and fashionable.
Dimensions & Packaging: Variable sizes
Tags: Fashion, Textile, Sustainable, Cyanotype, Design
Production Technology: All the redesigned dark blue fabrics in this project come from the old blue overalls during the Cultural Revolution. In addition, this project also used food stamps that were exclusive during the Cultural Revolution period to develop my design because the patterns and curves on them to be quite beautiful and attractive. Moreover,the laser-cut fabric has both a two-dimensional and three-dimensional transformation effect that follows the undulations and curves of the body.
In addition, in order to restore the sense of time during the Cultural Revolution and maintain the concept of sustainability, the prints in the Blue ants are all done using cyanotype photography. The traditional printing machine is replaced by sunlight to produce a unique printing and dyeing effect.
Design Challenge: Laser cutting was the hardest part of this project as it is challenging to find a suitable fabric. Because some fabrics are too soft to reveal the cut graphics, while others are too hard to make clothes.
Research: This project was integrated the printing methods of visual communication design, cyanotype photography, and other techniques to complete my fabrics. The project also used a projector to assist me in the design of the silhouette. The designer intended to twist and bind the classic silhouette of blue overallsto disrupt the Cultural Revolution when everyone wore the same clothing.
Inspiration: Blue ants, was inspired by the famous historical event in China, the "Cultural Revolution". During this decade, people regardless of gender and age, completely spontaneously wore uniform blue overalls, so they were called “blue ants” by people in other countries. During this decade, clothing no longer only has the function of keeping warm, but has completely become a political tools of fanaticism and blind obedience.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2022 in Jinan,China and finished in November 2022 in Jinan,China.
Operation Flow: The laser-cut fabric has both a two-dimensional and three-dimensional translation effect that follows the undulations and curves of the body.
Image Credits: Copyright by Yi Yin,
Image #1: Photographer Yihao Huang，2022
Image #2: Photographer Yihao Huang，2022
Image #3: Photographer Yihao Huang，2022
Image #4: Photographer Yihao Huang，2022
Image #5: Photographer Yihao Huang，2022
Model: Wenxue Meng，2022