Zen Explorer Колекция мъжка мода by Kuan Lu

Zen Explorer Колекция мъжка мода by Kuan Lu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Сребърна награда A' Design Award in Дизайн на мода, облекло и дрехи Competition Category.

СреброМода· 2023

Zen Explorer Колекция мъжка мода

by Kuan Lu

Client: Lu Kuan

Сребърна награда A' Design Award Winner in Мода Category

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The Design

About Zen Explorer Колекция мъжка мода

Zen Explorer е колекция мъжка мода, изработена от антични текстили и естествено багрени тъкани. Историческият плат се събира и сортира по мащаб, дебелина и сезон, след което се комбинира с нов материал, багрен по традиционния метод с индиго. Индигото се произвежда чрез ферментация, без индустриални химикали. Голяма част от работата се извършва на ръка, така че традиционните занаяти и мотиви се запазват. Колекцията съчетава стара тъкан със съвременен ъпсайклинг и предлага издръжливо и уникално ежедневно облекло.

The Recognition

About the Сребърна награда A' Design Award

Zen Explorer Колекция мъжка мода е носител на Сребърната награда A' Design Award — извънредно престижно признание, присъждано на дизайни от най-висока класа, великолепни и впечатляващи. Сребърните победители са изключително блестящи и крайно творчески творби, които илюстрират изключителната компетентност, талант и проницателност на своите дизайнери. Очаква се Zen Explorer Колекция мъжка мода да бъде прекрасна, показна творба, забележително професионална и дълбоко иновативна. Този дизайн, спечелил Сребърната награда A' Design Award, е високо забележимо, възхищавано изобретение, което е от полза и разширява границите на изкуството, науката, дизайна и технологиите. Zen Explorer Колекция мъжка мода е творение, на което мнозина завиждат, което събужда желания, внася положителни чувства и разпалва изумление и възхита.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project "The Tao of Fashion: Re-cycle of Life" aims to subvert the stereotype of fashion industry. The methodology is to collect and classify the historic textiles initially, and incorporate the new material dyed by the traditional "Indigo Dyeing" technique. This project keeps all the craftsmanship handmade to respect and retain the traditional crafts and graphics, and incorporate contemporary upcycle design concepts, which could carry on the traditional oriental cultural and bring daily dressing code updated, durable and unique.
Dimensions & Packaging: The concept item is an artistic wearable item that can be used, and be an artistic installation displaying by hanging. The prototype structure of a suit grows out of the original antique "Hundred Sons" blanket.
Width 180 cm Length 200 cm
All ready-to-wear looks are size 48 male form.
Tags: Timeless, Clothing, Cultural heritage, Sustainable fashion, Recycle,Experimental
Production Technology: Mainly using mass-produced natural indigo dyed materials, combined with a small amount of precious recycled textile which is vintage pieces.
The unique essence and the production process have ethical considerations and sustainable fashion development. The indigo produced by R&D (ethical production&sustainable fashion) can only be realized through fermentation. The manufacturing process is natural and environmentally friendly without industrial chemicals. The importance of material recycling is also an important purpose of design and production.
Design Challenge: The concept and practice of this project challenge is about the development of sustainable fashion and the inheritance of slow handwork. Ideas on how design thinking can create original and unique products for balancing sustainable fashion industry and new aesthetic market.
Research: According to material properties, each piece of material has its unique "character". The method of classifying materials is combined with scale, thickness, and season to develop, mix with the new materials to make a design experiment of slow fashion and limited supply. Specifically, the collected antique fabric is used as a clue to develop the design system. How fashion can continue to be sustainable while taking into account creation, and a balanced combination of creating less waste and durability. It is a sustainable and contemporary fashion practice.
Inspiration: The design is inspired by exploring the depths of blue.
Indigo textile culture with a long history, blue is the ocean, the universe, and the central mind. Natural reincarnation is the exploration of Zen, and it is also a sustainable fashion practice in the present. From a point of view that old and new, gain and loss, useless and useful, trend and eternity are infusing. This project explores and balances the possibilities of design.
Using the traditional culture and crafts to combine with modern design elements to create unique practices and new inheritance.
Project Duration: Works was designed and produced in 2018.
Present in 2020 China National Silk Museum
Operation Flow: Cloth are half handmade and half machine made,which makes product as unique wearable item. The project is using natural Indigo dying to achieve a comfortable feeling, artistic textural surface and eco-friendly to sustainable fashion design development.
Patents: Copyright by Lu Kuan/WU ZhiWu
Team Members: Creative Director and Designer:Lu Kuan
Image Credits: WU (ZhiWu) by Lu Kuan
Photographer: Yang Feng
Model:Li Ming