The Metamorphosis Prenda de vestir by Yingyi Chen

The Metamorphosis Prenda de vestir by Yingyi Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Hierro in Diseño de Moda, Indumentaria y Prendas de Vestir Competition Category.

HierroModa· 2021

The Metamorphosis Prenda de vestir

by Yingyi Chen

Client: Sculpture studio

A' Design Award de Hierro Winner in Moda Category

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The Design

About The Metamorphosis Prenda de vestir

La Metamorfosis es una prenda artesanal inspirada en las ideas de mutación y evolución. El diseño se basa en esqueletos animales exagerados, modelados para adaptarse al cuerpo humano. Las formas resultantes evocan una imagen híbrida entre lo humano y lo animal. La prenda está confeccionada con plástico biodegradable, cuero y cabello. El plástico es material de desecho que se prensa en caliente junto con el cabello para formar un tejido. El cuero y el cabello se reciclan a partir de sobrantes del taller y residuos de peluquerías. Las piezas de los brazos, las manos, el delantero, la espalda y los pies pueden retirarse y volver a ensamblarse para facilitar su uso y su posterior reemplazo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Hierro

The Metamorphosis Prenda de vestir ha ganado el A' Design Award de Hierro, un reconocimiento prestigioso concedido a buenos diseños que cumplen los requisitos profesionales e industriales que se esperan de creaciones bien diseñadas. Los ganadores de Hierro demuestran gran habilidad, alta especialización, comprensión experta y capacidad creativa de sus creadores. Se espera que The Metamorphosis Prenda de vestir sea una creación muy apreciada, admirada y querida, práctica e innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Hierro integra las mejores prácticas del sector y tiene características técnicas competentes unidas a conocimiento práctico y talento. The Metamorphosis Prenda de vestir es respetado por su minuciosidad y está concebido para aportar mejoras en la calidad de vida que ayudan a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In concepts of mutation and evolution,this design are based on exaggerated animal skeletons and designed to fit the body which is grounded in a unique visual interpretation of animal anatomy, building upon existing skeleton structures to create it that appear as natural properties of the human body, suggesting strength, power and sensuality—a cross-image of human and animal, an atemporal, supreme creature, beyond past and future.The design was handcrafted with degradable plastic, leather, hair.
Dimensions & Packaging: 520mm Width x450mm Depth x 1200mm Height
Tags: Mutation, Metamorphosis, Leather, Plastics, Body
Production Technology: The metamorphosis of human was made of degradable plastic, leather and hair. Biodegradable plastics are scrap materials provided by relevant manufacturers.Then apply the hot pressing technique and add the hair to form the fabric; Leather is the leftover material in the daily use of the studio, which is stitched after recycling. Hair comes from barbershop waste. As time went by, the work was finally broken down completely.
Design Challenge: First, how to express the texture of human skin in the future is an important problem. Second, the joints of the fingers, the part of the tail, the bulging part of the back, these details are a polyhedron, the model is more difficult to make.
Research: The production process of this work is just like that of sculpture. In the process of human birth-development-metamorphosis, it is continuously ground, bent and processed. This process is the transformation from the original ape-man to the "synthetic material" of modern man. I have studied the medical aspects of the human body, and I have learned about the evolution of human beings in various ways in ancient times, such as the stage from crawling to standing upright. These studies and experiments laid the foundation for the project.
Inspiration: "What began as such a simple form has evolved, and continues to evolve, into the most beautiful and wonderful of infinitely many forms." Charles Darwin said.Concepts of mutation and evolution are explored in order to develop a contemporary cross-image of human and animal, an atemporal, supreme creature, beyond past and future.All of the objects were handcrafted.Leather and hair are form recycling. Eventually this design was broken down into a new cycle.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 and finished in March 2020 in China.
Operation Flow: Each part of The metamorphosis of human could be disassembled and reassembled, for example, The arms, hands, front, back, and foot ornaments. This is for ease of wear and tear, freedom of movement, and the ability to replace or add parts in the future, thus achieving a process of constant renewal and evolution.
Patents: Copyright to Yingyi Chen
Image Credits: Image #1: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #2: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #3: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #4: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #5: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020