Fabricca Headbone Función principal: Tocado by Dilara Karayazi

Fabricca Headbone Función principal: Tocado by Dilara Karayazi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award de Bronce in Diseño de Accesorios Competition Category.

BronceAccesorio· 2026

Fabricca Headbone Función principal: Tocado

by Dilara Karayazi

Client: Fabricca

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Accesorio Category

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The Design

About Fabricca Headbone Función principal: Tocado

Texto del libro: Headbone es un diseño de tocado textil con estructura de alambre que redefine las prendas tradicionales para la cabeza mediante un sistema integrado de control de forma interno. El diseño permite mantener una forma estable sin necesidad de alfileres, nudos ni envolturas complejas, lo que permite a quien lo lleva esculpir y ajustar la forma de manera intuitiva. Su construcción de doble cara ofrece dos opciones de estilo en un solo objeto. Al combinar la ingeniería funcional con la estética escultórica, Headbone propone un enfoque modular, accesible y contemporáneo del diseño de tocados.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Fabricca Headbone Función principal: Tocado ha ganado el A' Design Award de Bronce, un reconocimiento sumamente prestigioso concedido a diseños sobresalientes que se distinguen por su creatividad, ingenio y astucia. Los ganadores de Bronce son artefactos ampliamente hábiles y sorprendentemente creativos que acreditan la vasta experiencia, imaginación e ingeniosidad de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Fabricca Headbone Función principal: Tocado sea un objeto muy apreciado, admirado y querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora las mejores prácticas del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología, y es excelente por su atención al detalle. Fabricca Headbone Función principal: Tocado satisface espléndidamente las necesidades, toca los deseos, encanta los sentimientos y atrae la curiosidad.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Headbone is an innovative wired textile headwear design that integrates an internal form-control structure to enable shape retention without pins, knots, or complex wrapping. The two-sided construction offers dual styling options in a single product, allowing users to intuitively sculpt, restyle, and secure the form in seconds, transforming traditional headwear into a functional, modular, and sculptural fashion object.
Dimensions & Packaging: Headbone is a soft textile headwear product with a total length of 540 mm and a height of 290 mm. The flexible construction allows adaptive width and depth depending on styling and head size. An integrated internal shaping wire enables controlled form retention while maintaining lightweight comfort.
Tags: wired headwear, modular fashion design, sculptural textile, inclusive fashion, sustainable headwear, reversible design, functional fashion, wearable design, contemporary headwear, form-retaining textile
Production Technology: Headbone is produced using breathable textile materials sourced from surplus fabrics of large-scale textile manufacturers, reducing material waste and supporting sustainable production. An internal non-breakable shaping wire is integrated into the structure and has undergone pressure and durability testing to ensure long-term form retention, flexibility, and user safety without compromising comfort
Design Challenge: The primary challenge was reinterpreting culturally rooted headwear into a contemporary, functional design without losing its symbolic value. Internally, the project addressed social inclusivity and dignity in relation to hair loss. Externally, challenges included developing a safe, durable shaping mechanism within textile constraints, sourcing sustainable materials, and ensuring compliance with production and safety standards while maintaining aesthetic integrity.
Research: Type of Research: Applied design research.
Objectives: To create intuitive, inclusive headwear combining form control and elegance.
Methodology: Material testing, prototyping, and user-centric iteration.
Data & Tools: Textile sampling, pressure tests, wear trials.
Participants: Female users, including individuals with hair loss.
Results: Stable, easy styling without fasteners.
Insights & Impact: Improves accessibility, dignity, and sustainable fashion practices.
Inspiration: Headbone was inspired by the sculptural elegance and cultural strength of African women colorful headwear traditions, combined with a functional intent to support women experiencing hair loss due to health conditions. The design emerged from research into form retaining textiles and inclusive fashion, aiming to offer a chic, dignified, and empowering alternative that unites aesthetics, comfort, and accessibility.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2020 in Istanbul and was completed in July 2020. Headbone was first launched to the public through the brands official website in August 2020.
Operation Flow: Headbone operates through an intuitive interaction between the user and its integrated shaping wire. The wearer positions the textile over the head and gently bends the internal structure to sculpt see, secure, and adjust the desired form. The design maintains its shape without pins or knots, enabling rapid transformation, stable wear, and repeatable styling with minimal physical effort.
Patents: Patented. Design Patent No. 2021001904. Owned by Dilara Karayazi, 2021. Turkey.