Blue Ants Collection de vêtements by Yi Yin

Blue Ants Collection de vêtements by Yi Yin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award d'Or in Design de Mode, Vêtements et Habillement Competition Category.

OrMode· 2023

Blue Ants Collection de vêtements

by Yi Yin

A' Design Award d'Or Winner in Mode Category

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The Design

About Blue Ants Collection de vêtements

Blue Ants est une collection de vêtements réalisée à partir de vieux habits transformés. Les tissus bleu foncé proviennent de combinaisons de travail bleues, et les motifs décoratifs s'inspirent de tickets de rationnement alimentaire historiques. Les impressions sont réalisées par cyanotypie, une technique photographique dans laquelle la lumière du soleil remplace la machine à imprimer. La découpe au laser confère au tissu un effet à la fois bidimensionnel et tridimensionnel qui épouse les courbes du corps. La silhouette classique de la combinaison est torsadée et ligotée. La collection est proposée en tailles variables.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Or

Blue Ants Collection de vêtements est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Or, une reconnaissance immensément prestigieuse décernée à des designs de premier ordre, merveilleux et remarquables. Les lauréats Or sont des créations extrêmement innovantes, visionnaires et d'un éclat glamour éblouissant, qui reflètent le génie, la sagesse et la maîtrise de leurs concepteurs. Blue Ants Collection de vêtements est censé être une invention très louée, avant-gardiste et monumentale, qui apporte une valeur sans précédent. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Or est un projet spectaculaire et respecté qui sert grandement l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. Blue Ants Collection de vêtements crée de vifs sentiments de désir, éveille la passion, encourage la créativité et nous fascine.

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