Xun Rubberringen Stof by Bingrou Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award yn Brûns in Tekstyl, Stof, Tekstueren, Patroanen en Doekûntwerp Competition Category.

BrûnsTekstyl· 2021

Xun Rubberringen Stof

by Bingrou Chen

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner in Tekstyl Category

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The Design

About Xun Rubberringen Stof

Dizze stof is makke fan rubberringen mei in spesjale weeftechnyk dy't geskikt is foar rûnformige materialen. It kin rubberringen tegearre weve ta in netwurkstof en se omsette yn dragebare ûntwerpen sûnder skea oan te rjochtsjen oan de rûnformige struktuer, sadat alle materialen yn de stof yntakt bliuwe en wer brûkt wurde kinne. Dêrnjonken fereasket it gjin profesjonele feardigens en spesjale ark, sadat sels leeken sûnder weefûnderfining dit hânwurk maklik brûke kinne. Elkenien kin op dizze wize maklik syn eigen klean meitsje.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Brûns

Xun Rubberringen Stof is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns, in heech prestisjeuze erkenning foar treflike ûntwerpen dy't har ûnderskiede troch kreativiteit, fernuft en tûkens. Brûnswinners binne tige feardige en opfallend kreative artefakten dy't de grutte ûnderfining, ferbylding en betochtsumens fan har ûntwerpers befêstigje. Fan Xun Rubberringen Stof wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierber objekt is dat opmerklik profesjoneel en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns yntegrearret de bêste praktiken yn keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology en is treflik om syn omtinken foar detail. Xun Rubberringen Stof foldocht behoeften prachtich, reitsjet winsken, betsjoeveret gefoelens en sprekt nijsgjirrigens oan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This fabric is totally made from rubber rings by a new weaving technique suitable for annular materials. This technique would not do any harm to annular structure that all rubber rings in this fabric are intact and can be reused. In addition, this technique does not need any professional tools or flexible skills that even the laymen without any experience of knitting can use this process easily.
Dimensions & Packaging: The whole collection is 1 look womenswear, size 4.
Tags: Textile of rubber ring, rubber,new material, weaving process, green design
Production Technology: Ring structure material weaving technique. This weaving technique is different from traditional weaving process as the latter one always use the linear material as the main materials. Rather, this new weaving process is suitable for rubber ring or other ring materials, and during the weaving process it wouldn’t do any harm to the weaving materials as well as needn’t break the ring structure, in other words, all rubber rings in my weaving words are intact，and，all rubber rings in my works can be reused.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge of the project was how to apply a variety of non-clothing materials to the textile and convert them into wearable designs. In addition, how to find and apply these materials is also a very challenging thing. I finally combine these materials in a purely handmaking way by creative weaving process.
Research: This design is aim at breaking the boundary between "clothing" and "non-clothing" materials to find new possibilities in fashion design. In my opinion, the exploration and application of new materials are particularly important, and, new materials are not only means high-tech materials, but also means materials which can be found in our daily life, such as rubber rings, metal rings, thin wires, shoelaces and so on. I hope my design is not just a garment but a work of art that can inspire people.
Inspiration: I have tried to learn how to knit sweaters from my mother when I was a kid, but the knitting process was so complicated for me as it required specific tools and exquisite craftsmanship that I never succeeded in making a garment. I wanted to find a knitting technique that was easy to study so that everyone could make clothes by themselves easily. It does not require professional skill and special tools that even laymen without any weaving experience can easily use this craft.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2018 in Guangzhou and finished in June 2018 in Guangzhou, and was exhibited in Guangdong Academic Forum for Graduate Students in October 2019.
Operation Flow: This technology is suitable for annular structure materials such as rubber rings. It can weave rubber rings together to be a reticular fabric and convert them into wearable designs but not cause any damage to the annular structure that all the materials inside the fabric are intact and can be reused. In addition, It does not require professional skill and special tools that even laymen without any weaving experience can easily use this craft. Everyone can knit his own clothes easily by this way.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Bingrou Chen, 2020.
Image Credits: Image #No1:Photographer Yiting Li，2018
Image #No2:Photographer Yiting Li，2018
Image #No3:Photographer Yiting Li，2018
Image #No4:Photographer Yiting Li，2018
Image #No5:Photographer Yiting Li，2019
Video：Photographer Chen Bingrou，2020