Kala Kapa · 2023
2023 Revive Collection Ke Kapa Hulu Hipa
by Yen-Ting Cho
- A' Design Award Kala 2023 in Kapa
- CLIENT: Yen Ting Cho Studio
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 897,546
- Verification code 35D1B4BEC8 · Verify this award
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About 2023 Revive Collection Ke Kapa Hulu Hipa
ʻO kēia hōʻiliʻili o nā scarves e nānā me ka manaʻo maikaʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana i waena o ka maʻi ahulau a me ka hakakā honua. Hōʻike nā kumu i kahi moʻolelo hoʻohālikelike o ka mua a me ka hope o ka apocalypse me kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i nā hoʻokolohua kelepona, mutation, noʻonoʻo, kūkulu hou. Hoʻokumu ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa me ka lako polokalamu kamepiula ponoʻī o ka Studio, e hoʻohana ana i ka neʻe ʻana o ke kino e kūkulu hou i ka ʻikepili kikohoʻe a hōʻike i nā kikoʻī kūlohelohe ʻaʻole hiki ke hana wale ʻia e ka polokalamu. He asymmetrical lākou a ʻaʻole hana hou. Hoʻopau lima ʻia, paʻi ʻia nā kikohoʻe ma luna o ka lole kūlohelohe e hana hou i nā kikoʻī o nā hoʻolālā.
About the A' Design Award Kala
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā 2023 Revive Collection Ke Kapa Hulu Hipa i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā 2023 Revive Collection Ke Kapa Hulu Hipa he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā 2023 Revive Collection Ke Kapa Hulu Hipa e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The scarf patterns are unique because they are created using our own digital software, mov.i.see, which uses body movement to reconstruct digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by programming. It enables us to create asymmetrical, non-repeat patterns that are very different from those made using traditional methods such as mirroring or repetition. Finished by hand, the patterns are digitally printed onto natural fabric which reproduces the fine detail of the designs.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 1000mm x Height 2000mm.
- Tags
- Digital design, digital print, wool, scarf, textile design, pattern, contemporary
- Production Technology
- The patterns are unique because they are created with our own software, which generates a design using body movement. The colours are then adapted by the designer. These digital and analogue methods produce asymmetrical and non-repeat patterns very different from those created using traditional methods such as mirroring or rotating. We have not seen similar patterns in the fashion accessories market. Most luxury scarf pattern designers use silk whereas we digitally print onto fine wool.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was to create patterns that confront the reality of disruption in the world but remain optimistic for the future. We used storytelling to engage with the present yet create a fantastical narrative in which we relocate to an imagined planet to experience the first light of a new dawn, bringing hope for humanity. Through iteration, patterns were modified as they were created rather than allow the software to dictate the design and to reveal the authorship of the designer.
- Research
- We create unique patterns using a bespoke digital software programme which uses body movement to reconstruct digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by programming. Inspired by the coronavirus pandemic and conflict, we aimed to create and apply new designs to a saleable commodity, pure wool scarves, that are vibrant and optimistic. Through trial and error, digital printing techniques reproduce the fine detail of the original designs yet retain the special colour combinations.
- Inspiration
- This collection of eight scarf patterns was inspired by the circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic and global conflict. It looks optimistically to the future by telling a metaphorical tale of pre and post apocalypse with a story involving curious cellular experiments, mutation, reflection and, ultimately, reconstruction.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2022 in London and Tainan City and finished in November 2022 in Tainan City, and was first exhibited at Shoppe Object in New York City in February 2023.
- Operation Flow
- A pure wool scarf with a digitally-printed pattern which can be worn as a gender neutral fashion accessory. The unique patterns can be applied to playful, aesthetically pleasing and desirable products. The asymmetrical patterns and colour combinations mean that the scarves can be worn in different ways. The patterns are printed with ink free of heavy metals which penetrates the pure wool so that each pattern is two sided. The wool is specially treated so that it is comfortable and non-abrasive.
- Patents
- Copyright 2023 Yen Ting Cho.
