The Last Blooming Multifunctional Fabrics by Qixin Wu

The Last Blooming Multifunctional Fabrics by Qixin Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Ntaub, Ntaub Ntawv, Ntxhib, Qauv thiab Ntaub Tawv Competition Category.

HlauNtaub· 2023

The Last Blooming Multifunctional Fabrics

by Qixin Wu

Client: EchoWu Design Studio

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Ntaub Category

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The Design

About The Last Blooming Multifunctional Fabrics

Txhawm rau nkag siab qee yam kev xav tsis zoo, tig lub ntsiab lus zoo li nyuaj rau hauv kev tshawb nrhiav yooj yim ntawm kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev pib thiab ua tiav, cov paj tuag dhau los ua cov khoom tseem ceeb los nthuav qhia qhov vivid blooming. Lawv nyob twj ywm blooming thiab qhia qhov kawg kev zoo nkauj. Cov kev sib raug zoo rov ua dua thiab muaj zog motifs muab qhov kev nthuav qhia ntau dua. Ob txheej txheej ntaub, sab saum toj yog chiffon thiab sab nraub qaum yog paj rwb, tsim kev hloov pauv thaum cua tuaj. Lub pob tshab saib ntawm chiffon pab txhawb rau Lub Xeem Blooming ntau txaus nyiam thiab tsis meej.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

The Last Blooming Multifunctional Fabrics yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. The Last Blooming Multifunctional Fabrics xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. The Last Blooming Multifunctional Fabrics tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Some of them decayed naturally, and some of them were processed by HEAT PRESSED. By pushing bloomings to die, the fluid would be squeezed out of the stems and petals, and the melting botanic bodies would represent the rich colors of death beauty.
Besides that, the fresh green and goldenrod colors in the broadleaf depict the decomposition process. The musty mushroom with bloated ripe caps turned black and liquefied, playing a role in the decay through its fungus. the white fluff enhances the musty feeling.
Dimensions & Packaging: High: 27 inches
Width: 45 inches
Tags: Decomposition, Heat Press, Flowers, Leaves, Hand Drawing, Textile, Fabric
Production Technology: From design materials to print-out fabrics, the harmonious repeat and vibrant motifs give the layout more potential expression. The double layers fabrics, the top is chiffon and the back is cotton, create the shift looking when the wind comes. The transparent looking of chiffon contributes to THE LAST BLOOMING more attractive and mysterious.
Design Challenge: The Hardest Part of this design is the material choice. I have tried more than 50 different materials to test how the artwork represents the "Death Beauty". And for the fabrics. I tried cotton canvas, polyester, and silk. Finally, I found out this textured cotton and polyester chiffon can give the transparent looking and soft hand feel.
Research: W C Miles, Leslie. Textile Printing. Manchester: 1982. Print.
Ujiie, Hitoshi. Digital Printing of Textile, Woodhead Publishing in textiles. 2006. Print.
Storey, Joyce. Manual of Textile Printing. 1975. Print.
Inspiration: Inspired by Billy Kidd, who showed a heat-pressed flower with a flat decomposing effect. The relationship between started and finished became the starting point.
Inspired by the taphonomy, there are five general stages used to describe the process of decomposition, fresh, bloat, active, advanced decay, and dry/remains. By breaking up the body and analyzing its components, the decaying yet preserved, pressed flowers and leaves have an aged and textural appearance that can be used for designs. Yes, The picture of Death can be the birth of Beauty.
Project Duration: The project started in Jan 2015 in Philadelphia and finished in May 2021 in New York.
Operation Flow: To grasp something logically subversive, to turn a seemingly complex definition into a simple exploration of the relationship between "started and finished", the dead flowers become my main material to express the vivid blooming. They are still staying to bloom and show the final beauty in the double layers chiffon fabrics. The harmonious repeat and vibrant motifs give the layout more potential expression. The transparent looking contributes attractive and mysterious.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Qixin Wu, 2022.
Trademark(2022) Qixin Wu.
Image Credits: Qixin Wu