Blue Ants Kev Sib Sau Khaub Ncaws by Yi Yin

Blue Ants Kev Sib Sau Khaub Ncaws by Yi Yin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Kub in Tsim Khaub Ncaws Zam, Ris Tsho thiab Tsoos Tsho Competition Category.

KubKhaub Ncaws Zam· 2023

Blue Ants Kev Sib Sau Khaub Ncaws

by Yi Yin

A' Design Award Kub Winner in Khaub Ncaws Zam Category

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The Design

About Blue Ants Kev Sib Sau Khaub Ncaws

Blue Ants yog ib pawg khaub ncaws uas muab tsim los ntawm cov khaub ncaws qub uas raug hloov dua tshiab. Cov ntaub xiav tsaus yog muab los ntawm cov ris tsho ua haujlwm xiav, thiab cov qauv kho kom zoo nkauj yog ua raws li cov ntawv pauv zaub mov keeb kwm. Cov duab luam yog tsim los ntawm txoj kev thaij duab cyanotype, uas tshav ntuj hloov chaw rau lub tshuab luam ntawv. Kev txiav nrog laser ua rau cov ntaub muaj qhov pom zoo li ob-sab thiab peb-sab uas ua raws li tus duab ntawm lub cev. Tus qauv classic ntawm lub ris tsho ua haujlwm raug muab ntxeev thiab khi. Pawg khaub ncaws no muaj ntau qhov loj me sib txawv.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kub

Blue Ants Kev Sib Sau Khaub Ncaws yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Kub, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib ib, zoo kawg nkaus thiab tshwj xeeb. Cov neeg yeej Kub yog cov khoom tsim tshiab heev, pom deb heev thiab ci ntsa iab uas qhia txog kev txawj ntse, kev txawj thiab lub zog ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Blue Ants Kev Sib Sau Khaub Ncaws xav tias yuav yog ib qho kev tsim uas tau txais kev qhuas ntau, tsim kev nyiam tshiab thiab loj uas ua rau muaj nqi tsis tau muaj dua. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Kub no yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus thiab muaj kev hwm uas pab tau ntau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Blue Ants Kev Sib Sau Khaub Ncaws ua rau muaj kev xav tau heev, txhawb kev mob siab, txhawb kev tsim tshiab thiab ua rau peb xav tsis thoob.

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