The Opposite Cov Khaub Ncaws Ntos by Yishu Yan

The Opposite Cov Khaub Ncaws Ntos by Yishu Yan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Nyiaj in Tsim Khaub Ncaws Zam, Ris Tsho thiab Tsoos Tsho Competition Category.

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The Opposite Cov Khaub Ncaws Ntos

by Yishu Yan

A' Design Award Nyiaj Winner in Khaub Ncaws Zam Category

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The Design

About The Opposite Cov Khaub Ncaws Ntos

The Opposite yog ib pawg khaub ncaws ntos rau txiv neej thiab poj niam siv tau uas tsim los hnav tau ntau txoj kev. Cov khaub ncaws no raug tsim nrog txoj kev tsis txiav ntaub thiab tsis pov tseg ntaub, yog li tsis muaj ntaub raug muab pov tseg kiag li. Kev ntos digital raug siv los tsim cov qauv peb-sab uas hloov tau yooj yim thiab cov kev tsim khaub ncaws uas pauv tau. Cov khoom ntawm ob ce khaub ncaws no muab sib pauv thiab sib txuam tau raws ntau hom kev sib xyaw, uas pab kom txhua tus neeg hnav tsim tau nws tus kheej tus style. Qhov kev tsim ib qho loj haum txhua tus haum rau feem coob cov neeg uas muaj lub cev nrab. The Opposite nug txog cov kev xav uas neeg ib txwm muaj txog khaub ncaws txiv neej thiab khaub ncaws poj niam.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Nyiaj

The Opposite Cov Khaub Ncaws Ntos yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Nyiaj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev tshaj li qub uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib siab, zoo nkauj thiab ua rau neeg xav tsis thoob. Cov neeg yeej Nyiaj yog cov haujlwm ci ntsa iab heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas qhia txog kev paub, kev txawj ntse thiab kev ntse ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. The Opposite Cov Khaub Ncaws Ntos xav tias yuav yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus uas tsim rau qhia, tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab tob. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Nyiaj no yog ib qho khoom tsim uas pom tseeb heev thiab neeg qhuas uas pab tau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. The Opposite Cov Khaub Ncaws Ntos yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg coob xav tau, uas ua rau xav, coj kev xav zoo thiab ua rau xav tsis thoob thiab xav paub.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: "The Opposite", a unisex fashion knitwear collection, aims to create a new concept of modern garments with multiple wearing methods. It features the zero-cut, zero-waste, highly adaptable, flexible wearability and longevity of the design through highlighting sustainable design thinking and digital design attributes. The stylish items in the two outfits can be easily interchanged and matched. Rather than focusing on providing a figurative silhouette or identity, the collection is more concerned with the inclusion of the product to the user. It intends to explore the process of confrontation and cooperation between contradictory elements through the development of flexible knitted structures and changeable garment constructions, questioning the common notions of men's and women's wear, and Eastern and Western clothing.
Dimensions & Packaging: This garment is an all-size design and will fit most people of average build.
Tags: Fashion Design, Knitwear, Multiple Wearing Methods, Unisex Design, Digital Knitting, Sustainable Design, Zero-waste, Zero-cut, Adaptative Design
Production Technology: This project was essentially completed in Hong Kong, China in 2019. Relevant research for design development has been published in Science Citation Index journals and obtained a China Utility Model Patent. The collection has been exhibited at the Asian Art Museum, in San Francisco, USA. Research related to the design project is being continued.
Design Challenge: The special three-dimensional knitted structure shows a unique surface texture effect and deformation ability, but it also creates a problem for the composition and relative stability of the garment structure. This is both a challenge and an opportunity. This flexible and versatile nature provides unlimited possibilities for the continuous development of this design.
Research: This design research is exploratory and practice-led in nature. The proposed design offers a new approach to innovative fashion that integrates surface design and construction design through a digital knitting process, which bridges the gap between modern knitting technology and fashion design. Textile structural research-led design allows clothing design to be no longer limited by the inherent framework, i.e., gender, identity, etc., but rather to look back at the matter of wearing itself, i.e. the interaction between clothing and the body. Both objective and subjective evaluation were involved. The results of a series of performance tests have evolved into serval formulas and a design database that provide quantifiable and predicate criteria for upcoming designs.
Inspiration: The inspiration comes from the visiting experience of the AUDIO ARCHITECTURE exhibition at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo, Japan. There was one unique exhibit in the exhibition a special song. The song's lyrics present various contradictory words, such as structure and surface, chaos and order, sound and silence, to discuss the dynamic relationship between audio and architecture. It inspires me that, many items seem the opposite, such as artificial and natural, body and soul, or, knit and purl, however, are they opposites? Or are they an ultimate whole? As a Chinese idiom says "Seek common ground while reserving differences". This point of view may offer one possible approach for global humanity to face the contemporary dilemma of the post-epidemic era.
Project Duration: This project was essentially completed in Hong Kong, China in 2019. Relevant research for design development has been published in Science Citation Index journals and obtained a China Utility Model Patent. The collection has been exhibited at the Asian Art Museum, in San Francisco, USA.
Operation Flow: The identity of both the designer and the user in this design is fluid. The designer plays as also a researcher and an engineer, involved in all aspects of design, development, and production. Meanwhile, the stylish items of the collection can be easily interchanged and re-matched, thus the user is encouraged to re-generate his/her style continuously. The essential concept determines the interaction of this design is always in a dynamic process of development and innovation.
Team Members: Academic adviser: Kinor Jiang & Jinyun Zhou
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer: Joseph, Raysee Media/ Model: Sofia Korobova