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Seawool Cape by Chungsheng Chen, Eddie Wang and Enyang Chen

Seawool Cape by Chungsheng Chen, Eddie Wang and Enyang Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award í bronsi in Sjálfbærar vörur, verkefni og græn hönnun Competition Category.


BronsSjálfbær vara· 2023

Seawool Cape

by Chungsheng Chen, Eddie Wang and Enyang Chen

Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Deparment

A' Design Award í bronsi Winner in Sjálfbær vara Category

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The Design

About Seawool Cape

Sjóullarhylki vegur aðeins 300 grömm, er léttur, þægilegur í meðförum og þvo. Það er gert úr sjávarullargarni sem kemur úr blöndu af endurunninni PET-flösku úr plasti og nanólíserandi ostruskeljadufti úr fleygðum skeljum, dregur ekki bara úr sóun heldur skilar ávinningi eins og hitastjórnun, lyktarþol, rakastjórnun og fljótþurrka, mjúka ull. snerting, og einnig andstæðingur-truflanir, bakteríudrepandi, engum kemískum bakteríudrepandi efnum bætt við, er vingjarnlegur við húð notandans og veitir betri upplifun. Sjóull sannarlega sjálfbær efni úr hafinu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award í bronsi

Seawool Cape vann A' Design Award í bronsi, mjög virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er framúrskarandi hönnunarverkum sem einkennast af sköpunargáfu, hugvitssemi og skarpskyggni. Sigurvegarar í bronsi eru ríkulega leiknir og áberandi skapandi gripir sem staðfesta víðtæka reynslu, ímyndunarafl og útsjónarsemi hönnuða sinna. Þess er vænst að Seawool Cape sé mjög metinn, dáður og elskaður hlutur sem er einstaklega fagmannlegur og nýstárlegur. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í bronsi felur í sér bestu starfsvenjur í list, vísindum, hönnun og tækni og er framúrskarandi fyrir athygli sína á smáatriðum. Seawool Cape fullnægir þörfum á dásamlegan hátt, snertir langanir, heillar tilfinningar og vekur forvitni.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Seawool cape weight only 300 grams, is light and easy to handle with woolen touch and washable. It is made from seawool yarn which is the combination of the nanolized oyster shell powder from discarded shells and the recycle PET bottle plastic. Not only reduces waste, but delivers performance benefits like thermal regulation, odor resistance, moisture management and quick dry, anti-static, antibacterial, no chemical antibacterial agents added which friendly to the user's skin.
Dimensions & Packaging
Material: Recycle Oyster Shell, PET/Acrylic/Rayon/Poly
colors: 5 colors
Length180cm x Width70 cm
Tags
Seawool, cape, shawl, ootd, sustainable, functional, fabric
Production Technology
Material: Recycle Oyster Shell PET/Acrylic/Rayon/Poly
Production Tech: The oyster shells are washed and dried and calcined at 100°C for 5 hours, and then ground to a thickness below 1 μm to become oyster shell powder. Then recycled PET and oyster shell powder are mixed with a secret formula and spun into yarn, which is finally spun into fabric.
Surface Touching: Wool feel
Design Challenge
In Taiwan, the oyster farming has existed for more than 300 years. Under meticulous cultivation by farmers, oyster becomes one of the most famous delicacies in Taiwan. People can enjoy plump oyster meals from fine restaurant to even local night market. However, the Taiwanese has ignored the wastage behind, the shells. Turning waste into treasure is the most challenging issue. After years of researching and studying, we successfully find the way to strengthen the inherited gift from these discarded shells and combine with recycle PET bottles to create a brand-new functional product applied in the textile, we named it Seawool.
Research
Making used of the recycled plastic PET bottle and oyster shell to produce a special yarn for many textile application, we entitled this yarn as seawool, which was inspired by its wool-like construction and hand’s feel. The oyster was nurtured by the coast and enriched with minerals from ocean. In this way, the textiles made by discarded shells are inherent in several functions and make people have a better wearing experience. Seawool not only reduces waste, but delivers performance benefits like thermal regulation, odor resistance, moisture management and quick dry, truly sustainable materials from the ocean.
Inspiration
In Taiwan, more than 160,000 tons of oysters are eaten every year, as the result, oyster shell waste has caused serious environment issue and coastal ecology. How to deal with these pollution sources has become a problem. we discovered that specially treated oyster shells can increase the functions of far-infrared negative ions, antibacterial, deodorizing, and anti-ultraviolet rays, so we make full use of the oyster shell and recycle pet bottle to developed the functional fiber of Seawool yarn.
Project Duration
The project started in April,2022 published in January,2023 in Tainan, on sell in zeczec crowdfunding platform, Taiwan.
Operation Flow
Is a rectangular cape,can be use in the office, beach, sofa, bed,5 colors to match your outfit
Patents
IP: Creative Tech Textile
Team Members
ChungSheng Chen
Eddie Wang
Enyang Chen
Tingyuan Lin
Tainan University of Technology Product Design Dept
Acdesign Associates International Co.,Ltd
Creative Tech Textile Co., Ltd
Hans Global LLC.
Image Credits
image#1~#5: acdesign associates International Co.,Ltd.

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