Perception of the Eyes ウェアラブルアート by Karina Frances Edmonds

Perception of the Eyes ウェアラブルアート by Karina Frances Edmonds is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅賞 in ファッション・アパレル・衣服デザイン Competition Category.

銅ファッション· 2020

Perception of the Eyes ウェアラブルアート

by Karina Frances Edmonds

Client: Karina Frances

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in ファッション Category

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The Design

About Perception of the Eyes ウェアラブルアート

すべての目は、歴史と美の深みを共有しています。私にとって、目は自分の魂への入り口のようなものです。この作品に影響を与えたのは、眼が放射する深い無限の幻想です。抽象的には、目は乳房に幾何学的に映し出されることにより、この作品で表現されています。乳首の生のエッセンスが瞳孔を際立たせます。先見の明のあるレーザー光線が、計算された交点で交差します。科学的な図と光の屈折を連想させる、幾何学的パターンがぼやけた視覚の波に陥る前に形成されます。この作品は、目とその詩的な力について語っています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Perception of the Eyes ウェアラブルアートは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Perception of the Eyes ウェアラブルアートは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Perception of the Eyes ウェアラブルアートは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The uniqueness in my design is born from the empowerment created for one to radiate. Empowerment is also my inspiration. My design mirrors an embodiment of this spirit. This garment speaks about eyes and their poetic power. The design boldly enhances the human body, through the rawness of the breasts, mimicking eyes, to the enhanced hip lines, through sculpture. The leather strips, architecturally strike down from the pupil (nipple) to create an illusion lasering out as a form of vision and structural support. Beauty in design shines when poetry meets function.
Dimensions & Packaging: Size 6
Tags: wearable art, eyes, vision, perception, poetry
Production Technology: The materials used for the geometric elements are particularly effective. By constructing a corsetry bodice from more robust elements with wire and stiffer fabric such as faux leather, the contrasting silhouette strips are enabled to be pulled tight and hold the criss-cross pattern beautifully, before falling into waves. This is reminiscent of scientific diagrams of refraction of light. The production of this design regarded structure, architecture, form and the body. In the making and testing of this design, I thought about physics regarding matters like the laws of gravity and structure in terms of its architecturally inspired form.
This dress has a sense of history in its construction echoing vintage hip lines whilst displaying thoroughly contemporary vision.(regard pdf) for full version of "Production, realization technology and materials)
Design Challenge: Beginning with the research I was challenged with deep inner reflection, about myself, and identity regarding the theme “Who am I”. Especially because I haven't found myself in this stage of my life as a 15 year old. I believe we are always changing and growing as people, and a society. Also, I faced challenges that regarded transferring my ideas from my pen to the needle, as this was the first time I had created a collection.
Research: I looked at many sources that helped me better define my knowledge to create a 5 piece collection that could reflect me as a person and unravel my identity. Second, after building my knowledge to a level at which I was confident, I could begin the artistic journey, I began designing. Even when designing it seems as if research and design overlapped, because I was always learning something new. Everything I learned was applied to enhance my skills and help my ability in creating material that is so new to me in the arts. (regard pdf for full research)
Inspiration: I was inspired by eyes and their magical properties with their ability to connect, reflect, and create visual poetry of the world around us. This poetic and magical ability for an eye to radiate vision is the inspiration for this dress. One can see these definitions through the garments architectural forms and illusions that run from the nipple to the ground.
Project Duration: My fashion journey began with research April 2019, designing in May 2019, and finally completed in the summer of June 2019. The dresses were then showcased on the runway at NewYork FashionWeek Fall season (F/SS NYFW), the 7th of September 2019
Operation Flow: The design has specific details that make the whole difference when looking at its performance as wearable art. While wearable art is very abstract and not the most wearable, I tried to make my designs so that they can still perform with attributes of the body making them more wearable. There are significant details that allow for this to happen, still encouraging the possibility of my design without making any major adjustments. This includes different systems created to convert art into wearable art.
Patents: N/A
Team Members: Tailor 15% work with patterns-( technical element).
Image Credits: Image #1: Bruce Wang, 2019
Optional Image #2: Bruce Wang, 2019
Optional Image #3: Bruce Wang, 2019
Optional Image #4: Bruce Wang, 2019
Optional Image #5: Bruce Wang, 2019