Foam of Desire Vestium Designatio ab Kaiqi Zhang

Opus Foam of Desire Vestium Designatio a designatore Kaiqi Zhang est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2026 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Certaminis Designatio Vestitus Scaenici.

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Foam of Desire Vestium Designatio

a Kaiqi Zhang

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Designatio Vestitus Scaenici

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De Foam of Desire Vestium Designatio

In reprehensione cupiditatum et vanitatis fundata, quae mercaturam recentem definiunt, hoc opus vestium arte utitur ad alienationem in divitiis materialibus tabescentem interrogandam. Vestem nobilium saeculi septimi decimi denuo fingit, textile flexibile in voluptuosam formam conformans, quae corpus a cupiditatibus devoratum imitatur. Colorum mixtura caerulei turcoidei, cum dulci roseo et viridi flavescenti morboso pugnans, effectum superficie tenus illecebrosum sed penitus inquietantem creat. Haec contentio spectatores invitat ut naturam cupiditatum contemplentur.

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De Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Foam of Desire Vestium Designatio victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Foam of Desire Vestium Designatio rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Foam of Desire Vestium Designatio necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: Inspired by Epicure Mammon from The Alchemist, this piece reimagines European aristocratic attire from the 17th century to question the concept of decadent luxury. Using a specially engineered moldable fabric, the garment swells into a bloated silhouette reminiscent of bubbles, evoking bodies consumed by desires. Vivid turquoise blue and pink create a visual allure that is both jarring and seductive, with a sugary quality that prompts viewers to reflect on overconsumption and inner emptiness.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: approximately 175 centimeters high, 140 centimeters wide and 80 centimeters deep
Notulae: Clothing Design, Materializing Desires, Material Experimentation, Visual Metaphor, Irregular Forms, Visual Tension
Technologia Productionis: A specially engineered moldable fabric, adhesive when wet, allows for intuitive hand sculpting of volumetric forms. By laminating foam into the fabric and injecting air, this approach creates irregular organic bubbles with a unique hybrid texture, which is both translucent and semi rigid. When illuminated, these forms look like a second skin, materializing the concept of internal collapse festering beneath a surface of opulence.
Provocatio Designandi: The key challenge was to lead viewers from visual seduction to psychological unease, and the answer lay in color use. A rational turquoise blue base is invaded by lush pink accents that embody swelling desires, while traces of sickly yellowish green underneath hint at decay and exposure. The contrast between high saturation and low brightness, paired with matte and pearly finishes, creates a tension between a sweet appearance and hidden unease, turning initial allure into disquieting reflection.
Investigatio: This work critiques the consumerist era by framing its core maladies: swelling desires and inner voids. Using the structure of seventeenth century aristocratic attire, the piece presents bloated, bubble like forms that symbolize a body consumed by insatiable desires. Jarring color combinations then guide viewers from visual seduction to psychological disquiet, ultimately revealing the spiritual barrenness hidden behind a luxurious facade.
Inspiratio: This piece takes its cue from Epicure Mammon, an embodiment of insatiable desires in the play The Alchemist. It deconstructs the symbolic language of seventeenth century aristocratic attire to pose a question about beauty in excess. Each element becomes a visual narrative around the body, speaking of desires that swell, promises that prove false, and the inescapable reality of decay.
Duratio Operis: The project commenced in October 2023 in London, United Kingdom. The initial toile was completed in December 2023, and the project concluded in March 2024 with the completion of the final garment.
Cursus Operationis: This work redefines clothing from a mere covering for the body into an aggressive entity that devours it. The doublet, with its dramatically exaggerated chest and shoulders, achieves a swollen, voluptuous contour that makes inner desires visibly manifest in the flesh. The asymmetrically reshaped ruff collar, when illuminated, casts an encircling shadow, mirroring the confinement in a prison built from greed and vanity.
Membra Turmae: Kaiqi Zhang