Foam of Desire ການອອກແບບເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ by Kaiqi Zhang

Foam of Desire ການອອກແບບເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ by Kaiqi Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ in ການອອກແບບເຄື່ອງແຕ່ງກາຍ ແລະ ເສື້ອຜ້າມໍລະດົກ Competition Category.

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Foam of Desire ການອອກແບບເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ

by Kaiqi Zhang

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The Design

About Foam of Desire ການອອກແບບເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ

ໂດຍຢຶດໝັ້ນຢູ່ໃນການວິພາກວິຈານຕໍ່ກັບຄວາມຕ້ອງການ ແລະ ຄວາມຫວ່າງເປົ່າທີ່ກຳນົດລັກສະນະຂອງລັດທິບໍລິໂພກນິຍົມສະໄໝໃໝ່, ຜົນງານຊິ້ນນີ້ໃຊ້ການອອກແບບເສື້ອຜ້າເພື່ອຕັ້ງຄຳຖາມຕໍ່ກັບການແຍກໂຕທີ່ບໍ່ມ້ວນຫາຍຢູ່ໃນຄວາມຮັ່ງມີທາງວັດຖຸ. ມັນຈິນຕະນາການເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງຂອງຊົນຊັ້ນສູງໃນສະຕະວັດທີ 17 ຄືນໃໝ່, ໂດຍປັ້ນແຕ່ງຜ້າທີ່ສາມາດດັດແປງຮູບຊົງໄດ້ໃຫ້ກາຍເປັນຮູບຊົງທີ່ອວບອິ່ມເຊິ່ງລຽນແບບຮ່າງກາຍທີ່ຖືກກືນກິນດ້ວຍຄວາມຕ້ອງການ. ໂທນສີຟ້າຄາມ ທີ່ປະທະກັບສີບົວຫວານ ແລະ ສີຂຽວເຫຼືອງທີ່ເບິ່ງຄືບໍ່ສະບາຍ, ສ້າງຜົນກະທົບທີ່ດຶງດູດໃຈພຽງຜິວເຜີນ ແຕ່ກໍ່ໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມບໍ່ສະບາຍໃຈຢ່າງເລິກເຊິ່ງ. ຄວາມຕຶງຄຽດນີ້ເຊື້ອເຊີນໃຫ້ຜູ້ຊົມໄດ້ໄຕ່ຕອງເຖິງທຳມະຊາດຂອງຄວາມຕ້ອງການ.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ

Foam of Desire ການອອກແບບເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ ແມ່ນຜູ້ຊະນະ A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ ເຊິ່ງເປັນການຍອມຮັບທີ່ມີກຽດສູງສຳລັບການອອກແບບທີ່ໂດດເດັ່ນ ເຊິ່ງມີລັກສະນະເດັ່ນດ້ວຍຄວາມຄິດສ້າງສັນ ຄວາມຫຼັກແຫຼມ ແລະ ຄວາມຄົມຄາຍ. ຜູ້ຊະນະລະດັບທອງສຳລິດແມ່ນຜົນງານທີ່ມີທັກສະພຽງພໍ ແລະ ສ້າງສັນຢ່າງໂດດເດັ່ນ ທີ່ຢືນຢັນປະສົບການອັນກວ້າງຂວາງ ຈິນຕະນາການ ແລະ ຄວາມສາມາດຂອງຜູ້ອອກແບບ. Foam of Desire ການອອກແບບເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ ຖືກຄາດວ່າຈະເປັນສິ່ງຂອງທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບການຍົກຍ້ອງສູງ ໜ້າຊົມເຊີຍ ແລະ ເປັນທີ່ຮັກແພງ ທີ່ເປັນມືອາຊີບ ແລະ ມີນະວັດຕະກຳຢ່າງໂດດເດັ່ນ. ການອອກແບບທີ່ຊະນະລະດັບທອງສຳລິດນີ້ນຳໃຊ້ວິທີປະຕິບັດທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດໃນດ້ານສິລະປະ ວິທະຍາສາດ ການອອກແບບ ແລະ ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີ ແລະ ດີເລີດໃນການເອົາໃຈໃສ່ລາຍລະອຽດ. Foam of Desire ການອອກແບບເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ ຕອບສະໜອງຄວາມຕ້ອງການຢ່າງດີເລີດ ສຳຜັດຄວາມປາດຖະໜາ ດຶງດູດຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ ແລະ ກະຕຸ້ນຄວາມຢາກຮູ້ຢາກເຫັນ.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: 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.
Dimensions & Packaging: approximately 175 centimeters high, 140 centimeters wide and 80 centimeters deep
Tags: Clothing Design, Materializing Desires, Material Experimentation, Visual Metaphor, Irregular Forms, Visual Tension
Production Technology: 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.
Design Challenge: 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.
Research: 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.
Inspiration: 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.
Project Duration: 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.
Operation Flow: 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.
Team Members: Kaiqi Zhang