2023 Revive Collection Te Kaakahu Huruhuru by Yen-Ting Cho

2023 Revive Collection Te Kaakahu Huruhuru by Yen-Ting Cho is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Kākahu Raranga, Papanga, Tāhūhū, Tauira me te Kākahu Competition Category.

HiriwaKākahu Raranga· 2023

2023 Revive Collection Te Kaakahu Huruhuru

by Yen-Ting Cho

Client: Yen Ting Cho Studio

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Kākahu Raranga Category

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The Design

About 2023 Revive Collection Te Kaakahu Huruhuru

Ko tenei kohinga o nga kaakahu e titiro pai ana ki nga wa kei te heke mai i roto i nga mate uruta me nga pakanga o te ao. Ko nga tauira e whakaatu ana i nga korero o mua me te muri o te apocalypse me tetahi korero e pa ana ki nga whakamatautau waea, te whakarereke, te whakaata, te hanga ano. Ko nga tauira ahurei ka hangaia me te rorohiko ake a te Studio, e whakamahi ana i nga nekehanga tinana ki te hanga ano i nga raraunga matihiko me te whakaatu i nga taipitopito waro kaore e taea ma te kaupapa anake. He hangarite, karekau e tukurua. Ka oti i te ringaringa, ka taia nga tauira ki runga i te papanga taiao e whakaatu ana i nga taipitopito o nga hoahoa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko 2023 Revive Collection Te Kaakahu Huruhuru te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko 2023 Revive Collection Te Kaakahu Huruhuru he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko 2023 Revive Collection Te Kaakahu Huruhuru he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The scarf patterns are unique because they are created using our own digital software, mov.i.see, which uses body movement to reconstruct digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by programming. It enables us to create asymmetrical, non-repeat patterns that are very different from those made using traditional methods such as mirroring or repetition. Finished by hand, the patterns are digitally printed onto natural fabric which reproduces the fine detail of the designs.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 1000mm x Height 2000mm.
Tags: Digital design, digital print, wool, scarf, textile design, pattern, contemporary
Production Technology: The patterns are unique because they are created with our own software, which generates a design using body movement. The colours are then adapted by the designer. These digital and analogue methods produce asymmetrical and non-repeat patterns very different from those created using traditional methods such as mirroring or rotating. We have not seen similar patterns in the fashion accessories market. Most luxury scarf pattern designers use silk whereas we digitally print onto fine wool.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to create patterns that confront the reality of disruption in the world but remain optimistic for the future. We used storytelling to engage with the present yet create a fantastical narrative in which we relocate to an imagined planet to experience the first light of a new dawn, bringing hope for humanity. Through iteration, patterns were modified as they were created rather than allow the software to dictate the design and to reveal the authorship of the designer.
Research: We create unique patterns using a bespoke digital software programme which uses body movement to reconstruct digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by programming. Inspired by the coronavirus pandemic and conflict, we aimed to create and apply new designs to a saleable commodity, pure wool scarves, that are vibrant and optimistic. Through trial and error, digital printing techniques reproduce the fine detail of the original designs yet retain the special colour combinations.
Inspiration: This collection of eight scarf patterns was inspired by the circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic and global conflict. It looks optimistically to the future by telling a metaphorical tale of pre and post apocalypse with a story involving curious cellular experiments, mutation, reflection and, ultimately, reconstruction.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2022 in London and Tainan City and finished in November 2022 in Tainan City, and was first exhibited at Shoppe Object in New York City in February 2023.
Operation Flow: A pure wool scarf with a digitally-printed pattern which can be worn as a gender neutral fashion accessory. The unique patterns can be applied to playful, aesthetically pleasing and desirable products. The asymmetrical patterns and colour combinations mean that the scarves can be worn in different ways. The patterns are printed with ink free of heavy metals which penetrates the pure wool so that each pattern is two sided. The wool is specially treated so that it is comfortable and non-abrasive.