The Last Blooming Fabrik Pelbagai Fungsi by Qixin Wu

The Last Blooming Fabrik Pelbagai Fungsi by Qixin Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Besi in Reka Bentuk Tekstil, Fabrik, Tekstur, Corak dan Kain Competition Category.

BesiTekstil· 2023

The Last Blooming Fabrik Pelbagai Fungsi

by Qixin Wu

Client: EchoWu Design Studio

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Tekstil Category

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The Design

About The Last Blooming Fabrik Pelbagai Fungsi

Untuk memahami sesuatu yang subversif secara logik, untuk mengubah definisi yang kelihatan kompleks menjadi penerokaan mudah tentang hubungan antara permulaan dan penamat, bunga mati menjadi bahan utama untuk menyatakan mekarnya yang jelas. Mereka kekal mekar dan menunjukkan keindahan terakhir. Motif ulangan yang harmoni dan bersemangat memberikan reka letak lebih potensi ekspresi. Kain dua lapisan, bahagian atas adalah sifon dan bahagian belakang adalah kapas, membuat perubahan kelihatan apabila angin datang. Sifon yang kelihatan lutsinar menyumbang kepada The Last Blooming yang lebih menarik dan misteri.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

The Last Blooming Fabrik Pelbagai Fungsi ialah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengiktirafan yang berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk yang baik yang memenuhi keperluan profesional dan industri yang dijangka daripada ciptaan yang direka dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan kemahiran yang besar, kepakaran yang tinggi, kefahaman pakar dan keupayaan kreatif penciptanya. The Last Blooming Fabrik Pelbagai Fungsi diharapkan menjadi ciptaan yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi dan disayangi yang praktikal dan inovatif. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini menyepadukan amalan terbaik industri dan mempunyai ciri teknikal yang kompeten yang dikaitkan dengan kepakaran dan bakat. The Last Blooming Fabrik Pelbagai Fungsi dihormati kerana ketelitiannya dan direka untuk memberikan peningkatan kualiti hidup yang membantu menjadikan dunia tempat yang lebih baik.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Some of them decayed naturally, and some of them were processed by HEAT PRESSED. By pushing bloomings to die, the fluid would be squeezed out of the stems and petals, and the melting botanic bodies would represent the rich colors of death beauty.
Besides that, the fresh green and goldenrod colors in the broadleaf depict the decomposition process. The musty mushroom with bloated ripe caps turned black and liquefied, playing a role in the decay through its fungus. the white fluff enhances the musty feeling.
Dimensions & Packaging: High: 27 inches
Width: 45 inches
Tags: Decomposition, Heat Press, Flowers, Leaves, Hand Drawing, Textile, Fabric
Production Technology: From design materials to print-out fabrics, the harmonious repeat and vibrant motifs give the layout more potential expression. The double layers fabrics, the top is chiffon and the back is cotton, create the shift looking when the wind comes. The transparent looking of chiffon contributes to THE LAST BLOOMING more attractive and mysterious.
Design Challenge: The Hardest Part of this design is the material choice. I have tried more than 50 different materials to test how the artwork represents the "Death Beauty". And for the fabrics. I tried cotton canvas, polyester, and silk. Finally, I found out this textured cotton and polyester chiffon can give the transparent looking and soft hand feel.
Research: W C Miles, Leslie. Textile Printing. Manchester: 1982. Print.
Ujiie, Hitoshi. Digital Printing of Textile, Woodhead Publishing in textiles. 2006. Print.
Storey, Joyce. Manual of Textile Printing. 1975. Print.
Inspiration: Inspired by Billy Kidd, who showed a heat-pressed flower with a flat decomposing effect. The relationship between started and finished became the starting point.
Inspired by the taphonomy, there are five general stages used to describe the process of decomposition, fresh, bloat, active, advanced decay, and dry/remains. By breaking up the body and analyzing its components, the decaying yet preserved, pressed flowers and leaves have an aged and textural appearance that can be used for designs. Yes, The picture of Death can be the birth of Beauty.
Project Duration: The project started in Jan 2015 in Philadelphia and finished in May 2021 in New York.
Operation Flow: To grasp something logically subversive, to turn a seemingly complex definition into a simple exploration of the relationship between "started and finished", the dead flowers become my main material to express the vivid blooming. They are still staying to bloom and show the final beauty in the double layers chiffon fabrics. The harmonious repeat and vibrant motifs give the layout more potential expression. The transparent looking contributes attractive and mysterious.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Qixin Wu, 2022.
Trademark(2022) Qixin Wu.
Image Credits: Qixin Wu