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The Metamorphosis Odzież by Yingyi Chen

The Metamorphosis Odzież by Yingyi Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award in Projektowanie Mody, Odzieży i Ubiorów Competition Category.


ŻelaznaModa· 2021

The Metamorphosis Odzież

by Yingyi Chen

Client: Sculpture studio

Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Moda Category

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The Design

About The Metamorphosis Odzież

Metamorphosis to ręcznie wykonany strój inspirowany ideami mutacji i ewolucji. Projekt opiera się na przerysowanych szkieletach zwierzęcych, ukształtowanych tak, by pasowały do ludzkiego ciała. Powstałe formy przywodzą na myśl obraz będący skrzyżowaniem człowieka i zwierzęcia. Strój wykonany jest z biodegradowalnego plastiku, skóry i włosów. Plastik to materiał z odzysku, który poddano prasowaniu na gorąco wraz z włosami, tworząc w ten sposób tkaninę. Skóra i włosy pochodzą z recyklingu resztek studyjnych oraz odpadów z zakładów fryzjerskich. Elementy rękawów, rąk, przodu, tyłu i stóp można odłączać i ponownie składać, co zapewnia łatwość noszenia oraz możliwość późniejszej wymiany.

The Recognition

About the Żelazna Nagroda A' Design Award

The Metamorphosis Odzież to laureat Żelaznej Nagrody A' Design Award, prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego dobrym projektom, które spełniają zawodowe i przemysłowe wymagania oczekiwane od dobrze zaprojektowanych dzieł. Laureaci Żelaznej Nagrody wykazują wielką biegłość, wysoką specjalizację, fachowe zrozumienie i zdolności twórcze ich autorów. The Metamorphosis Odzież ma być wysoko cenionym, podziwianym i drogim sercu dziełem, które jest praktyczne i innowacyjne. Ten projekt nagrodzony Żelazną Nagrodą A' Design Award integruje najlepsze praktyki branżowe i ma kompetentne cechy techniczne powiązane z wiedzą fachową i talentem. Dzięki starannemu wykonaniu The Metamorphosis Odzież cieszy się szacunkiem, a jego zadaniem jest zapewnianie poprawy jakości życia, która pomaga uczynić świat lepszym miejscem.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
In concepts of mutation and evolution,this design are based on exaggerated animal skeletons and designed to fit the body which is grounded in a unique visual interpretation of animal anatomy, building upon existing skeleton structures to create it that appear as natural properties of the human body, suggesting strength, power and sensuality—a cross-image of human and animal, an atemporal, supreme creature, beyond past and future.The design was handcrafted with degradable plastic, leather, hair.
Dimensions & Packaging
520mm Width x450mm Depth x 1200mm Height
Tags
Mutation, Metamorphosis, Leather, Plastics, Body
Production Technology
The metamorphosis of human was made of degradable plastic, leather and hair. Biodegradable plastics are scrap materials provided by relevant manufacturers.Then apply the hot pressing technique and add the hair to form the fabric; Leather is the leftover material in the daily use of the studio, which is stitched after recycling. Hair comes from barbershop waste. As time went by, the work was finally broken down completely.
Design Challenge
First, how to express the texture of human skin in the future is an important problem. Second, the joints of the fingers, the part of the tail, the bulging part of the back, these details are a polyhedron, the model is more difficult to make.
Research
The production process of this work is just like that of sculpture. In the process of human birth-development-metamorphosis, it is continuously ground, bent and processed. This process is the transformation from the original ape-man to the "synthetic material" of modern man. I have studied the medical aspects of the human body, and I have learned about the evolution of human beings in various ways in ancient times, such as the stage from crawling to standing upright. These studies and experiments laid the foundation for the project.
Inspiration
"What began as such a simple form has evolved, and continues to evolve, into the most beautiful and wonderful of infinitely many forms." Charles Darwin said.Concepts of mutation and evolution are explored in order to develop a contemporary cross-image of human and animal, an atemporal, supreme creature, beyond past and future.All of the objects were handcrafted.Leather and hair are form recycling. Eventually this design was broken down into a new cycle.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2020 and finished in March 2020 in China.
Operation Flow
Each part of The metamorphosis of human could be disassembled and reassembled, for example, The arms, hands, front, back, and foot ornaments. This is for ease of wear and tear, freedom of movement, and the ability to replace or add parts in the future, thus achieving a process of constant renewal and evolution.
Patents
Copyright to Yingyi Chen
Image Credits
Image #1: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #2: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #3: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #4: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #5: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020

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