Turandot Armor Figurino by Cynthia Gomez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Trajes e Vestuário Tradicional Competition Category.
PrataDesign de Trajes· 2024
Turandot Armor Figurino
Client: Cynthia Gomez
A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Design de Trajes Category
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The Design
About Turandot Armor Figurino
A indústria de figurinos gera peças que se tornam obsoletas quando a temporada termina, pois raramente podem ser usadas novamente. Foi a partir deste problema que se propôs um projeto de figurino sustentável, que apresenta um design para um traje operístico utilizando técnicas sustentáveis como upcycling com sobras de malha e a criação de biomateriais feitos a partir de resíduos de laranja baseados na economia circular. O projeto busca reutilizar materiais existentes e desenvolver novos materiais a fim de combater a poluição na moda.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Prata
Turandot Armor Figurino conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Turandot Armor Figurino seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Turandot Armor Figurino é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- In each production the costume industry generates pieces for each character and at the end these become obsolete because they can rarely be used again
It was from this problem that this sustainable costume project emerged, which proposes the design of an operatic outfit using sustainable techniques such as upcycling and the creation of biomaterials made from orange waste
The project seeks to reuse existing materials and develop new materials in order to counteract pollution in fashion - Dimensions & Packaging
- the dress knitting mesure 80mm x 10mm x 180mm
the armor biomaterial mesure 60 mm x 5mm x 50mm - Tags
- biomaterial, upcycling, deadstock, sustainability, costume design
- Production Technology
- For the armor, the circular economy theory was used, taking advantage of orange peel waste for the production of biomaterials, made with gelatin, glycerin and the orange substrate.
The dress was made from reusing deadstock knitted fabric, using the quilting technique to generate the patches and color gradient in the piece, everything was handmade. - Design Challenge
- the hardest part of the design was the funcionality of the project, with the upcycling tecnique using knitting deadstock, and the elaboration of the formula with the orange sustrat in the biomaterial.
- Research
- We sought to impact the costume industry through sustainability and innovation, the piece was for an opera singer which implied movement and comfort. We use design thinking for our research, doing interviews, searching for sustainable materials and technology that would help us
Regarding biomaterials we experimented with many fruit substrates up to orange peel, which has the best properties.
As for the dress, we had many fittings to see the feasibility in terms of weight, structure and comfort so that she could perform. - Inspiration
- The costume is inspired by Giacomo Puccini's Turandot opera, which symbolizes the princess's self-confinement in the face of interpersonal relationships, which is why her face is covered with an immense neck that protects her from love. An Upcycling tecnique was used with the patch-working, reusing textile waste to give it a second life.
In the same way, an armor made with substrate biomaterials from the orange waste, represents the sentimental barriers of Princess Turandot. - Project Duration
- started en january 2022 in Mexico City and finished in july 2022
- Operation Flow
- is a costume so it can be exhibit in a display maniqui.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Opcional Image #1: Opcional Image #2: Opcional Image #3: Opcional Image #4: photographer Silvetre García, hairdesigner Ignazio Muñoz, makeup artist Enrique Santana
Video Credits: Cynthia Gómez
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