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The Last Blooming Țesăturile Multifuncționale by Qixin Wu

The Last Blooming Țesăturile Multifuncționale by Qixin Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Fier in Design Textil Competition Category.


FierTextil· 2023

The Last Blooming Țesăturile Multifuncționale

by Qixin Wu

Client: EchoWu Design Studio

A' Design Award de Fier Winner in Textil Category

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The Design

About The Last Blooming Țesăturile Multifuncționale

Pentru a înțelege ceva logic subversiv, pentru a transforma o definiție aparent complexă într-o simplă explorare a relației dintre început și sfârșit, florile moarte devin materialul principal pentru a exprima înflorirea vie. Ele rămân înflorite și arată frumusețea finală. Repetarea armonioasă și motivele vibrante oferă aspectului mai multă expresie potențială. Țesăturile cu două straturi, partea superioară din șifon și spatele din bumbac, creează schimbarea arătând atunci când vine vântul. Aspectul transparent al șifonului contribuie la The Last Blooming mai atractiv și mai misterios.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fier

The Last Blooming Țesăturile Multifuncționale a câștigat A' Design Award de Fier, o recunoaștere prestigioasă acordată designurilor bune care îndeplinesc cerințele profesionale și industriale așteptate de la creații bine concepute. Câștigătorii Fierului demonstrează mare pricepere, înaltă specializare, înțelegere de specialitate și capacitate creativă din partea creatorilor lor. Se așteaptă ca The Last Blooming Țesăturile Multifuncționale să fie o creație foarte apreciată, admirată și prețuită, practică și inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Fier integrează cele mai bune practici din industrie și are caracteristici tehnice competente îmbinate cu know-how și talent. Pentru acuratețea sa, The Last Blooming Țesăturile Multifuncționale merită respect și este conceput pentru a aduce îmbunătățiri ale calității vieții care ajută la facerea lumii un loc mai bun.

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

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