The Last Blooming ᱵᱚᱦᱩ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱯᱚᱴᱚᱢ by Qixin Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱴᱮᱠᱥᱴᱟᱭᱤᱞ Competition Category.
ᱞᱚᱦᱟᱴᱮᱠᱥᱴᱟᱭᱤᱞ· 2023
The Last Blooming ᱵᱚᱦᱩ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱯᱚᱴᱚᱢ
by Qixin Wu
Client: EchoWu Design Studio
A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱴᱮᱠᱥᱴᱟᱭᱤᱞ Category
Verified Award Winner
Verify Award Status for #108758The Design
About The Last Blooming ᱵᱚᱦᱩ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱯᱚᱴᱚᱢ
ᱛᱚᱨᱠᱚ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱩᱞᱴᱟᱹ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ, ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱡᱚᱴᱤᱞ ᱢᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱮᱱᱮᱛ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱦᱚᱵ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱩᱪᱟᱹᱫ ᱛᱟᱞᱟᱨᱮ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱟᱹᱭ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱚᱡᱷᱮ ᱛᱚᱯᱚᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ, ᱜᱚᱡ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ ᱜᱮ ᱡᱤᱣᱤᱫ ᱯᱷᱩᱴᱟᱹᱣ ᱫᱮᱠᱷᱟᱣ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱢᱩᱬᱩᱛ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱱ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣᱮᱱᱟ᱾ ᱩᱱᱠᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱷᱩᱴᱟᱹᱣ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱩᱪᱟᱹᱫ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱮᱠᱷᱟᱹᱣᱟ᱾ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱲᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱣᱤᱫ ᱢᱚᱴᱤᱯᱷ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱮᱵᱚᱥᱛᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱛᱤ ᱟᱭᱟᱨ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱮᱢᱟᱭ᱾ ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱛᱚᱦ ᱯᱚᱴᱚᱢ, ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱯᱷᱚᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱟᱴᱟᱱ, ᱦᱚᱭ ᱦᱤᱡᱩᱜ ᱡᱚᱦᱚᱜ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨᱟᱭ᱾ ᱥᱤᱯᱷᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱨᱚᱢ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱩᱪᱟᱹᱫ ᱯᱷᱩᱴᱟᱹᱣ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱛᱤ ᱠᱚᱥᱤᱭᱟᱹᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱩᱯᱛᱟᱹ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣᱟᱭ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
The Last Blooming ᱵᱚᱦᱩ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱯᱚᱴᱚᱢ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ The Last Blooming ᱵᱚᱦᱩ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱯᱚᱴᱚᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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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