Zen Explorer Muunganidzwa weMbatya dzeVarume by Kuan Lu

Zen Explorer Muunganidzwa weMbatya dzeVarume by Kuan Lu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award in Fashoni, Zvipfeko neMbatya Competition Category.

SirivhaFashoni· 2023

Zen Explorer Muunganidzwa weMbatya dzeVarume

by Kuan Lu

Client: Lu Kuan

Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award Winner in Fashoni Category

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The Design

About Zen Explorer Muunganidzwa weMbatya dzeVarume

Zen Explorer imuunganidzwa wembatya dzevarume wakagadzirwa kubva kumachira ekare uye machira akapendwa nemavara echisikigo. Machira enhoroondo anounganidzwa uye anosarudzwa zvichienderana nesaizi, ukobvu uye mwaka, ndokuzosanganiswa nezvinhu zvitsva zvakapendwa nenzira yechinyakare yeindigo. Indigo iyi inogadzirwa nekuvirisa, pasina makemikari emumaindasitiri. Basa rakawanda rinoitwa nemaoko, saka unyanzvi hwechinyakare nemapatani zvinochengetedzwa. Muunganidzwa uyu unobatanidza machira ekare nenzira dzemazuva ano dzekugadziridza zvinhu kuti zvishandiswezve, uye unopa mbatya dzemazuva ese dzakasimba uye dzisina kufanana nedzimwe.

The Recognition

About the Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award

Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne Zen Explorer Muunganidzwa weMbatya dzeVarume, rukudzo rwakakwirira zvikuru runopiwa kumadhizaini epamusoro, anonaka uye anofadza. Vakunda veSirivha mabasa anopenya kwazvo uye ane kugadzira kwakasiyana anoratidza unyanzvi, hunyanzvi hwekusikwa nekungwara kwevagadziri vawo. Zen Explorer Muunganidzwa weMbatya dzeVarume inotarisirwa kuva basa rinoshamisa, rinotangira vamwe, rine hunyanzvi hunoonekwa uye zvitsva zvakadzika. Dhizaini iyi yakahwina Mubairo weSirivha we A' Design Award chigadzirwa chinoshamisa, chinokudzwa chinobatsira uye chinosundira mberi miganhu yehunyanzvi, sayenzi, dhizaini netekinoroji. Zen Explorer Muunganidzwa weMbatya dzeVarume chigadzirwa chinoshuvirwa nevazhinji, chinomutsa zvishuvo, chinouya nemanzwiro akanaka uye chinomutsa kushamisika.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project "The Tao of Fashion: Re-cycle of Life" aims to subvert the stereotype of fashion industry. The methodology is to collect and classify the historic textiles initially, and incorporate the new material dyed by the traditional "Indigo Dyeing" technique. This project keeps all the craftsmanship handmade to respect and retain the traditional crafts and graphics, and incorporate contemporary upcycle design concepts, which could carry on the traditional oriental cultural and bring daily dressing code updated, durable and unique.
Dimensions & Packaging: The concept item is an artistic wearable item that can be used, and be an artistic installation displaying by hanging. The prototype structure of a suit grows out of the original antique "Hundred Sons" blanket.
Width 180 cm Length 200 cm
All ready-to-wear looks are size 48 male form.
Tags: Timeless, Clothing, Cultural heritage, Sustainable fashion, Recycle,Experimental
Production Technology: Mainly using mass-produced natural indigo dyed materials, combined with a small amount of precious recycled textile which is vintage pieces.
The unique essence and the production process have ethical considerations and sustainable fashion development. The indigo produced by R&D (ethical production&sustainable fashion) can only be realized through fermentation. The manufacturing process is natural and environmentally friendly without industrial chemicals. The importance of material recycling is also an important purpose of design and production.
Design Challenge: The concept and practice of this project challenge is about the development of sustainable fashion and the inheritance of slow handwork. Ideas on how design thinking can create original and unique products for balancing sustainable fashion industry and new aesthetic market.
Research: According to material properties, each piece of material has its unique "character". The method of classifying materials is combined with scale, thickness, and season to develop, mix with the new materials to make a design experiment of slow fashion and limited supply. Specifically, the collected antique fabric is used as a clue to develop the design system. How fashion can continue to be sustainable while taking into account creation, and a balanced combination of creating less waste and durability. It is a sustainable and contemporary fashion practice.
Inspiration: The design is inspired by exploring the depths of blue.
Indigo textile culture with a long history, blue is the ocean, the universe, and the central mind. Natural reincarnation is the exploration of Zen, and it is also a sustainable fashion practice in the present. From a point of view that old and new, gain and loss, useless and useful, trend and eternity are infusing. This project explores and balances the possibilities of design.
Using the traditional culture and crafts to combine with modern design elements to create unique practices and new inheritance.
Project Duration: Works was designed and produced in 2018.
Present in 2020 China National Silk Museum
Operation Flow: Cloth are half handmade and half machine made,which makes product as unique wearable item. The project is using natural Indigo dying to achieve a comfortable feeling, artistic textural surface and eco-friendly to sustainable fashion design development.
Patents: Copyright by Lu Kuan/WU ZhiWu
Team Members: Creative Director and Designer:Lu Kuan
Image Credits: WU (ZhiWu) by Lu Kuan
Photographer: Yang Feng
Model:Li Ming