Bronz Kostüm Tasarımı · 2026
Foam of Desire Birincil İşlev: Giysi Tasarımı
by Kaiqi Zhang
- A' Design Award Bronz Ödülü 2026 in Kostüm Tasarımı
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- Verification code 3E813B933A · Verify this award
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About Foam of Desire Birincil İşlev: Giysi Tasarımı
Kitap Metni: Modern tüketimciliği tanımlayan arzuları ve boşluğu eleştiren bu eser, giysi tasarımını kullanarak maddi zenginliğin içinde mayalanan yabancılaşmayı sorgular. On yedinci yüzyıl aristokrat kıyafetlerini yeniden hayal ederek, şekillendirilebilir bir kumaşı arzular tarafından yutulmuş bir bedeni andıran şehvetli bir silüete dönüştürür. Tatlı bir pembe ve hastalıklı bir sarımsı yeşille çarpışan turkuaz mavi tonlarından oluşan bir palet, yüzeysel olarak çekici ama derinden rahatsız edici bir etki yaratır. Bu gerilim, izleyicileri arzuların doğası üzerine düşünmeye davet eder.
About the A' Design Award Bronz Ödülü
Foam of Desire Birincil İşlev: Giysi Tasarımı, A' Design Award Bronz Ödülü kazananıdır; bu, yaratıcılık, buluş gücü ve kurnazlıkla öne çıkan olağanüstü tasarımlara verilen son derece prestijli bir tanınırlıktır. Bronz kazananlar, tasarımcılarının engin deneyimini, hayal gücünü ve becerikliliğini doğrulayan fazlasıyla yetenekli ve çarpıcı biçimde yaratıcı nesnelerdir. Foam of Desire Birincil İşlev: Giysi Tasarımı, çok itibar gören, hayranlıkla izlenen ve sevilen, dikkat çekici derecede profesyonel ve yenilikçi bir nesne olması beklenir. A' Design Award Bronz Ödülü kazanan bu tasarım, sanat, bilim, tasarım ve teknolojideki en iyi uygulamaları bünyesinde barındırır ve ayrıntıya gösterdiği özenle mükemmeldir. Foam of Desire Birincil İşlev: Giysi Tasarımı ihtiyaçları muhteşem biçimde karşılar, arzulara dokunur, duyguları büyüler ve merakı çeker.
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- Unique Properties
- Inspired by Epicure Mammon from The Alchemist, this piece reimagines European aristocratic attire from the 17th century to question the concept of decadent luxury. Using a specially engineered moldable fabric, the garment swells into a bloated silhouette reminiscent of bubbles, evoking bodies consumed by desires. Vivid turquoise blue and pink create a visual allure that is both jarring and seductive, with a sugary quality that prompts viewers to reflect on overconsumption and inner emptiness.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- approximately 175 centimeters high, 140 centimeters wide and 80 centimeters deep
- Tags
- Clothing Design, Materializing Desires, Material Experimentation, Visual Metaphor, Irregular Forms, Visual Tension
- Production Technology
- A specially engineered moldable fabric, adhesive when wet, allows for intuitive hand sculpting of volumetric forms. By laminating foam into the fabric and injecting air, this approach creates irregular organic bubbles with a unique hybrid texture, which is both translucent and semi rigid. When illuminated, these forms look like a second skin, materializing the concept of internal collapse festering beneath a surface of opulence.
- Design Challenge
- The key challenge was to lead viewers from visual seduction to psychological unease, and the answer lay in color use. A rational turquoise blue base is invaded by lush pink accents that embody swelling desires, while traces of sickly yellowish green underneath hint at decay and exposure. The contrast between high saturation and low brightness, paired with matte and pearly finishes, creates a tension between a sweet appearance and hidden unease, turning initial allure into disquieting reflection.
- Research
- This work critiques the consumerist era by framing its core maladies: swelling desires and inner voids. Using the structure of seventeenth century aristocratic attire, the piece presents bloated, bubble like forms that symbolize a body consumed by insatiable desires. Jarring color combinations then guide viewers from visual seduction to psychological disquiet, ultimately revealing the spiritual barrenness hidden behind a luxurious facade.
- Inspiration
- This piece takes its cue from Epicure Mammon, an embodiment of insatiable desires in the play The Alchemist. It deconstructs the symbolic language of seventeenth century aristocratic attire to pose a question about beauty in excess. Each element becomes a visual narrative around the body, speaking of desires that swell, promises that prove false, and the inescapable reality of decay.
- Project Duration
- The project commenced in October 2023 in London, United Kingdom. The initial toile was completed in December 2023, and the project concluded in March 2024 with the completion of the final garment.
- Operation Flow
- This work redefines clothing from a mere covering for the body into an aggressive entity that devours it. The doublet, with its dramatically exaggerated chest and shoulders, achieves a swollen, voluptuous contour that makes inner desires visibly manifest in the flesh. The asymmetrically reshaped ruff collar, when illuminated, casts an encircling shadow, mirroring the confinement in a prison built from greed and vanity.
