Are We Aṣayan Aṣọ Obinrin by Jasmine Au is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àṣà Ìmúra, Aṣọ àti Ẹ̀wù Competition Category.

IrinÀṣà Ìmúra· 2022

Are We Aṣayan Aṣọ Obinrin

by Jasmine Au

Client: Ja-Jmi

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Àṣà Ìmúra Category

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The Design

About Are We Aṣayan Aṣọ Obinrin

Are We jẹ́ àkójọpọ̀ aṣọ obinrin tí a ṣẹ̀dá láti gbé àkíyèsí sókè nípa ìparun tí ẹ̀dá ènìyàn ń fa sí ayé inú omi òkun. Àpẹrẹ yìí ṣàfihàn ẹwà àwọn ètò coral àti ìgbì omi òkun. A lo aṣọ organza fẹ́ẹ́rẹ́fẹ́ tí ó dàbí siliki ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìpele láti ṣe àwọn ìtànṣáṣá tí ń ṣàn lórí ìpìlẹ̀ apapọ̀ rírọ̀. Ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ kọ̀ọ̀kan tí ó dàbí coral ni a fi ọwọ́ ṣe tí a sì fi ọwọ́ rán ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan, aṣọ àkọ́kọ́ sì ní nǹkan bí ọ̀ọ́dúrún (300) irú àwọn ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ báyìí. Àwọn àwòrán tí kò lẹ́gbẹ́ àti àwọn ìsopọ̀ pẹ̀lẹ́ ń fún àkójọpọ̀ náà ní ìrọ̀rùn àti ìgbéra kíkún. Ète rẹ̀ ni láti fún àwọn ènìyàn níyànjú láti dáàbò bo òkun.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Are We Aṣayan Aṣọ Obinrin jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Are We Aṣayan Aṣọ Obinrin yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Are We Aṣayan Aṣọ Obinrin nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: ARE WE is a collection to create awareness on the damages made by human towards the marine world and inspired through an article, highlighted a past experiment, Biosphere2 failed due to eco-balance and proved impossible to build an EARTH. Designs highlighted on the beauty of nature with the blending of coral system and wave onto garment. Each handmade coral structured detail is originally created through development. The masterpiece has about 300 pieces of detailed handmade coral attached.
Dimensions & Packaging: Ready-to-wear garment with fully lightweight fabric, including silk-textured shinny fabric, gradient coloured organza and soft netting fabric. Main silhouettes drafted with loose fit and layering attachment applied as well as hand-crafted detailing.
Tags: Ocean, 0712, Mini Collection, Love Ocean, Save the Planet, Marine World, Sea Life, Flow, Movement
Production Technology: Made of lightweight silky organza to create the flow flares with the multiple layering inserted. Layers attached with neat workmanship and gentle handling on soft base netting. The hand-crafted coral-like ornament is innovated and transform from hardness to softness creations. With the detailed handcrafting, ornaments was hand-stitched one by one.
Design Challenge: A past biological experiment that strongly reflecting that human impossible to build 2nd earth. Designer then blended a link to nature, highlight that ocean as the great contributors of oxygen to the planet and coral reef recorded as the largest habitat for smaller marine living organism to live. With abstraction of finding and developing elements enriched the ideas and stimulated new creation of coral-inspired ornament in detail handcrafted.
Research: The use of WabiSabi to reflect the sense of naturally imperfection. Andres Juniper said that, If an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of serene melancholy and spiritual longing, then that object could be said to be WabiSabi. In design, the concept of Wabi Sabi can also be adopted, By slowing down our design processes and embracing the incomplete and imperfection which able to achieve entirely new level of beauty. The garment carry more meaning as they are unique and share a story as well as invite customers to add to that story.
Inspiration: Are We, by questioning ourselves, are the most intelligent group, HUMAN, the actual pest to this planet. With the initial researched on Biosphere2, a past experiment, American Earth System science research facility. It announced the failure due to the loss control of eco-balance within the enclosed ecological system which aimed to build a second Earth. Designer link it with marine world to reflect, intelligence is to protect not destroy, through the highlights on its beauty and contribution.
Project Duration: The project (Mini Collection Module, Raffles University) started at May 2021 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and finished in August 2021. It is presented as the fashion showcase of Raffles Student through Facebook live.
Operation Flow: Designer decided to highlight on the beauty of nature instead of keep telling people their mistakes. Realising the beauty will make people more willing to accept the current pollution that had been made by themselves and as a reminder to protect and save the planet. The ideas of highlights marine as the main focus point as it build the majority of planet area and contributed as the oxygen generators to most of the organisms which would known as valued contributors and coral reef act as the habitat for most of the smaller sized organism in the sea.
Image Credits: Main Image: Photographer Katharine Chai, Hug the Ocean, 2021.
Optional Image #1: Photographer Katharine Chai, Hug the Ocean, 2021.
Optional Image #2: Photographer Katharine Chai, Wave Hug, 2021.
Optional Image #3: Photographer Katharine Chai, Coral in the Wave, 2021.
Optional Image #4: Photographer Katharine Chai, Feel the Coral and Wave, 2021.