The Metamorphosis 服装 by Yingyi Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 时装、服饰与服装设计 Competition Category.

铁时装· 2021

The Metamorphosis 服装

by Yingyi Chen

Client: Sculpture studio

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 时装 Category

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The Design

About The Metamorphosis 服装

《蜕变》是一件以突变与进化理念为灵感的手工服装。设计以夸张化的动物骨骼为基础，塑形以贴合人体，最终形成的造型呈现出人与动物交融的意象。该服装由可生物降解塑料、皮革与毛发制成。塑料为废弃边角料，经热压与毛发结合形成面料。皮革与毛发则回收自工作室的余料与理发店的废弃物。手臂、手部、前片、后片及足部部件均可拆卸并重新组装，便于穿着与日后更换。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

The Metamorphosis 服装是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计The Metamorphosis 服装将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。The Metamorphosis 服装因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In concepts of mutation and evolution,this design are based on exaggerated animal skeletons and designed to fit the body which is grounded in a unique visual interpretation of animal anatomy, building upon existing skeleton structures to create it that appear as natural properties of the human body, suggesting strength, power and sensuality—a cross-image of human and animal, an atemporal, supreme creature, beyond past and future.The design was handcrafted with degradable plastic, leather, hair.
Dimensions & Packaging: 520mm Width x450mm Depth x 1200mm Height
Tags: Mutation, Metamorphosis, Leather, Plastics, Body
Production Technology: The metamorphosis of human was made of degradable plastic, leather and hair. Biodegradable plastics are scrap materials provided by relevant manufacturers.Then apply the hot pressing technique and add the hair to form the fabric; Leather is the leftover material in the daily use of the studio, which is stitched after recycling. Hair comes from barbershop waste. As time went by, the work was finally broken down completely.
Design Challenge: First, how to express the texture of human skin in the future is an important problem. Second, the joints of the fingers, the part of the tail, the bulging part of the back, these details are a polyhedron, the model is more difficult to make.
Research: The production process of this work is just like that of sculpture. In the process of human birth-development-metamorphosis, it is continuously ground, bent and processed. This process is the transformation from the original ape-man to the "synthetic material" of modern man. I have studied the medical aspects of the human body, and I have learned about the evolution of human beings in various ways in ancient times, such as the stage from crawling to standing upright. These studies and experiments laid the foundation for the project.
Inspiration: "What began as such a simple form has evolved, and continues to evolve, into the most beautiful and wonderful of infinitely many forms." Charles Darwin said.Concepts of mutation and evolution are explored in order to develop a contemporary cross-image of human and animal, an atemporal, supreme creature, beyond past and future.All of the objects were handcrafted.Leather and hair are form recycling. Eventually this design was broken down into a new cycle.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 and finished in March 2020 in China.
Operation Flow: Each part of The metamorphosis of human could be disassembled and reassembled, for example, The arms, hands, front, back, and foot ornaments. This is for ease of wear and tear, freedom of movement, and the ability to replace or add parts in the future, thus achieving a process of constant renewal and evolution.
Patents: Copyright to Yingyi Chen
Image Credits: Image #1: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #2: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #3: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #4: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020
Image #5: photographer Zhiming Li, Model Quansi Liu, 2020