Xun 橡胶环织物 by Bingrou Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 纺织品、面料、纹理、图案与织物设计 Competition Category.

铜纺织· 2021

Xun 橡胶环织物

by Bingrou Chen

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 纺织 Category

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The Design

About Xun 橡胶环织物

这种面料采用适用于环形材料的特殊编织技术，由橡胶环制成。它能将橡胶环编织成网状织物并转化为可穿戴设计，同时不会对环形结构造成任何损坏，确保面料内所有材料保持完整并可重复使用。此外，这种工艺无需专业技能和特殊工具，即使没有任何编织经验的人也能轻松掌握。每个人都可以通过这种方式轻松编织自己的服装。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Xun 橡胶环织物是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Xun 橡胶环织物将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Xun 橡胶环织物出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This fabric is totally made from rubber rings by a new weaving technique suitable for annular materials. This technique would not do any harm to annular structure that all rubber rings in this fabric are intact and can be reused. In addition, this technique does not need any professional tools or flexible skills that even the laymen without any experience of knitting can use this process easily.
Dimensions & Packaging: The whole collection is 1 look womenswear, size 4.
Tags: Textile of rubber ring, rubber,new material, weaving process, green design
Production Technology: Ring structure material weaving technique. This weaving technique is different from traditional weaving process as the latter one always use the linear material as the main materials. Rather, this new weaving process is suitable for rubber ring or other ring materials, and during the weaving process it wouldn’t do any harm to the weaving materials as well as needn’t break the ring structure, in other words, all rubber rings in my weaving words are intact，and，all rubber rings in my works can be reused.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge of the project was how to apply a variety of non-clothing materials to the textile and convert them into wearable designs. In addition, how to find and apply these materials is also a very challenging thing. I finally combine these materials in a purely handmaking way by creative weaving process.
Research: This design is aim at breaking the boundary between "clothing" and "non-clothing" materials to find new possibilities in fashion design. In my opinion, the exploration and application of new materials are particularly important, and, new materials are not only means high-tech materials, but also means materials which can be found in our daily life, such as rubber rings, metal rings, thin wires, shoelaces and so on. I hope my design is not just a garment but a work of art that can inspire people.
Inspiration: I have tried to learn how to knit sweaters from my mother when I was a kid, but the knitting process was so complicated for me as it required specific tools and exquisite craftsmanship that I never succeeded in making a garment. I wanted to find a knitting technique that was easy to study so that everyone could make clothes by themselves easily. It does not require professional skill and special tools that even laymen without any weaving experience can easily use this craft.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2018 in Guangzhou and finished in June 2018 in Guangzhou, and was exhibited in Guangdong Academic Forum for Graduate Students in October 2019.
Operation Flow: This technology is suitable for annular structure materials such as rubber rings. It can weave rubber rings together to be a reticular fabric and convert them into wearable designs but not cause any damage to the annular structure that all the materials inside the fabric are intact and can be reused. In addition, It does not require professional skill and special tools that even laymen without any weaving experience can easily use this craft. Everyone can knit his own clothes easily by this way.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Bingrou Chen, 2020.
Image Credits: Image #No1:Photographer Yiting Li，2018
Image #No2:Photographer Yiting Li，2018
Image #No3:Photographer Yiting Li，2018
Image #No4:Photographer Yiting Li，2018
Image #No5:Photographer Yiting Li，2019
Video：Photographer Chen Bingrou，2020