Self Defense Mechanism 男装系列 by Yi Tung Hung

Self Defense Mechanism 男装系列 by Yi Tung Hung is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 时装、服饰与服装设计 Competition Category.

铁时装· 2023

Self Defense Mechanism 男装系列

by Yi Tung Hung

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 时装 Category

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The Design

About Self Defense Mechanism 男装系列

《自我防御机制》是一个以为穿着者构筑保护层为设计理念的男装系列。该系列回应了信息过载的时代——人们每天接收到的信息量远超个体所能消化的极限。印花图案取材于神经元与网格几何结构,呈现出扩散与模糊的视觉效果,使外部世界变得难以看清,从而让内心得以保持平静。棉与尼龙网纱经缝合形成全新肌理,与印花图案相互呼应。服装遵循标准男装尺码体系,可作为日常服饰穿着。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Self Defense Mechanism 男装系列是 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Self Defense Mechanism 男装系列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。Self Defense Mechanism 男装系列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: This collection perfectly embody the concept in our daily life. It easily can tell the whole concept from the appearance of the garment. These clothes are aimed to consider as a protective layer for ourselves to stabilize in this world. Avoiding us suffering from this world full of information. Thus, we can clean ourself clear and stay calm.
Dimensions & Packaging: measurement is same as normal garment for men
Tags: defense, protection, complicated, feelings, message, neurotransmission, electricity
Production Technology: Using neuron and mesh geometry on prints symbolizes the spread and blur which makes us can't see what the outside world looks like and maintain our mind clear. By sewing cotton and nylon mesh together to create a new texture which is similar to the pattern I design for this collection.
Design Challenge: The hardest part is to create the texture by sewing cotton and nylon mesh together. It's hard to copy the shape of neurons.
Research: It's the idea come up in my mind, the concept start from the imagination of me hiding in my own womb and observing this world. The real one hiding inside and the fake one control me to live my life. And It is exactly how the Augment Reality works. So in my initially research, it fulls of the image of AR(hiding in womb), neurons (feeling), electricity (neurotransmission).
Inspiration: In the era of information explosions, humans are stimulated by various environments. The messages that make us receive in one day actually are far more than one person could undertake. Consequently, these clothes are aimed to consider as a protective layer for ourselves to stabilize in this world. Using neuron and mesh geometry on prints symbolizes the spread and blur which makes us can't see what the outside world looks like and maintain our mind clear.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2021 in Taipei and finished in March 2022 also in Taipei, made as my graduate project which also the last project before I graduate.
Operation Flow: People can wear this collection as normal clothing, but also wear it to anywhere depend on their feeling. As long as you feel great to this collection then that's the reason.
Patents: For copyrights: "Copyrights belong to YI TUNG HUNG, 1999"
Image Credits: [#No.1: Photographer Hsinyen Lu, Self-defense mechanism, 2022 / Creator Yi Tung Hung (Designer)]
[#No.2: Photographer Hsinyen Lu, Self-defense Mechanism, 2022 / Creator Yi Tung Hung (Designer)]
[#No.3: Photographer Hsinyen Lu, Self-defense mechanism, 2022 / Creator Yi Tung Hung (Designer)]
[#No.4: Photographer Hsinyen Lu / Creator Yi Tung Hung (Designer)]
[#No.5: Photographer Hsinyen Lu / Creator Yi Tung Hung (Designer)]