Are We Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wezingubo Zabesifazane by Jasmine Au

Are We Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wezingubo Zabesifazane by Jasmine Au is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Imfashini Competition Category.

InsimbiImfashini· 2022

Are We Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wezingubo Zabesifazane

by Jasmine Au

Client: Ja-Jmi

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Imfashini Category

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The Design

About Are We Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wezingubo Zabesifazane

Umbhalo Wencwadi: Are We iyiqoqo lezingubo zabesifazane elakhelwe ukuqwashisa ngomonakalo owenziwa abantu emhlabeni wolwandle. Lolu hlobo lokuklama lugqamisa ubuhle bezinhlelo zamakhorali namagagasi olwandle. Kusetshenziswa i-organza ephephile futhi eyethusi ngezingqimba eziningi ukwakha ukugeleza okuvulekayo phezu kwesisekelo esithambile senethiwekhi. Yileso naleso sicecedwana esifana namakhorali senziwa ngesandla futhi sithungwe ngesandla ngamunye, futhi ingubo enkulu iphethe imininingwane engaba ngu-300 enjena. Izimo eziphephile ezingacindezelekile kanye nezicecedwana ezingqimbile zinika leli qoqo ukunyakaza okuthambile nokugcwele. Injongo ukukhuthaza abantu ukuba bavikele ulwandle.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

Are We Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wezingubo Zabesifazane iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. Are We Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wezingubo Zabesifazane ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. Are We Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wezingubo Zabesifazane iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.

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.