The Last Blooming 多功能面料 by Qixin Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 紡織設計 Competition Category.

鐵紡織· 2023

The Last Blooming 多功能面料

by Qixin Wu

Client: EchoWu Design Studio

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 紡織 Category

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The Design

About The Last Blooming 多功能面料

為了掌握一些邏輯上顛覆性的東西，把看似複雜的定義變成對開始和結束關係的簡單探索，枯萎的花朵成為表達生動綻放的主要材料。它們保持盛開，展現最終的美麗。和諧的重複和充滿活力的圖案賦予佈局更多潛在的表現力。雙層布料，上面是雪紡，後面是棉質，在風吹來的時候營造出一種飄逸的感覺。雪紡的透明外觀讓《最後的綻放》更加迷人神秘。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

The Last Blooming 多功能面料是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計The Last Blooming 多功能面料將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。The Last Blooming 多功能面料因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Some of them decayed naturally, and some of them were processed by HEAT PRESSED. By pushing bloomings to die, the fluid would be squeezed out of the stems and petals, and the melting botanic bodies would represent the rich colors of death beauty.
Besides that, the fresh green and goldenrod colors in the broadleaf depict the decomposition process. The musty mushroom with bloated ripe caps turned black and liquefied, playing a role in the decay through its fungus. the white fluff enhances the musty feeling.
Dimensions & Packaging: High: 27 inches
Width: 45 inches
Tags: Decomposition, Heat Press, Flowers, Leaves, Hand Drawing, Textile, Fabric
Production Technology: From design materials to print-out fabrics, the harmonious repeat and vibrant motifs give the layout more potential expression. The double layers fabrics, the top is chiffon and the back is cotton, create the shift looking when the wind comes. The transparent looking of chiffon contributes to THE LAST BLOOMING more attractive and mysterious.
Design Challenge: The Hardest Part of this design is the material choice. I have tried more than 50 different materials to test how the artwork represents the "Death Beauty". And for the fabrics. I tried cotton canvas, polyester, and silk. Finally, I found out this textured cotton and polyester chiffon can give the transparent looking and soft hand feel.
Research: W C Miles, Leslie. Textile Printing. Manchester: 1982. Print.
Ujiie, Hitoshi. Digital Printing of Textile, Woodhead Publishing in textiles. 2006. Print.
Storey, Joyce. Manual of Textile Printing. 1975. Print.
Inspiration: Inspired by Billy Kidd, who showed a heat-pressed flower with a flat decomposing effect. The relationship between started and finished became the starting point.
Inspired by the taphonomy, there are five general stages used to describe the process of decomposition, fresh, bloat, active, advanced decay, and dry/remains. By breaking up the body and analyzing its components, the decaying yet preserved, pressed flowers and leaves have an aged and textural appearance that can be used for designs. Yes, The picture of Death can be the birth of Beauty.
Project Duration: The project started in Jan 2015 in Philadelphia and finished in May 2021 in New York.
Operation Flow: To grasp something logically subversive, to turn a seemingly complex definition into a simple exploration of the relationship between "started and finished", the dead flowers become my main material to express the vivid blooming. They are still staying to bloom and show the final beauty in the double layers chiffon fabrics. The harmonious repeat and vibrant motifs give the layout more potential expression. The transparent looking contributes attractive and mysterious.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Qixin Wu, 2022.
Trademark(2022) Qixin Wu.
Image Credits: Qixin Wu