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Design Publication featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Zalea Artwear

The Zalea jacket stands as a unique wearable art piece, crafted from upcycled fabric scarves and discarded textiles. Each fabric scrap is carefully chosen and hand-sewn, forming layered textures that embody sustainable creativity. With its oversized silhouette and cascading fabric strips, the jacket adopts a sculptural quality that merges fashion with environmental consciousness. Designed to challenge mass production, the Zalea jacket invites wearers to embrace individuality and craftsmanship while honoring the beauty of reused materials.

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See Our Moonlight Revels

See Our Moonlight Revels reimagines Titania from A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a 1920's flapper, blending Shakespearean elegance with modern womanhood. Flappers symbolized women's liberation, aligning with Titania's assertive nature. In the 20s, pants were rare for women, worn mostly by revolutionaries. To reflect this, a pair of palazzo pants that appear as a skirt when still but reveal their form in motions highlights her duality and evolving role. A imagination of who she was and could be today proves assertiveness enhance allure, as love and gentleness are not weakness.

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Reinterpretation of Changshan

The design honors the timeless elegance of the Changshan, a revered traditional Chinese menswear garment. Evoking its refined silhouette, this reinterpretation seamlessly blends heritage with innovation. Vertical seams and discreetly integrated pockets enhance functionality while maintaining modesty. Crafted from high twist wool twill, it offers structural support and a wrinkle free appearance. Through meticulous tailoring methods, the challenge of reimagining the neckline is overcome while ensuring both smooth curves and structural integrity.

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The Growth Curve

The Growth Curve project carry out innovative experiments on the clothing structure, with fish bone as the support frame and elastic fabric used to wrap the surface, so that the clothing presents a 3D structure like "soft sculpture". At the same time, the clothing structure has the function of expansion and deformation, which can provide a variety of wearing methods for the wearer. The waste fabric produced in the process of clothing production is less, which is conducive to promoting the environmental protection and energy saving of the clothing industry.

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Re Created

Collection creates a new aesthetic through waste and scrap from the sewing industry. Model design is born from a vivid combination of scraps, colours, proportions and textures. Each model is different and unique. The design reveals a variety of wear options, from a classic snug suit to oversize. Models created from pieces symbolize versatility and multiplicity of a person, inspiring users to rethink their values and re-create their self's. For the presentation, author chose a place that sometimes resembles new constructions and sometimes an apocalypse, which makes to rethink future scenarios.

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Blue Sky Lab 2021

The entire Blue Sky Lab Life Collection is made from materials left over from the automotive manufacturing process, including storage bags made from BASF leather, carry-on bags and backpacks made from safety airbag fabric, and apparel made from safety airbag fabric.

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