Zen Explorer Clothing by Kuan Lu |
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| DESIGN NAME: Zen Explorer PRIMARY FUNCTION: Clothing INSPIRATION: The design is inspired by exploring the depths of blue. Indigo textile culture with a long history, blue is the ocean, the universe, and the central mind. Natural reincarnation is the exploration of Zen, and it is also a sustainable fashion practice in the present. From a point of view that old and new, gain and loss, useless and useful, trend and eternity are infusing. This project explores and balances the possibilities of design. Using the traditional culture and crafts to combine with modern design elements to create unique practices and new inheritance. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project "The Tao of Fashion: Re-cycle of Life" aims to subvert the stereotype of fashion industry. The methodology is to collect and classify the historic textiles initially, and incorporate the new material dyed by the traditional "Indigo Dyeing" technique. This project keeps all the craftsmanship handmade to respect and retain the traditional crafts and graphics, and incorporate contemporary upcycle design concepts, which could carry on the traditional oriental cultural and bring daily dressing code updated, durable and unique. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Cloth are half handmade and half machine made,which makes product as unique wearable item. The project is using natural Indigo dying to achieve a comfortable feeling, artistic textural surface and eco-friendly to sustainable fashion design development. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Works was designed and produced in 2018. Present in 2020 China National Silk Museum FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Mainly using mass-produced natural indigo dyed materials, combined with a small amount of precious recycled textile which is vintage pieces. The unique essence and the production process have ethical considerations and sustainable fashion development. The indigo produced by R&D (ethical production&susta SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The concept item is an artistic wearable item that can be used, and be an artistic installation displaying by hanging. The prototype structure of a suit grows out of the original antique "Hundred Sons" blanket. Width 180 cm Length 200 cm All ready-to-wear looks are size 48 male form. TAGS: Timeless, Clothing, Cultural heritage, Sustainable fashion, Recycle,Experimental RESEARCH ABSTRACT: According to material properties, each piece of material has its unique "character" CHALLENGE: The concept and practice of this project challenge is about the development of sustainable fashion and the inheritance of slow handwork. Ideas on how design thinking can create original and unique products for balancing sustainable fashion industry and new aesthetic market. ADDED DATE: 2023-02-27 22:51:18 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Creative Director and Designer:Lu Kuan IMAGE CREDITS: WU (ZhiWu) by Lu Kuan Photographer: Yang Feng Model:Li Ming PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyright by Lu Kuan/WU ZhiWu |
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NAME: Lu Kuan PROFILE: Lu Kuan design studio reactivate the nourishing connotational wisdom of traditional Chinese culture in the past and explore to contemporary Chinese dress-code to more diversity. WU is a lifestyle brand that dedicated to Menswear Culture. Brand’s slogan - wū (means habitat), wú (means limitless), wǔ(means five senses), wù (means objects), which represent the brand's exploration in the origin of all things and its infiltration in four dimensions of lifestyles to build diversified high-quality life. Dressing is hidden in objects and objects give born to forms. The brand conveys essential aesthetics of natural materials and dressing constructions. |
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Zen Explorer Clothing by Kuan Lu is Winner in Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Category, 2022 - 2023.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Kuan Lu. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Kuan Lu. |
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