DESIGN NAME: Comfort Bag as Coat
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Transforming Bag
INSPIRATION: The inspiration for the collection is focusing on people's mental loneliness. With the developing of the economic, people are busy with their work. Though they are busy every day, their spiritual world might be lonely. Especially for those people who are working for their future and having their dream fulfilled, or a foreigner hoping to be accompanied and comforted.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Comfort is designed to appeal people's mind and take more care of themselves in the physical, mental health. The collection pieces are mainly made of fabric and cotton as soft as our pillow and comfortable makes people feeling relax and being accompanied.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The original idea of the work comes from the feeling when people wrap their pillows while sleeping, in this way people seem to obtain a comfortable, relaxed and relieved emotion. In the design combination of cloth, cotton, and leather treatment are used. We have created another wearable 'pillow' through its softness and comfortable surface.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Designed and finished in 4 weeks in March 2016
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: It combines the technology of fabric and leather treatment. With the fashion and industrial design for functionality, I create this design which is good for traveling as a transforming between bags and coat.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 110*55*6cm in women's size small
TAGS: Bag, Coat, Jacket, Comfort, Cotton, Fabric, Accompany, Lonely
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: During the design process, the first step is researching for all kinds of pillows and various function of those pillows, then the techniques to combine leather, fabric, cotton, and acrylic to make these different types of materials combines in a good fusion. The transform way from a bag to coat which is good for traveling needs to be considered.
CHALLENGE: The challenge is about to solve the transform methods from a jacket to a backpack and a shoulder bag. The fashion pattern making technique is a challenge to an accessory designer. All the edge treatment and placement methods of the pockets play an important role in the design.
ADDED DATE: 2018-02-28 22:22:30
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IMAGE CREDITS: Jingwen Zhang, 2017.
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