SOUND/EXPANSION
CAN WE CREATE FASHION FROM NO VISUAL STIMULI?
CAN SOUND AND MUSIC INFORM A COLLECTION?
IS INTUITION WHAT MAKES DESIGNING INHERENTLY HUMAN?
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SOUND/EXPANSION QUESTIONS AND EXPLORES THE CREATIVE DESIGN PROCESS,
FOCUSING ON THE HUMAN SIDE OF DESIGN.
IN A TIME WHEN AI’S IMPACT ON CREATIVITY IS A HOT TOPIC,
THIS COLLECTION DELVES DEEPER INTO WHAT MAKES DESIGN INHERENTLY HUMAN.
THE PROJECT EXPLORES INTUITION AND ACCIDENT AS ESSENTIAL HUMAN QUALITIES IN DESIGN,
CHALLENGING THE INDUSTRY'S TREND-ADAPTING APPROACH AND ENCOURAGING A NEW PERSPECTIVE.
IN TODAY’S FASHION INDUSTRY, DESIGNER ROLES OFTEN INVOLVE CURATING AND ADAPTING TRENDS
TO ALIGN WITH A BRAND'S IDENTITY. THIS PROCESS RAISES THE QUESTION:
HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM ANALYZING CATWALKS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TREND FORECASTS THROUGH A SERIES OF PROMPTS?
CAN A COLLECTION BE SHAPED PURELY BY SOUND RATHER THAN VISUAL INFLUENCES?
THIS APPROACH COULD ENHANCE INTUITION, ALLOWING DESIGNERS TO TRUST THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND LET GO OF RATIONALIZATION. INTUITION IS A TOOL, AND ACCIDENT A SKILL, BOTH UNIQUELY HUMAN IN DESIGN.
THE SOUND/EXPANSION COLLECTION IS ROOTED IN A SERIES OF 2D AND 3D EXERCISES
DESIGNED TO TRAIN INTUITION AND EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO DESIGN.
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THROUGH SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS, SUCH AS BLIND 2D DRAWING WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC
AND CREATING 3D SILHOUETTES BY MANIPULATING OBJECTS JUST GUIDED BY TOUCH,
THE COLLECTION SEEKS TO EMBRACE AND SOLVE ACCIDENTS.
THESE EXPERIMENTS DRIVE THE COLLECTION’S CREATIVE DIRECTION AND FOSTER A DEEPER CONNECTION WITH THE DESIGN PROCESS.
THROUGH 3D PRACTICES, THE TUBE FIGURE AND THE CONCEPT OF EXPANSION WERE DISCOVERED, LEADING TO THE CREATION OF NEW SHAPES.
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THE ENTIRE COLLECTION’S STRUCTURES, SILHOUETTES, AND PATTERNS REVOLVE AROUND THE TUBE, WHICH IS EXPANDED AND MODIFIED TO GENERATE INTUITIVE SHAPES.
EXPANSION IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE INSERTION OF VOLUMES IN THIS TUBE SHAPE,
ALLOWING FOUR-WAY STRETCH FABRICS TO EXPAND WITH THEM.
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THE COLLECTION IS CRAFTED ENTIRELY FROM STRETCHY FABRICS,
INCLUDING TWO-WAY AND FOUR-WAY KNITS.
THESE MATERIALS ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF DYNAMIC AND INNOVATIVE SHAPES,
ENABLING THE DESIGN TO EXPAND AND ADAPT INTUITIVELY.
THE EXPANSION TECHNIQUE AIMS TO MINIMIZE MATERIAL WASTE BY USING LOW-WASTE PATTERNS BASED ON GEOMETRIC FLAT SHAPES.
THESE SHAPES EVOLVE INTO VOLUMINOUS, ROUNDED SILHOUETTES AS THE FABRIC EXPANDS AND ADAPTS TO THE BODY OR INTERNAL GARMENT STRUCTURES.
Video by Jorge González
