Toward Design Magazine

Chen Bingrou

Rubber Rings Fabric

Sunday, 19 February 2023

Xun

This fabric is made from rubber rings by a special weaving technique suitable for annular materials. It can weave rubber rings together to be a reticular fabric and convert them into wearable designs but not cause any damage to the annular structure that all the materials inside the fabric are intact and can be reused. In addition, It does not require professional skill and special tools that even laymen without any weaving experience can easily use this craft. Everyone can knit his own clothes easily by this way.

Tingting Chen

Pillow

Saturday, 18 February 2023

Dongfangfu

Dongfangfu pillow aims to provide comfortable sleep through quality fabric and filling materials. It features three distinct heights in three different sections based on the ergonomic design, so that the pillow can support the head and neck whether people sleep on the front, side or back. Both the material and the shape design reflect the designer's meticulous care for the sleeper. With durable materials, the down pillow offers support and alignment year after year.

Pallavi Padukone

Fragrant Textiles

Friday, 17 February 2023

Reminiscent

Reinterpreting the fragrance industry, Pallavi Padukone uses textiles as aromatherapy to condense time and distance and create an immersive experience to reconnect with nature, nostalgia, her home, and identity. Reminiscent uses natural ways to integrate and infuse scents into textiles through perfumed pockets and embroidery and embellishment using scent coated cotton yarn and organza silk. At a time when wearing masks is the new normal, her textiles pay tribute to the sensorial experience of smell and its effect on mental and physical wellness.

Khajornsak Nakpan

Fibre Fashion

Thursday, 16 February 2023

Bio Melanin

The practice-led research and design investigated the use of soil to create a substitute textile material in Thailand. It aims to maximize the value of natural resources in response to climate change, based on the concept of living in harmony with nature. A bio-fibre was synthesized from soil bacteria through a process that holistically considered the full production cycle, ensuring that it generated no waste. The final material contained melanin pigments similar to human skin tones, with hues comparable to those of people from Thailand.

Ozgun Kilic Afsar

Self Sensing Morphing Textiles

Wednesday, 15 February 2023

OmniFiber

OmniFiber is a soft robotic fiber technology for autonomous textiles and garments. A novel microfluidic fiber actuator is engineered with gesture programmability, that can sense its own physical deformation and mechanically respond to it. OmniFiber has versatile morphing behavior, multimodal haptic feedback, high frequency response, high strain and force output which allow designers to flexibly weave them into everyday interactions such as kinesthetic wearables for skill learning and transfer, dynamic fitting garments, and textile-based haptic devices for telepresence applications.

Liangshan Wu

Quilt

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Jing Series

Mendale's First Cicada Wing Patented Super Soft Fabric. After thousands of material ratios, the fabrics are extremely soft and skin-friendly. At the same time, adopted imported Italian blended fabric, the exquisite texture and the bright color bring a sense of hierarchy, which is high-quality raw materials, delicate and soft. Besides, it is made into a removable cover at the head of the quilt. Filed with imported Polish white goose down, its authoritative pure breed can be traced, fluffy and warm.