![]() The designer hopes her creation can offer a sustainable alternative to fashion productsĪs Yang told Dezeen, if the algae-based material was to be used for commercial products, it could take several forms, including fashion garments, interior products or packaging materials. People could view the collection online or with a virtual reality headset and observe the decomposition process, as well as examining the material itself up-close. While Yang created a physical version of the dress, she also used 3D modelling, animation and rendering to simulate the potential different outcomes of the material in various conditions.įor her final graduate presentation, she used these animated visuals to form a 360-degree showroom experience, which saw four digital versions of the biomaterial garment displayed in a gallery floating above the ocean, before gradually sinking into the water. Yang created digital simulations of the dress under different conditions based on lab experiments ![]() ![]() She therefore used the sericin to save it from going to waste. The protein has this effect due to its "hydrophobic" characteristics.Īccording to Yang, silk cocoon protein is commonly treated as refuse in industrial textile manufacturing, particularly in European and Asian traditional silk production plants. Yang created the material in a lab using water, coloured dye, algae extract and sericinįollowing this, she applied a silk cocoon protein – known as sericin – onto selective parts of the material where she wanted it to crease and shrink in response to its environment. The designer then applied the biomaterial – made from a mixture of water, coloured dye and algae extract – in its liquid form onto the mould and left it to solidify. This was to ensure she didn't create an excess of material that would go to waste. To make the dress, Yang first used generative design to create a 3D computer model of the textural shape that the material would take before digitally fabricating a casting mould using 3D-printing and laser-cutting technologies. "My garments display the beauty of natural life forms, aiming to challenge audiences' perception of the concept of material life cycles." When exposed to water, the material is able to decompose within hours ![]() "The vast majority of textiles on the market are not recyclable, which means we fashion graduates and students are also contributing to the pollution issues if we still do things the traditional way," she continued. Related story Biogarmentry clothes can photosynthesise like plants ![]()
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