Reminiscent Fragrant Textiles by Pallavi Padukone Wins the A' Design Award in Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design

Pallavi Padukone acknowledged for textile, fabric, textures, patterns and cloth design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design category for Reminiscent Fragrant Textiles by Pallavi Padukone. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The A' Design Award Explained

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

About Reminiscent Fragrant Textiles

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.

About Pallavi Padukone

Pallavi Padukone is a New York-based textile artist and designer with a Master in Fine Arts in Textiles from Parsons School of Design. Her Award-winning designs integrating fragrance and textiles showcase embroidery, weaving, embellishment, natural dyeing, and innovating with sustainable materials. Her design practice strongly believes in the philosophy of respecting craftsmanship and the hand-made.

Award Record

Pallavi Padukone is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.

About the A' Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design Award

The A' Textile Design Award is an international textile design competition recognizing good textile designs by best textile designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to textile designers, fabric engineers, texture and pattern creators and clothing companies from all countries. Typical entries include structural fabric, engineered cloth, smart textiles, technical textiles, woven fabric and jacquard fabric. The awarded textile designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/textile

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/123561
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/123561
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!123561
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/295769
Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/2PfKT9d

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Reminiscent Fragrant Textiles
Function: Fragrant Textiles
Category: Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design
Discipline: Fashion Design
Industry: Fashion and Furniture & Home
Colors: Silver, Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Lavender and Gray
Images: 5

The Recognition

Laureate: Pallavi Padukone
Country: United States of America
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2020 - 2021
Design ID: #123561

Credits

Image Credits: Image #1 Photographer Olivia Koval, Reminiscent Jasmine II, 2019 Image #2 Photographer Olivia Koval, Reminiscent Jasmine II, 2019 Image #3 Photographer Pallavi Padukone, Reminiscent Jasmine II, 2019 Image #4 Photographer Pallavi Padukone, Reminiscent Jasmine I, 2020 Image #4 Photographer Pallavi Padukone, Reminiscent Jasmine I, 2020

Design Details

Unique Properties: Reinterpreting the fragrance industry, Reminiscent uses natural ways to integrate and infuse scents into hand-made textiles through embroidery and embellishment. Collaborating with nature I use only biodegradable materials in my production process. I developed a natural coating for cotton yarn as a carrier for fragrances that are embroidered onto Organza silk. I have used the calming scent of jasmine in these textiles as it is reminiscent of my hometown of Bengaluru in India and brings me a sense of comfort.
Inspiration: The calming effect of a small pouch of lavender while being cooped up in my apartment during the lockdown in 2020 gave me the idea to further explore the concept of scents for wellness and how they can be expressed through color, patterns, and textures. Reminiscent, is my way of using textiles as aromatherapy, to condense time and distance and reconnect with nature, nostalgia, home, and identity.
Research: Over the last year, the COVID pandemic has forced all of us to make significant lifestyle changes. The all-pervasive change has been the wearing of masks that restricts our sense of smell, a sense that we usually take for granted. The pandemic has made us also realize the power of this sense in our lives, whether it is with the cool, fresh air that we breathe or its ability to evoke wonder, desire, or longing, of memories and of happiness. Reminiscent textiles pay tribute to this powerful sensorial experience and its effect on mental and physical wellness.
Challenge: The creative challenge was the temporality of scents and how to make them last longer. The accessible pockets in Jasmine II allow the user to replenish the fragrance once the flower buds lose their scent. The scent-coated yarn on Jasmine I allows the fragrance to remain anywhere up to one to three months, depending on their exposure to heat and light. The impermanence is a reminder of its completely natural state, just as the color of natural dyes also tends to alter with time. I use beeswax as my base for my coating as it burns slowly and therefore releases the scent at a slower pace.
Realization and Technology: Jasmine II is handcrafted from 100% sheer organza silk with hand-smocked accessible pockets to store flowers and fragrances. Jasmine I is crafted with 100% organza silk with scented embellishment that is handset and machine embroidered. Creating a system of fragrant embellishment, through trial and error, I developed a natural coating for cotton yarn using filtered beeswax hardened with tree resin, pure jasmine essential oil, and colored with natural pigments. The yarn is coated in the medium and cured in a sealed casing for 24 hours to lock in the scent before it is ready to be used for embellishment.
Operation and Interaction: The multi-sensorial qualities of these textiles allow the user to engage with them on different levels of interaction- through touch, smell, and sight. Fragrances can be customized based on the user's preference. The fragrances of the coated yarn are released strongly when the textiles are placed in direct contact with heat. The textiles are also made from natural materials, which are biodegradable including dyes, which are less harmful to the environment. The accessible pockets on Jasmine II allow the user to replace the flowers in the textile when the smell fades away or interchange them with another fragrance.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in December 2019 in New York and finished in May 2020 in New York, and was exhibited at New York Textile Month in September 2020
Specifications: Jasmine Textile I Dimension : 1041.4 mm x 1117.6 mm Jasmine Textile II Dimension: 914.4 mm x 1371.6 mm
Keywords: Textiles, Fragrant embroidery, Scented embellishment, Material innovation, Natural fibers, Sustainable textiles, Natural dyes, Handcrafted, Coated yarn