Yen-Ting Cho Is Honored with the Silver A' Design Award for 2023 Revive Collection Wool Scarf in Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design

Yen-Ting Cho honored for textile, fabric, textures, patterns and cloth design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that 2023 Revive Collection Wool Scarf by Yen-Ting Cho, designed for Yen Ting Cho Studio, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design category. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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 Silver A' Design Award Explained

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

Regarding 2023 Revive Collection Wool Scarf

This collection of scarves looks optimistically to the future in the midst of epidemic and global conflict. The patterns tell a metaphorical tale of pre and post apocalypse with a story involving cellular experiments, mutation, reflection, reconstruction. The unique patterns are created with the Studio's own digital software, which uses body movement to reconstruct digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by programming. They are asymmetrical and do not repeat. Hand finished, the patterns are digitally printed onto natural fabric which reproduces the detail of the designs.

About Yen-Ting Cho

Yen-Ting Cho is an artist, designer and researcher. Born in Taiwan, he trained as an architect and then pursued his passion for programming and interaction design at Harvard University GSD and London’s Royal College of Art. In 2016, he founded Yen Ting Cho Studio (London). Cho uses his own digital technology which responds to body movement to create innovative, colourful and unique patterns for fashion accessories and interior design products. He is also Professor of Media and Interaction Design at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

Award Record

This recognition makes Yen-Ting Cho a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 to 2022 - 2023 of the A' Design Award & Competition.

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. The competition 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. Entries typically include structural fabric, engineered cloth, smart textiles, technical textiles, woven fabric and jacquard fabric. Awarded textile designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/textile

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/149665
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149665
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149665
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/279816
Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/3IGpkX8

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: 2023 Revive Collection Wool Scarf
Function: Wool Scarf
Category: Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design
Discipline: Fashion Design
Industry: Fashion and Furniture & Home
Colors: Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray and Gray
Images: 5
Client: Yen Ting Cho Studio

The Recognition

Laureate: Yen-Ting Cho
Country: Great Britain
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #149665

Design Details

Unique Properties: The scarf patterns are unique because they are created using our own digital software, mov.i.see, which uses body movement to reconstruct digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by programming. It enables us to create asymmetrical, non-repeat patterns that are very different from those made using traditional methods such as mirroring or repetition. Finished by hand, the patterns are digitally printed onto natural fabric which reproduces the fine detail of the designs.
Inspiration: This collection of eight scarf patterns was inspired by the circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic and global conflict. It looks optimistically to the future by telling a metaphorical tale of pre and post apocalypse with a story involving curious cellular experiments, mutation, reflection and, ultimately, reconstruction.
Research: We create unique patterns using a bespoke digital software programme which uses body movement to reconstruct digital data and reveal organic details not possible solely by programming. Inspired by the coronavirus pandemic and conflict, we aimed to create and apply new designs to a saleable commodity, pure wool scarves, that are vibrant and optimistic. Through trial and error, digital printing techniques reproduce the fine detail of the original designs yet retain the special colour combinations.
Challenge: The challenge was to create patterns that confront the reality of disruption in the world but remain optimistic for the future. We used storytelling to engage with the present yet create a fantastical narrative in which we relocate to an imagined planet to experience the first light of a new dawn, bringing hope for humanity. Through iteration, patterns were modified as they were created rather than allow the software to dictate the design and to reveal the authorship of the designer.
Realization and Technology: The patterns are unique because they are created with our own software, which generates a design using body movement. The colours are then adapted by the designer. These digital and analogue methods produce asymmetrical and non-repeat patterns very different from those created using traditional methods such as mirroring or rotating. We have not seen similar patterns in the fashion accessories market. Most luxury scarf pattern designers use silk whereas we digitally print onto fine wool.
Operation and Interaction: A pure wool scarf with a digitally-printed pattern which can be worn as a gender neutral fashion accessory. The unique patterns can be applied to playful, aesthetically pleasing and desirable products. The asymmetrical patterns and colour combinations mean that the scarves can be worn in different ways. The patterns are printed with ink free of heavy metals which penetrates the pure wool so that each pattern is two sided. The wool is specially treated so that it is comfortable and non-abrasive.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in January 2022 in London and Tainan City and finished in November 2022 in Tainan City, and was first exhibited at Shoppe Object in New York City in February 2023.
Specifications: Width 1000mm x Height 2000mm.
Keywords: Digital design, digital print, wool, scarf, textile design, pattern, contemporary