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Cristina Orozco Cuevas Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for Lasso Decorative Textile in Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design
The international grand jury of the 2013 - 2014 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Cristina Orozco Cuevas for textile, fabric, textures, patterns and cloth design
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COMO, Italy, April 26, 2014 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Lasso Decorative Textile by Cristina Orozco Cuevas, designed for Cristina Orozco Cuevas Studio, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design category. The result belongs to the 2013 - 2014 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.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Lasso Decorative Textile
Lasso as a definition is a long rope with a running noose at one end. Instead of being inspired in; this textile is a result of. It has both special touch and aesthetic besides some special frayed channels so the light can pass through very softly. It is half industrial - half crafted, woven in electronic looms and cut by hand. This project is very attractive and addictive as a candy and has been one of the top challenges and discovery on my career as a textile designer. This project is about serendipia, stumbling upon, chance discovery, fortuity and accident.
About Cristina Orozco Cuevas
My work can be described as a chameleon. I am a designer that elevates any client's idea, adapt or either can create the idea or project analyzing companies. My work is unique because I consider myself an hybrid between art, design + technician. All my creations have backgrounds of art creation and I combined that with years of expertise in technical knowledge and the use of technology. Few designers and studios have what it takes to understand that form of creation.
Award Record
With this recognition, Cristina Orozco Cuevas is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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/30204
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/30204
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!30204
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/127995
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://http//:www.cristinaorozcocuevas.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Lasso Decorative Textile
- Function
- Decorative Textile
- Category
- Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Fashion and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Gray, Dark Gray, Silver, Dim Gray and Dark Olive Green
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Cristina Orozco Cuevas Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Cristina Orozco Cuevas
- Country
- Mexico
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2013 - 2014
- Design ID
- #30204
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- half industrial - half crafted, designed with textile CAD software, woven in jacquard electronic looms and cut by hand. It is woven industrially, but cut by hand which gives job to machines and external people. It forms vertical channels as a kind of fray where the light can pass through very sofltly. The frays are crafted processes and lasts months. A fabric with this kind of processes in the industry mills is nearly impossible but not that much.
- Inspiration
- I named it lasso as a long rope with a running noose at one end. This project can be described as: experimentation. This fabric started with the research of something very different from the result. More than inspiration this project is about having luck, stumbling upon, chance discovery, fortuity and accident. It is a piece of hard work, research, mulish and not withdraw.
- Research
- The research was completely experimental. Textile engineers were afraid that using this technique on industrial looms could not work, specially the machines weaving. The process of cutting the loose yarns was hard in order to bring a product that because of the hand crafted process would not be so expensive that would not work with the market prices. Besides the lead time to deliver a roll of this product within 3 weeks at least. Since warping process till the client's door. The cut part can be done by external workers so other people get a job.
- Challenge
- At the beginning the aim was to develop a fabric with square bags. It would have little bags to put inside tools or jewelry. After weaving and testing different techiques, this came up as a serendipity all of it. There were more than 10 previews designs to get to the final lasso fabric. The weaves interaction result was floats in warp and weft. To cut the yarns in vertical and horizontal, we developed a special tool that works as a long shuttle knife to have a better and faster production. It was an enormous challenge to have it accomplished as a product and to convince the mill that it would work.
- Realization and Technology
- All polyester dyed yarns woven in Jacquard electronic looms. The floated yarns are cut manually by a special tool we call knife shutter. The weave technique is very old (double fabric). However the important aspect is how I applied the weaves interlaced in order to be viable to be produced and not just as a prototype as good productivity performance. The special tool developed reminded textile engineers old techniques to make corduroy.
- Operation and Interaction
- It has a special appearance as it seems as an extra application or embroidery upon the fabric but in fact it is woven like that. People always want to touch first than see the furry yarns. If there is light behind the soft feeling is quite special and light passes through the frayed parts. This kind of textile can replace goose feathers.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in March, 2012 and ended in September, 2012.
- Specifications
- Widths available: 1.40 m and 2.80 m. Rapport repeat: 35 cm width x 25 cm height. Uses: lamps, pillows, bedscarfs and decorative curtains. As a finish ironing the loose fur brings more volume and the frayed channels are more obvious. It is of massive production and the loose yarns are strongly moored with a tafeta special weave union.
- Keywords
- Jacquard, textile, decoration, fabric, lasso, half indusrtrial, half handmade, fur
