Kaiqi Zhang ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Foam of Desire ᱢᱩ�D᱾ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ: ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ

Kaiqi Zhang ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Foam of Desire ᱢᱩ�D᱾ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ: ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱚᱥᱟᱠ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱡᱚᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ 2026 A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

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Foam of Desire ᱢᱩ�D᱾ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ: ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ

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A' Design Award ᱨᱮ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ ᱯᱨᱮᱥ ᱨᱤᱞᱤᱡ ᱯᱩᱨᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱵᱮᱡ

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Foam of Desire ᱢᱩ�D᱾ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ: ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ

ᱱᱩᱱᱩᱢ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ: ᱱᱤᱛᱚᱜᱟᱜ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱠᱤᱨᱤᱧ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱫᱚᱥ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱭ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱ, ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱟᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱷᱟᱱᱴᱟᱹᱲ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱪ ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱮᱫᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱚᱞᱷᱮ ᱯᱮᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱛᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱛᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱟᱛ ᱮᱫᱟ, ᱢᱩᱞᱟᱹᱭᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱹᱝ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱮᱫᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱟᱱᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱡᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱦᱚᱸᱲ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱫᱮᱠᱷᱟᱣᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱴᱟᱨᱠᱩᱭᱡ ᱱᱤᱞ ᱨᱚᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱴᱷᱟ ᱜᱩᱞᱟᱵᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱩᱣᱟᱹ ᱦᱟᱹᱨᱫᱤ ᱦᱟᱹᱨᱭᱟᱹᱲ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱢᱮᱥᱟᱣ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱯᱷᱮᱫᱟᱛ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱮᱠᱷᱟᱣᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱢᱮᱱ ᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱦᱟᱹᱲᱤᱭᱟᱹᱣ ᱯᱷᱚᱞ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱮᱫᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱴᱮᱱᱥᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱱᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱷᱮᱫᱟᱛ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱧ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱟᱱᱢᱚᱱᱛᱚ ᱮᱫᱟ᱾

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A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ

Foam of Desire ᱢᱩ�D᱾ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ: ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Foam of Desire ᱢᱩ�D᱾ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ: ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱱᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

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ᱯᱨᱮᱥ ᱠᱤᱴ

ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱨᱮᱰᱤᱴ, ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱫᱚᱥᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱤᱠᱮᱞ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱚᱬ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱠᱚ: Inspired by Epicure Mammon from The Alchemist, this piece reimagines European aristocratic attire from the 17th century to question the concept of decadent luxury. Using a specially engineered moldable fabric, the garment swells into a bloated silhouette reminiscent of bubbles, evoking bodies consumed by desires. Vivid turquoise blue and pink create a visual allure that is both jarring and seductive, with a sugary quality that prompts viewers to reflect on overconsumption and inner emptiness.
ᱢᱟᱯ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ: approximately 175 centimeters high, 140 centimeters wide and 80 centimeters deep
ᱴᱮᱜ ᱠᱚ: Clothing Design, Materializing Desires, Material Experimentation, Visual Metaphor, Irregular Forms, Visual Tension
ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ: A specially engineered moldable fabric, adhesive when wet, allows for intuitive hand sculpting of volumetric forms. By laminating foam into the fabric and injecting air, this approach creates irregular organic bubbles with a unique hybrid texture, which is both translucent and semi rigid. When illuminated, these forms look like a second skin, materializing the concept of internal collapse festering beneath a surface of opulence.
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱧ: The key challenge was to lead viewers from visual seduction to psychological unease, and the answer lay in color use. A rational turquoise blue base is invaded by lush pink accents that embody swelling desires, while traces of sickly yellowish green underneath hint at decay and exposure. The contrast between high saturation and low brightness, paired with matte and pearly finishes, creates a tension between a sweet appearance and hidden unease, turning initial allure into disquieting reflection.
ᱜᱚᱵᱮᱥᱚᱱᱟ: This work critiques the consumerist era by framing its core maladies: swelling desires and inner voids. Using the structure of seventeenth century aristocratic attire, the piece presents bloated, bubble like forms that symbolize a body consumed by insatiable desires. Jarring color combinations then guide viewers from visual seduction to psychological disquiet, ultimately revealing the spiritual barrenness hidden behind a luxurious facade.
ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ: This piece takes its cue from Epicure Mammon, an embodiment of insatiable desires in the play The Alchemist. It deconstructs the symbolic language of seventeenth century aristocratic attire to pose a question about beauty in excess. Each element becomes a visual narrative around the body, speaking of desires that swell, promises that prove false, and the inescapable reality of decay.
ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱥᱚᱢᱚᱭ: The project commenced in October 2023 in London, United Kingdom. The initial toile was completed in December 2023, and the project concluded in March 2024 with the completion of the final garment.
ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱦᱚᱨ: This work redefines clothing from a mere covering for the body into an aggressive entity that devours it. The doublet, with its dramatically exaggerated chest and shoulders, achieves a swollen, voluptuous contour that makes inner desires visibly manifest in the flesh. The asymmetrically reshaped ruff collar, when illuminated, casts an encircling shadow, mirroring the confinement in a prison built from greed and vanity.
ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱠᱚ: Kaiqi Zhang