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wei jiajia

Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

Footwear & Accessory Design BFA

Bags, Handbags, Hats

I come from Beijing, China, and am an undergraduate majoring in luggage design at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, a first-class design college. I have rich experience in handbag design and excellent works, and I have been committed to sustainable design. I hope to gain experience in this competition.

CRADLE

Category: Accessories

Competitions: China Mainland, International

From cradle to cradle, this concept is one of the interpretations of sustainability in Reflections on Design. It is the cycle of garbage and products, and the extension of the whole life cycle. For the sustainable development in the future, people and nature, the universe and the world need to live in harmony, and the sustainable development in the future should be promoted by technology. In the sustainable design method, I use the folding structured design method to meet users' different bag requirements and space storage, so as to extend its life cycle. Inspired by the cradle, the shape of "Cradle" is mainly green and white. It selects environment-friendly leather materials and integrates temperature-sensitive and color-changing technology leather for innovation, reflecting softness, wrapping, origin and rebirth. By means of axisymically rotating and folding like petals, it can be held at different positions to realize different bag types, multi-purpose of one bag, and increase fashion and practicality. "Divine Tree" extends from cradle to divine tree, which is a hope for sustainable development of human beings. Folding arc forms a space, transforming from Tote bag to package type, designing abstract optical illusion pattern like trees on the package body decoration, simple and soft material, reducing genuine leather to be more natural, at the same time, lining temperature and color changing technology material, side zipper opening and closing, can be used on both sides, which is convenient for storage. It can also be multi-purpose in a pack.

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