在文化趋同中作为一种在地文化载体,与语言相似,在地工艺是较为容易濒危的部分。DONG系列产品灵感源于一次与侗族亮布的偶然接触,从一片四十厘米见方的侗族亮布足以窥见其背后复杂的手工艺与极具地域性的人文风土。
我们在实地勘探黔东南地区的侗族保留地后,对侗族亮布的材性、工艺及制品有更深的了解,因此尝试将侗族亮布作为产品设计中的主角,最大化保留光泽质感特征,并做了大量结构实验来将这种特征放大,尝试将“穿于身”的侗族亮布“着于物”,做出了DONG系列的第一款产品 - 侗瓶。
DONG项目探索了侗族亮布作为面料在服饰行业中广泛应用之外的潜力。随着更多结构设计的开发,侗族亮布可以被重新想象应用在家居产品甚至家具产品当中,继续传递侗族在地文化的技术、美学与思想。
As a carrier of local culture in the process of cultural convergence, local craft, similar to language, is more likely to be an endangered part. DONG series products were inspired by a casual contact with “Dong cloth” (bright cloth with a metal cluster). From a forty-centimeter square piece of bright cloth, one can get a glimpse of the complicated craftsmanship and the highly regional cultural atmosphere.
After exploring the reservation of Dong in Guizhou Province in southeast China, we have a better understanding of the property, crafts and products of Dong cloth. Therefore, regarding Dong cloth as the leading role in product design, we try to preserve the luster texture to the greatest extent, and do a lot of structural experiments to amplify the above feature. In the whole process, we attempt to place Dong cloth which should have been worn on items, and finally make the first product of the DONG series—the DONG VASE.
The DONG project explores the potential application of bright cloth, which is originally widely used in the apparel industry. As more structural designs are developed, Dong cloth can be re-imagined for use in household and even furniture products, which is a continuation of the techniques, aesthetics and ideas of the local culture of Dong.