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The civil service series

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Medium or Format: 100% polyester, Ceramic, Hanging picture
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Dimensions and/or Technical Information: Shoulder width 60, chest circumference 159, back garment length 74, sleeve length 62, cuff 22.5
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civil official_wild goose

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civilian_peacock

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Short Description of Work

The "civil service series" is an aesthetic dialogue that spans time and space, tracing back to the profound interest contained in the culture of the Ming and Qing dynasties, focusing on the lifelike bird patterns on the civil service. From the first-class crane, which symbolizes transcendence and purity, to the third-class peacock, which symbolizes both virtue and virtue and self-esteem, to the fourth-class cloud goose, which symbolizes loyalty, benevolence and order. Each kind of bird is the footnote of history and culture, carrying the hierarchical order and humanistic spirit of the past years.

This series takes the contemporary design language as the pen and the traditional dress culture as the ink, and draws a brand-new chapter. While retaining the core charm of the bird pattern, the use of color and pattern design has been boldly innovated. It jumps out of the solemnity and solemnity of the traditional official supplement color, integrates the bold and vivid color system in the modern fashion context, and endows the ancient elements with vigorous vitality. In the design of the pattern, the use of deconstruction, restructuring and other avant-garde techniques, combined with modern clothing technology, so that the bird pattern with a sense of art and fashion posture presented on the clothing, both in line with the contemporary aesthetic of the pursuit of simplicity and personality, but also retained the traditional culture unique to the elegant and profound. Whether walking in the streets of the bustling city or under the spotlight of the fashion show, the "civil service series" can show the unique aesthetic value and cultural temperament, so that the wearer can deeply appreciate the distant artistic conception of Chinese traditional culture while embracing the fashion trend.

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In the long road of creative practice, we go deep into museums and cultural monuments in various places with awe of traditional culture, explore the precious materials that are dusty in the depths of history, and strive to accurately capture every detail and every detail of the bird pattern. The meaning of the layer and the cultural context behind it. At the same time, it actively cooperates with avant-garde talents in the field of fashion, carries out a feast of thinking collision, explores the meeting point of tradition and modernity, and strives to find a perfect balance between tradition and modernity. After countless times of careful conception, sketching, fabric screening and repeated debugging of color matching, the "civil service series" was finally bred ".

From the perspective of Chinese design, the "civil service series" has opened up a new path for the innovative application of traditional clothing culture elements in modern fashion design. It combines traditional official patterns with modern clothing patterns and cutting-edge craftsmanship, breaks the inherent boundaries of traditional design, and promotes the transformation of Chinese design in inheritance and sublimation in innovation.

At the social level, this series of costumes is like a bridge, one end connects the ancient traditional culture, and the other end leads to the daily life of the contemporary public. With fashion as the medium, it skillfully integrates obscure historical and cultural knowledge into daily wearing experience, stimulates the public, especially the younger generation, to have a strong interest and love for traditional culture, promotes the inheritance and development of traditional culture in contemporary society, and enhances the sense of belonging and identity of national culture.

At the cultural level, the "civil service series" is a contemporary reshaping of the totem worship culture of the Chinese nation. As an ancient cultural symbol, the pattern of civil officials embodies the unremitting pursuit of auspiciousness and beauty of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. Through this series of works, the ancient cultural symbols can be continued and reborn in the contemporary cultural context, showing the unique charm of Chinese culture to the world, and promoting the exchange and mutual learning between multiple cultures.

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1983ASIA
604, Building B3, Eastern Industrial Zone, OCT, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

The 1983ASIA art and design team was founded by Yang Songyao (Malaysia) and Su Su (China) in Shenzhen in 2012. It focuses on Asian multi-culture, pattern and color, and draws unique Asian mix and match aesthetics in the world. "Fantasy Asia-Mashup Aesthetics and Brand Design" & "Cute Asia-Mascot IP Design" Design Series Author. Customers are all over the world, and the cooperation covers artist co-branding, art crossover, brand design, main visual design, mascot design, gift box design, etc. His works have won many international design awards and have been invited to be exhibited and published around the world.

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