LOVE THE OCEAN
Jul 18, 2024
LifeWear
To connect people to the Ocean, we need to connect culture to the Ocean
We live on a blue planet, with Oceans and seas covering more than 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface. The Ocean feeds us, regulates our climate, and generates half of the oxygen we breathe. Our planet depends on the vitality of the Ocean to support and sustain it and so do we.
People protect what they know and value. To protect the Ocean, we need to awaken a deeper appreciation of its importance in our world, and inspire people to fall in love with the Ocean.
In the Summer of 2023 Redress Alumna Pei-Wen Jin was selected to participate in a Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition on R/V Falkor (too) in the Pacific near the Panama Canal as part of the Ocean Rising project which connects culture with the Ocean. Inspired by her time at sea, she has created a showpiece for UNIQLO and 10 designs for the embroidery machines to be rolled out across 18 RE.UNIQLO Studios in the UK and EU starting from August 2024.
The RE.UNIQLO Studios offer customers the opportunity to enjoy wearing UNIQLO clothes for longer through repair, refresh or remake.
After being selected, Pei-Wen Jin travelled to be part of an Artist-at-Sea mission, embarking on a six-day scientific expedition focused on the pressing issue of microplastics to spark innovative solutions aboard the R/V Falkor (too), owned by the Schmidt Ocean Institute. From August 2023, together with marine scientists, she was inspired and began to develop her ideas for this partnership with UNIQLO.
Pei-Wen Jin's maritime journey last year sparked profound inspiration from the ocean's textures and formations, especially during her direct immersion in its vast expanse. These moments revealed the ocean's aesthetic beauty and dynamic rhythm, continually shaping our world.
Drawing on her expertise in modular geometric design, Pei-Wen Jin created a set of tangram puzzle patterns inspired by marine shapes. These patterns divide a rectangle into four oceanic modules, allowing for countless combinations to depict various oceanic contours and marine life.
Using second-hand UNIQLO clothing as her medium, Pei-Wen transformed the fabric into these modules, assembling them into a large-scale textile artwork akin to a tangram puzzle. This piece embodies Pei-Wen Jin's vision of oceanic shapes. It can be admired from afar, with hidden marine creatures waiting to be discovered, or worn directly, symbolising immersion in the ocean and integrating bodily movements into the shapes of the sea. This piece was exhibited at an Ocean Rising Fashion Show Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica in May 2024 and will be on display in UNIQLO’s flagship store in Regent Street London throughout August and September 2024.
In essence, the simplest and purest elements serve as the genesis of all creation, with the capacity to manifest anything.
Pei-Wen Jin was the Redress Design Award 2021 Runner-up, winning mentorship from Orsola de Castro. She is currently working as a freelance designer carrying out research and design projects, also delivering lectures on zero-waste design techniques and sustainable circular strategy; specifically in the field of garment and textile production.
People protect what they know and value. To protect the Ocean, we need to awaken a deeper appreciation of its importance in our world, and inspire people to fall in love with the Ocean.
In the Summer of 2023 Redress Alumna Pei-Wen Jin was selected to participate in a Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition on R/V Falkor (too) in the Pacific near the Panama Canal as part of the Ocean Rising project which connects culture with the Ocean. Inspired by her time at sea, she has created a showpiece for UNIQLO and 10 designs for the embroidery machines to be rolled out across 18 RE.UNIQLO Studios in the UK and EU starting from August 2024.
The RE.UNIQLO Studios offer customers the opportunity to enjoy wearing UNIQLO clothes for longer through repair, refresh or remake.
About Pei-Wen Jin Garment and Designs for UNIQLO
After being selected, Pei-Wen Jin travelled to be part of an Artist-at-Sea mission, embarking on a six-day scientific expedition focused on the pressing issue of microplastics to spark innovative solutions aboard the R/V Falkor (too), owned by the Schmidt Ocean Institute. From August 2023, together with marine scientists, she was inspired and began to develop her ideas for this partnership with UNIQLO.
Pei-Wen Jin's maritime journey last year sparked profound inspiration from the ocean's textures and formations, especially during her direct immersion in its vast expanse. These moments revealed the ocean's aesthetic beauty and dynamic rhythm, continually shaping our world.
Drawing on her expertise in modular geometric design, Pei-Wen Jin created a set of tangram puzzle patterns inspired by marine shapes. These patterns divide a rectangle into four oceanic modules, allowing for countless combinations to depict various oceanic contours and marine life.
Using second-hand UNIQLO clothing as her medium, Pei-Wen transformed the fabric into these modules, assembling them into a large-scale textile artwork akin to a tangram puzzle. This piece embodies Pei-Wen Jin's vision of oceanic shapes. It can be admired from afar, with hidden marine creatures waiting to be discovered, or worn directly, symbolising immersion in the ocean and integrating bodily movements into the shapes of the sea. This piece was exhibited at an Ocean Rising Fashion Show Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica in May 2024 and will be on display in UNIQLO’s flagship store in Regent Street London throughout August and September 2024.
In essence, the simplest and purest elements serve as the genesis of all creation, with the capacity to manifest anything.
About Pei-Wen Jin
Pei-Wen Jin was the Redress Design Award 2021 Runner-up, winning mentorship from Orsola de Castro. She is currently working as a freelance designer carrying out research and design projects, also delivering lectures on zero-waste design techniques and sustainable circular strategy; specifically in the field of garment and textile production.